DTLA (TV series)
DTLA (acronym for Downtown Los Angeles) is a gay-themed television series which premiered October 24, 2012. The series was created, and is co-produced and directed by Larry Kennar. It follows a group of friends in Downtown Los Angeles under the slogan: One City, Seven Lives / Old Friends, New Stories. The main seven characters are Lenny, Bryan, Sara Jane, Matthew, Marky, Kai, Stefan. Production. "DTLA" was originally made as a movie. The U.S.'s two main LGBT cable channels were not enthusiastic about the project; here! passed on the project and Logo was initially non-committal . Brad Danks, COO of OUTtv said, "He called us because he had heard from people in the U.S. that we were doing good things in Canada with the service." After screening a rough cut of the movie for executives of OUTtv they commissioned a series instead. It was originally expected that the series would premiere on OUTtv in the late spring of 2012. On January 25, 2012 Kennar created an account on Kickstarter.com for the series, to secure the remaining required financing via crowd funding. In 6 days 50 people had pledged a total of $4762. On February 21 , 2012 it was announced that they had surpassed their target of $25000. In April 2012 it was announced that the premiere of "DTLA" would be delayed until after the launch of OUTtv's HD channel which would be coming in a few months. In September 2012 it was announced that "DTLA" had been acquired by Logo. "DTLA" is the first series funded in part via Kickstarter to receive domestic and international distribution. Distribution outside of Canada and the U.S. is being handled by OUTtv.