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Porn Industry Lusting After IPTV

from the minds-in-the-gutter dept

The adult industry is always quick to jump on new technologies, as it's done with satellite TV, the Internet, DVD and others. Now, it's peering over the horizon at IPTV, with one company getting all hot and bothered at the prospect of offering per-minute billing for movies. Apparently it's a successful business model for its streaming movies on the web, where people buy 550,000 minutes of video per day (no word on how long the average session lasts). What's next, set-top boxes with slots for quarters?

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  1. Great Idea Thanks

    by MPAA BigShot - Jan 13th, 2006 @ 3:13pm

    As a way to say thanks your first 3 movies are on me when we get it setup.

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  2. No Subject Given

    by Average Joe - Jan 13th, 2006 @ 3:19pm

    I'll take two minutes of hot girl-on-girl action and I probably won't even need the second minute...

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  3. No Subject Given

    by ismosm - Jan 13th, 2006 @ 3:26pm

    They already have about 200 of my dollars and that is just in two months.

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  4. probally a good idea

    by Justin Dale - Jan 13th, 2006 @ 3:47pm

    i mean a good idea not just for xxx but for regular pay per view tyoe things, what if you dont finsih the movie or don't like it you just got screwed which would decrease peoples reluctance to use

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  5. Re: probally a good idea

    by Tony K - Jan 13th, 2006 @ 4:25pm

    ...or fall asleep 10 minutes into it...

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  6. Re: probally a good idea

    by Anonymous Coward - Jan 13th, 2006 @ 5:03pm

    just make sure you turn the tv off (or logoff, or whatever is required) before you fall asleep!

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  7. How about this: amateur teasing on Google?

    by Google Video Nutjob - Jan 13th, 2006 @ 6:40pm

    Google video lets anyone post and sell their videos. What about amateurs that prance around for like 1 minute, then you can purchase the rest of the video and watch them get nekkid.

    I am not a fan of this, I just think it is an idea that SOMEBODY is going to have...

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  8. Re: How about this: amateur teasing on Google?

    by jdragon - Jan 13th, 2006 @ 10:51pm

    I'm buying videos from the Apple store myself. It would definately be nicer if they sell HD versions.

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  9. Re: How about this: amateur teasing on Google?

    by Ben - Jan 14th, 2006 @ 5:14am

    HiDef would be nice but it requires that the people shooting the video have and use an HD camera. That is too expensive for many people.

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  10. They're gonna have a hard time....

    by ehrichweiss - Jan 14th, 2006 @ 6:54am

    Pun not intended really. I don't know how they expect to make money since there is a subscription based IPTV porn site already going, xtv.com, that gives you like 50 channels for $29.95/mo(I think, I can't find the pricing now). And their pay-per-view is like $6 or so per movie AND you get to "keep" the PPV forever, or until you cancel your service.

    They've been in business for a few months now and seem to be doing rather well. Some of the people I've talked with that have used it say the picture quality is pretty decent and the system, a tv set top box, is pretty easy to setup. There were a few complaints about service in the beginning but they seem to have hired a few extra people and have it working fairly smoothly.

    I don't know about you but I'd rather pay $29.95/mo.

    I am not affiliated with XTV in any shape form or fashion. Hell, I'm not even a subscriber yet. I simply heard they have an awesome deal.

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  11. Re: Great Idea Thanks

    by BEN'S HOG - Jan 14th, 2006 @ 7:34pm

    BWAAAHAA HAAHAAHA, Im going to call up Tom Brady, and were gonna hang out and watch. BWAA HAAHAHAHA

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  12. Re: Great Idea Thanks

    by dognose - Jan 15th, 2006 @ 6:02am

    bwaha ha haaaaaaa me 2

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  13. google time!

    by Heffnerstheman - Jan 15th, 2006 @ 4:18pm

    Its called going online and getting some free porn....no need to pay for that stuff!

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  14. PPV

    by Joe - Jan 15th, 2006 @ 4:29pm

    my cable box actually has a credit card reader in the front of it for "future upgrades". Go figure

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  15. Day late...dollar short

    by B-diddy - Jan 15th, 2006 @ 6:21pm

    At least part of the industry is way out ahead of this topic/posting etc...

    xtv.com -set top box, pay-per-month for access and content with additional pay-per-view if you want it. Works great, iptv has arrived.

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  16. Example of Hardcore TV over the web

    by Nigel Reid - Feb 2nd, 2006 @ 3:21am

    supposed to be launching any time now - but they are broadcasting free to view at the moment - I spose to spread the word!

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  17. porn ind

    by fabio - Feb 25th, 2006 @ 8:58am

    hi there,

    i would like to start a carrer in porn. if you can help write me back.
    tanks

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  18. Porn is Porn...

    by Lay Person - Aug 14th, 2006 @ 12:54pm

    Why pay?

    Porn is porn...it's all over the internet for free!

    Perhaps I'm missing the point. Maybe there is better porn than others but isn't porn about having sex, exhibitionism, and more sex?

    How far can anyone put a twist on porn and make it something more than what I've stated?

    If there is a variant of porn I'm unaware of...what is it?

    It's all over the internet people and it's free. No matter what you do with it, all you need watch is about 10 minutes worth to notice a difference.

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  19. please

    by luis - Aug 17th, 2006 @ 7:01pm

    make m a porn star pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee

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  20. Bunch of Losers and Geeks

    by S. Narayanaswamy - Oct 5th, 2006 @ 6:29am

    Guys,

    U are a bunch of Geek Loosers. Fear God. Fear God or u all will end in hell.


    SN
    s_narayanaswamy@yahoo.com

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  21. the only limit now..

    by Luca69 - Nov 29th, 2006 @ 1:38pm

    is the available bandwidth, when a broder band will be reallity the TV will be totally revolutioned by IPTV. ___________________ Luca69

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  22. gf

    by nv - Jul 1st, 2007 @ 4:22pm

    ss

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  23. xVOD Good and Bad

    by Become a Porn Star - Oct 5th, 2007 @ 3:51pm

    You know Wicked Pictures has all of their DVD’s available as VOD. They even offer some web only adult content. The problem here is you end up using most of your minutes on the filler in between sex scenes.

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