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Counting on Age Verification
If you run an adult website, you likely have heard by now that U.K. regulatory body ATVOD (Authority for Television On Demand) is pursuing websites without proper age verification systems in place (including non-U.K. based adult websites), leveling heavy fines and seeking to block payment to these sites by pushing for new banking laws.
XBIZ Poll: 70% Say Cameron's Porn Opt-in Plan Will Fail
British Prime Minister David Cameron's porn opt-in system is likely to fail, according to the majority of adult entertainment professionals who casted votes on XBIZ.net, the industry's leading social network.
LELO CEO Miroslav Slavic to Keynote XBIZ 360 Pleasure Products
XBIZ is pleased to announce LELO CEO Miroslav Slavic as the visionary keynote speaker for the highly anticipated XBIZ 360 Pleasure Products Conference slated for Jan. 22, as part of the XBIZ 360 seven-part event series that will examine and uncover the future of the multi-billion-dollar adult industry.
Sharpshooter: Director Mason Opens Up About New OpenLife Venture
The creative force spearheading the launch of the OpenLife Entertainment production department is as mysterious as she is notorious.
Beginning of Online Porn’s End?
There has been much discussion about the U.K.’s new opt-in program for porn that will require households to choose to receive adult content (with porn blocked by default), rather than let families that wish to block this material choose to do so. The addition of ISP level porn filtering of public Wi-Fi hotspots will also do as much damage to the traffic and revenue flow of adult websites targeting a British audience as will household opt-ins — providing a discriminatory one-two punch against pornographers.
Billing Trends in the E.U.
The importance of the European Union to the adult entertainment industry cannot be overstated. From Germany to the U.K. to the Netherlands, the E.U. is both a major consumer and major producer of adult content. But in order to profit online in the E.U., adult companies must understand billing in the E.U. — and in 2013, the E.U. continues to have a diverse billing/payment landscape.
E.U. Dating Trends
Professional matchmakers have been bringing couples together for centuries, but in the Internet era, matchmaking is much more high-tech than it was in the past — and one of the most profitable areas of the world when it comes to online dating is the European Union (E.U.).
Live Cams: Mastering the European Market
For many Americans working in the adult entertainment industry, myself included, there’s a tendency to establish a myopic focus on the American market for our products and services, and to consider other geographic markets, even the large and lucrative European market, as something of an afterthought.
Traffic Trends: Mobile + Emerging Markets = Profit
As Europe continues to gain greater interest from digital publishers, a few key trends are coming into focus and some of the most important players in this area of the industry have graciously taken the time to pass along some actionable information that can be put to use in your own E.U. expansion, based on statistical data that covers a massive number of new customers.
AdultFriendFinder CEO Anthony Previte to Keynote XBIZ 360
XBIZ is pleased to announce FriendFinder Networks’ CEO Anthony Previte as its special guest keynote speaker for the 2014 edition of XBIZ 360 Digital Media Conference.
Silver Lining for Europe’s Adult Mobile Market
For years, American adult companies have eyed the European adult mobile market with a certain degree of envy, flowing from the relative ease of billing for adult transactions through European carriers, including the ability to support SMS-based purchases — an ability that no expert or market analyst believes American carriers will offer any time soon in connection with adult mobile sites, services or apps.
Intimate Apparel: Seasons of Change
As is the case with just about any manner or style of clothing, trends and fads are salesdrivers in the intimate apparel market, some regular and predictable, others sudden, unanticipated and highly time-sensitive.
Getting Intimate: Apparel Industry Embraces its Future
It is remarkable how one piece of popular fiction could have such an impact on an entire industry, but it’s undeniable: When discussing the hot trends in the intimate apparel industry, one name that many experts from top companies keep mentioning is Fifty Shades of Grey, the 2011 E. L. James novel that’s still going strong. And with a Hollywood feature hitting in 2014, you can be sure the hysteria isn’t dying down any time soon. For industry leaders, that’s just fine: Grey has helped open the door to more customers, more press and more products than ever before. How are they taking advantage, and what can consumers expect to see in the coming year?
Good Vibrations’ Joel Kaminsky to Keynote XBIZ 360 Retail Conference
XBIZ is pleased to announce industry veteran and owner of Good Vibrations, Joel Kaminsky, as its 2014 Visionary Keynote for the XBIZ 360 Retail Conference.
XBIZ Fields Record Pre-Nominations for 2014 XBIZ Awards
XBIZ has received a record number of pre-nominations for the industry awards event of the year, the 2014 XBIZ Awards, set for Jan. 24 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, Calif.
MiKandi to Demonstrate Google Glass Porn at XBIZ 360
XBIZ is pleased to announce that MiKandi will showcase the fascinating possibilities of Google Glass and pornography at the adult industry's events series of the year, XBIZ 360°, slated for January in Hollywood, Calif.
Icon Brands: Building an Icon
Launched in July 2011 as a boutique label focusing on a small number of branded lines focused on specific merchandising categories, Icon Brands starts its third year at the Summer 2013 ANME Show.
How 4G Internet Access is Changing the Mobile Market
The latest mobile technologies are breeding new services and customer expectations, with the rollout of Fourth Generation — Long Term Evolution (4G LTE) Internet access fueling much of the fire on this front.
Defending Toys: Sex Toy Prohibitions in the Bible Belt
From the Pleasure Chest to the Seattle-based Babeland (which celebrated its 20th anniversary this year) to the U.K.-based Ann Summers chain, sex toy sales continue to be a highly profitable part of the adult entertainment industry.
Corralling a Community
Many adult website operators are wondering where all the traffic went and coming up with a range of answers, from tube sites to Facebook — but the simple truth is that these Internet users have gravitated to wherever they feel the most at home, to where they find a sense of community — whether that is a social network or a favorite porn portal, where they are so comfortable and satisfied that they have no desire to go elsewhere.