The April 1, 2016 was a day that was deleted in which not only Jan Böhmermann’s Erdoğan Poem at ZDF, but also the “Queer” heading on max cathedrals. The online video library of ProSiebenSat.1 was to date the only German-language platform that had a designated area with queer content. The omission was long noticed anyone, only the gay magazine blu.fm found out after several notices his readers that more than 450 titles had disappeared from the offer.
The deleted tracks their source are PORTION OF THE Pro-Fun Media, a marketing company focusing gay / lesbian media. Max cathedrals have terminated the contract surprisingly effective April 1, its CEO Axel Schmidt lamented in an interview with blu.fm . . The reason we told him, max cathedrals would “align its programs or exclusively on families”
latest after this statement were the nerves are on edge, although Maxdome denied the reasoning immediately. Had not enshrined until last weekend, the AFD in its policy statement that gender mainstreaming, which is aimed at abolishing the gender identities, whether abzulehen and please should consist of father, mother and children, the family again.
The one case of course only once nothing to do with the other. Still, the excitement in the LGBT community ( lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ), how great the fears are that secretly censored content will. These fears are by no means unfounded. Apple’s anti-nudity policy has not even made in the past in front of a painting by Max Beckmann maintenance. And lyrics and album art in iTunes are made to fit regularly.
It therefore has a legitimate reason mistrust when it comes to the removal of whatever kind of sexual content. But to insinuate max cathedrals, it should bow a new, conservative Hyper morality, goes too far.
After all, the video on demand portal of ProSiebenSat.1 primarily a commercial platform that must meet financial requirements. The argument of the Pro-Fun Media CEO Schmidt, the contents were gone well, contradicts the max cathedral spokesman Matthias Bohlig on request: “content decisions are made with us due to economic considerations and so is also the elimination of some queer content on a due commercial decision based on a relatively low demand of relevant content. ” Overall had in April contracts “pause” with more than ten licensors, including those with Pro-Fun Media and the film distributor Salzgeber says Bohlig.
“In our case relates to the approximately 180 films, including 140 with gay and lesbian content,” says Björn Koll, Managing Partner of Salzgeber talking with ZEIT ONLINE. His contract with max cathedrals which has existed since 2013, had been terminated prematurely. Opposite him you have not mentioned the argument of “family-friendly” says Koll. Nevertheless he considers the abolition of the division queer “in these times for a completely wrong signal”.
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