(New York, NY) – here!, America’s premium gay television network, and Astound Broadband, a cable, Internet and phone services company serving customers in parts of northern California, have announced that here! programming is now available on Astound digital cable as part of its subscription On Demand service.

Astound will offer a variety of original films, series, and specials around the clock for a subscription charge of $7.00 per month to its 21,000 cable customers in Concord and Walnut Creek, CA.

Astound Broadband customers can watch here! at any time for one set price, with the ability to pause, rewind and fast forward using their digital remote control devices. Astound’s digital cable customers can receive the wide selection of here! titles by simply calling 1-800-4-Astound or visiting www.astound.net to subscribe.

here! offers a wide variety of groundbreaking and acclaimed original movies and series plus the world's largest collection of gay and lesbian films appealing to the broad-based, diverse LGBT audience who want the convenience of watching here! whenever and however often they would like through their set-top boxes.

“We are very pleased to establish a relationship with Astound Broadband in offering more programming choices, all with digital quality picture and sound,” said Maria Dwyer, SVP of Distribution Sales and Marketing at here! Networks. “We value each and every customer and look forward to delivering Astound customers a diverse and exclusive lineup of quality gay and lesbian-themed entertainment.”

here! programming is also now available on Wave digital cable as part of its subscription On Demand service. Wave will offer a variety of original films, series, and specials around the clock for a subscription charge of $7.00 per month to its 58,000 cable customers in Ventura and Cerritios, CA; and Port Orchard, La Conner, Camano Island and Bayview, WA. Wave Broadband customers can watch here! at any time for one set price, with the ability to pause, rewind and fast forward using their digital remote control devices. Wave’s digital cable customers can receive the wide selection of here! titles by simply calling 1-866-WAVE-123 or visiting www.wavebroadband.com to subscribe.

Recent and upcoming 2006 original films, series and specials on here! include: Dante’s Cove “Best Soap of the Year” as ranked by The Advocate magazine; the critically acclaimed Shock To The System: A Donald Strachey Mystery, the second installment in the series of original films starring Chad Allen as a gay private investigator; John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You, the heralded film series hosted by the legendary director John Waters from his hometown of Baltimore, MD.

here!, America's premium gay television network, was established in 2002 and is currently available nationwide via satellite, all major cable systems, and Internet TV providers as either a 24/7 premium subscription channel, a video on demand (VOD) service, and/or a subscription video on demand (SVOD) service. here! offers a wide variety of groundbreaking and acclaimed original movies and series plus the world's largest collection of gay and lesbian films appealing to the broad-based, diverse LGBT audience. here! programming is also offered via here! Video, the broadband portal of here! Networks which can be found at www.heretv.com/videoplayer .

here! Interactive Media, the online division of here! Networks, has more than 3 million unique visitors a month through sites including GayWired.com, 247Gay.com, and LesbiaNation.com. For more information, please visit here!’s website at www.heretv.com .

Broadband Wave Division Holdings, LLC is a cable, Internet and phone services company currently serving approximately 140,000 customers in Washington and California. Wave Division Holdings is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington and operates under three retail brand names. Wave Broadband serves Western Washington and Southern California with regional offices in Port Orchard, LaConner, Port Angeles, Ventura and Cerritos. Astound Broadband serves Walnut Creek and Concord in Northern California. Wave Media Services provides local advertising on Wave Broadband’s cable systems in Western Washington. Owned and operated by local industry leaders, Wave Division Holdings supports its customers with decades of cable know-how. Its mission is to provide 100% of its cable systems with the latest technologies and upgrades including high speed Internet, digital cable, home phone service, international programming, DVR, HDTV, and Free TV On Demand services.

Wave Division Holdings strives to link customers to what they enjoy most at competitive prices. Customers choose from a variety of money saving packages and receive valuable discounts when combining multiple services. For more information about Astound Broadband, please visit www.astound.net .

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