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The Profit Potential
There is money in foreign markets, but how do you get it? Can a studio simply ship a few hundred DVDs to Europe and wait for the money to roll in? If it were that simple you’d be standing in line at the bank with a deposit slip and a handful of checks.
Back to Basics
There are more outlets than ever for adult content and maybe none is more sought after — and more evasive — than the broadcast market. Cable, satellite, hotel, video-on-demand, pay-per-view, fiber optic delivery, IPTV, mobile and handheld device platforms — all of these distribution platforms represented coveted and potentially lucrative mediums for adult content producers. But getting a foot in the door, not to mention going through the licensing process and getting the content on the air, can be a daunting proposition.
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 brings some bad news on the heels of the faltering economy, but there's also plenty of news about fun new toys to distract from hard times.
Peer to Peer Pressure
The affiliate marketing paradigm has been in place now for a long enough period of time that all but the absolutely newest webmasters are well aware of how it works.
No Cure for the Summer Blues
Every summer for the past 20 years I’ve been told that the predictable hot-season production slump was the worst ever seen. Come September, we were all happily back working our asses off as producers scramble to finish out their yearly title quotas.
Internal Stats
Perhaps the single biggest intellectual shift for adult businesses entering the online market is the one involving the amount and kinds of statistical data available.
Good Porn Isn't Hard to Define
‘B Skow is my screen name,” said the long-time advertising and celebrity photographer who has been directing for Vivid since 2005. For a dozen or so years before that, Vivid was just one of Skow’s clients, albeit a special one, among a number of Fortune 500s and media companies.
Red or Blue: How Will They Affect YOU?
After (barely) surviving eight years with President George W. Bush in the White House, the adult industry will be paying close attention to the candidates and asking "how will this affect me and my business?"
The Hypocrisy of Condom Studios
In Europe, you can be an adult performer and be accepted in your neighbors and community. In the U.S., however, shame is still associated with sex. That may be a reason for our industry’s success. Just as prohibition created unrest and desire in a country supposedly driven by spiritual values, we tend to want anything that resembles forbidden fruit.
All Politics Is Local
Local elections impact the daily lives of most citizens more than national elections in just about every way imaginable, and yet they are given almost none of the public attention span by commercial media outlets.
Become the Shark
It's no secret that times are tough for the adult industry, with pre-election prosecutorial fears, a weakening global economy, and escalating prices all taking their toll on operators of all sizes.
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 brings word of a helpful new application for Apple's iPhone, as well as other new online startups aimed at making the web more interesting.
Anonymous Web Surfing
When users surf the net, browsing for their heart's desire, every click and page request is recorded, and a physical address is logged in the form of an IP address.
My Young Friends Offers AI Chat Bots
MyYoungFriends.com has announced its interactive chat system that offers more than 50 unique, artificial intelligence (AI)-driven chat bots, designed to imitate real teenage girls.
Getting Married? You May Want a Prenup
At this time of year, the weather's beautiful and whole lot of people are getting married. That's a good thing, for as a friend of mine once told me, "Marriage is a sacred institution. It's something a man only does ... two or three times in his life!"
XBIZ Adds Free Speech Coalition Blog
XBIZ adds Diane Duke to its roster of industry leaders blogging on the adult industry
ICANN Opens Pandora's Box
Earlier this year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced its approval of the biggest expansion to the Internet over the past forty years; recommending a new Top Level Domain (TLD) addressing system that will dramatically increase the number of available domain names.
XBIZ 2009 Conference Registration Gets Underway
Registration kicked off Tuesday for the XBIZ 2009 "State of the Industry" Conference slated Feb. 10-12 at the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills, Calif.