Every year, GLAAD also honors a select group of projects in the non-competitive special recognition category. This year’s honorees include The Dads (Netflix), Drag Latina (Revry / LATV), El Sabor de Navidad (Vix), Enamorándonos (Univision), Love in Gravity, Relighting Candles (Hulu), Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce (AMC Theatres), The Tennessee Holler, Wendy, perdida pero famosa (Vix), and Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland Story.

Revry and LATV, national television networks based in Los Angeles, have come together for the first time to co-produce the second season of Drag Latina.

I am a longtime reader of Reality Blurred (since middle school and I am now in my mid thirties). One of the items on my bucket list has always been to appear on a reality show.

Co-produced by LATV and Revry, the show highlights a new group of queens who bring it with all the drama, attitude, and cultural pride we’ve been waiting for.

One example of this commitment to authentic representation is the recent launch of PrismRiot, an ad platform specifically designed to deliver relevant messaging directly to multi-minority-certified LGBTQ+ audiences and provide an inclusive space for representation in media.

“We believe that the art of drag is most effective when it highlights the intersectionality of the artist: dancer, illusionist, singer, actor, model, comedian,” says Revry’s Latine co-founder and chief content officer, Christopher Jon Rodriguez. “Drag Latina goes a step further by creating a space to showcase the rich cultural backgrounds of the performers as well. The bilingual nature of Season Two really makes this season stand out as something refreshingly inclusive!”

Revry (www.revry.tv) and Latino Alternative Television (LATV) (www.latv.com) announced today the season two premiere of “Drag Latina,” the hit bilingual drag competition series that celebrates the intersectionality of Latine drag culture. Brought to you by Cerave, with challenges presented by Verizon, the six-episode series will air on Revry on November 26th and Latino Alternative Television on November 28th.

Revry, the first global LGBTQ+ streaming service, premiered the 8th annual QueerX Awards on October 11th-National Coming Out Day, honoring influential personalities in culture, entertainment and sports who have impacted the LGBTQ+ community. Presented by Discover, viewers tuned in from around the world to watch Trace Lysette accept the coveted 2023 Visibility Award.

The founding members of the ISA, including Allen Media Group, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Cineverse, Future Today, kweliTV, Revry, The E.W. Scripps Company, Tastemade, and TMB (Trusted Media Brands), are committed to driving innovation and addressing the challenges faced independent streaming providers. Through initiatives like the measurement study, the ISA aims to provide a platform for knowledge sharing and industry collaboration.

The ISA is an industry forum comprised of 10 independent streaming service providers focused on working collaboratively with various external stakeholders, including platforms, advertisers, regulators, and other industry participants. One of the goals of the ISA is to address the key challenges facing its members and the broader CTV industry.

The group’s founding members are Allen Media Group, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Cineverse, Future Today, kweliTV, Revry, The E.W. Scripps Company, Tastemade, TMB (Trusted Media Brands) and Vevo.

Other diverse-owned media companies have seen similar trends. Revry, an LGBTQ+-owned and targeted connected TV programmer, doubled its ad revenue from the second quarter of 2022 to the second quarter of 2023.

Revry, the first global LGBTQ streaming service, announces their annual Queer X Awards on October 11, 2023, to mark National Coming Out Day. Presented by Discover, the event recognizes and honors outstanding individuals and allies who have made an impact.

Revry, the first global LGBTQ+ streaming service, is proud to announce the return of the annual Queer X Awards on October 11, 2023, to mark National Coming Out Day. Presented by Discover, this prestigious event recognizes and honors outstanding individuals and allies who have made an impact. Since its inception in 2016, the Queer X Awards have been a symbol of inclusivity, applauding the achievements of those who have shaped the LGBTQ+ landscape.

“Revry was one of the founding members,” Pelliccione says. In addition to the ten founding channels, they say, “We’ve signed on over 35 different publishers.” To become a part of the ISA, “You cannot be owned by the major eight. When we did a test with iSpot, we saw that almost 60% of all inventory and 60% of all viewership were coming from just the folks in this group alone. So there is going to be a collective bargaining.”

Personalized data is critical to video content monetization, whether in a subscription-based environment or an ad-driven FAST channel. Coming at the topic from both angles, LaShawn McGhee, Co-Founder & CPO, Revry, and Rob Collins, Executive Director of Software Development, Starz, discuss the topic with Nadine Krefetz, Consultant, Reality Software, Contributing Editor, Streaming Media in this clip from their panel at Streaming Media Connect 2023.

“As an individual, as anybody, as a consumer, you could turn on your Vizio TV and go to the Watch Free app to find our channel right there. Or maybe Samsung TV Plus, where you can find our channel, or Rakuten. We're here in Europe, right? So let's turn on Rakuten, or a Roku channel. And you could just start watching—our movies, reality competitions, anything you want, anytime.”

For pioneering LGBTQ+-focused video-streaming service Revry, it’s been a complicated time, but, its founders say, a crucial one for a service trying to provide underserved audiences with shows that speak to their lives, while connecting brands safely with a substantial, lucrative core audience.

The Free This Week program is continuing to make new additions to its collection of diverse offerings. In May, Comcast offered free access to Apple TV+ content, and in June it gave users the opportunity to watch LGBTQ+-themed streamers like Revry at no cost to celebrate Pride month.

Jason: My series SMOTHERED that I co created & co starred with Mitch Hara is now out on 29 different platforms including REVRY, AMAZON.