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AlmightyContent Nominated for XBIZ Award

AlmightyContent has announced its third nomination in a row for the 2009 XBIZ Awards in the category of Live Video Chat of the Year.

Old School Meets New

For years the sign hanging outside World Modeling was the Porn Valley equivalent to Sin City’s Welcome to Las Vegas sign, a public salutation to the American underbelly. From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, virtually every big name in porn — as well as thousands of lesser stars and starlets whom few would remember — passed through the agency’s door.

Acme Andersson ·

Private Media Group Nominated for XBIZ Award

Barcelona-based studio Private Media Group has been nominated as Studio of the Year at the upcoming XBIZ Awards.

opinion

Giving Credit Where It's Due

The gloom is thick in this land today. If it keeps going like this, they’re going to have to make the front pages of newspapers longer to track the downward spiral of the Dow.

Ernest Greene ·
trends

The Foreign Profit Potential

There is money in foreign markets, but how do you get it? Can a studio simply ship a few DVDs to Europe and wait for the money to roll in?

Acme Andersson ·

A Broader View

If you’re trying to make a living in online adult entertainment, or for that matter, in any facet of adult entertainment, you’ve probably noticed that times are tougher for a lot of folks — and the situation for some operators will likely get worse.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·

Bree Olson, Kayden Kross Named Co-Hosts of 2009 XBIZ Awards

XBIZ is proud to announce Adam & Eve contract stars Bree Olson and Kayden Kross as co-hosts of the 2009 XBIZ Awards, taking place Feb. 12 at Boulevard 3 in Hollywood.

opinion

A New Hope for Tolerance

The adult entertainment industry has great reason to celebrate this holiday season and the reason why can be summed up in three words: President Barack Obama.

Gregory A. Piccionelli ·

Hybrid Web Design: One Size Fits All

For web designers trying to create virtual properties that are all things to all people, an area of increasing challenge is to serve the needs of users that access these properties by using all manners of devices; from traditional home and laptop computers to TV set-top boxes and other so-called “Internet appliances” — iPhones, PSPs and other mobile devices.

Stephen Yagielowicz ·
profile

The Sheer Madness of Andre

An Internet Adult Film Database “personal bio” page lists about a dozen personal attributes such as birthday, ethnicity and hair color. On Andre Madness’ page, they all read: “No data.” And there’s no picture.

Erik Jay ·
opinion

Lighting for Amateurs: LED's Lead the Way

There is a not-so-new technology gaining increasing acceptance in the field of video lighting that can improve both the model's comfort level and the videographer's ease of production: LED's.

Ayrora Temple ·

Future of Sex Arrives

The future promised us flying cars, jet packs and videophones. We’re waiting for those futuristic items, but Charlotte, N.C.-based AEBN, the VOD giant, has created an intimate and oft-requested bit of future fetish: the Real Touch, the first mass-marketed teledildonic device. Real Touch does not actually offer coitus with a PC, but it comes enticingly close. Remote control of devices is nothing new to the wired community.

Christopher Karwowski ·

Kentucky Domain Seizure Case Heard in Appeals Court

The Kentucky Court of Appeals heard oral arguments last Friday on democratic Governor Steve Beshear's effort to seize scores of domain names.

profile

Taylor Made for Porn

Since 1993, New Sensations — situated in a nondescript, modern two-story building in Porn Valley, Calif. — has set out to change the adult industry for the better. Along with its sister entity, Digital Sin, New Sensations has produced some of the hottest gonzo lines on the market, covering such in-demand niches as newbies (“Naughty College School Girls,” “Fresh Outta High School”), MILFs (“Cheating Housewives Tales”), squirting (“She Squirts”), girl/girl (“Lesbian Provocateur”), two-on-one (“Double Play”), POV (“School Girl POV”) and interactive (the “My Plaything” series, currently highlighted by the release of the three-DVD “My Plaything Ashlynn Brooke”), to name but a few genres.

Arch Stanton ·
opinion

Web Hosting 101: Getting Started

Hosting has undergone major evolutionary changes since the dawn of the adult Internet. Some of these changes have happened in a response to industry growth; others due to changes within the Internet and peoples’ expectations of web content as a whole; and others due directly to the creative needs of web developers.

Kath Blackwell ·

The XBIZ Weekly Retail Round-Up

The weekly collection of articles reporting on local laws and battles that affect today's adult retailers.

The XBIZ Weekly Tech Watch

This week's tech watch offers reports on President Bush's final words on tech, as well as looks at a slew of new toys for webmasters and tech fans everywhere.

CommerceGate Nominated for 2009 XBIZ Award

“We look forward to the award ceremony, as we do every year,” CommerceGate CEO Bjorn Skarlen said. “Being nominated is an honor."

opinion

Audio for Amateurs: Wireless Wonders

Easily overlooked by many amateur adult producers, quality audio content can be nearly as compelling as its visual component.

Ayrora Temple ·
opinion

How to Optimize Your Mobile Website

Having problems trying to implement a mobile version of your site? In this article you will find the guidelines for mobile standards, along with tools and plug-ins available to make your website mobile friendly.

Leopard Lady ·