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Fri, Jan 13th 2006 2:45pm — Carlo Longino
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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  • identicon
    MPAA BigShot, 13 Jan 2006 @ 3:13pm

    Great Idea Thanks

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

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  • identicon
    Average Joe, 13 Jan 2006 @ 3:19pm

    No Subject Given

    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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  • identicon
    ismosm, 13 Jan 2006 @ 3:26pm

    No Subject Given

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

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  • identicon
    Justin Dale, 13 Jan 2006 @ 3:47pm

    probally a good idea

    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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    • identicon
      Tony K, 13 Jan 2006 @ 4:25pm

      Re: probally a good idea

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

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      • identicon
        Anonymous Coward, 13 Jan 2006 @ 5:03pm

        Re: probally a good idea

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

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  • identicon
    Google Video Nutjob, 13 Jan 2006 @ 6:40pm

    How about this: amateur teasing on Google?

    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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    • identicon
      jdragon, 13 Jan 2006 @ 10:51pm

      Re: How about this: amateur teasing on Google?

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

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      • identicon
        Ben, 14 Jan 2006 @ 5:14am

        Re: How about this: amateur teasing on Google?

        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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    ehrichweiss, 14 Jan 2006 @ 6:54am

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

    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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    Heffnerstheman, 15 Jan 2006 @ 4:18pm

    google time!

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

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  • identicon
    Joe, 15 Jan 2006 @ 4:29pm

    PPV

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

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  • identicon
    B-diddy, 15 Jan 2006 @ 6:21pm

    Day late...dollar short

    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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  • identicon
    fabio, 25 Feb 2006 @ 8:58am

    porn ind

    hi there,

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

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  • identicon
    Lay Person, 14 Aug 2006 @ 12:54pm

    Porn is Porn...

    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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  • identicon
    luis, 17 Aug 2006 @ 7:01pm

    please

    make m a porn star pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee

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  • identicon
    S. Narayanaswamy, 5 Oct 2006 @ 6:29am

    Bunch of Losers and Geeks

    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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  • identicon
    Luca69, 29 Nov 2006 @ 1:38pm

    the only limit now..

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

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  • identicon
    nv, 1 Jul 2007 @ 4:22pm

    gf

    ss

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  • identicon
    Become a Porn Star, 5 Oct 2007 @ 3:51pm

    xVOD Good and Bad

    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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  • identicon
    Mark, 12 Jun 2009 @ 2:29am

    Porn on Boxee

    If you're familiar with Boxee, there is a new porn app that streams full length porn movies, there are hundreds of movies to choose from and the quality is great. Download and install boxee and then add the boXXXee repository to your "App Box"

    Enjoy.

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  • identicon
    Mark, 12 Jun 2009 @ 2:31am

    Porn on Boxee

    Forgot to post the URL to the boXXXee repository. http://www.boxxxee.com/repository

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  • identicon
    GKP, 2 Dec 2009 @ 2:13pm

    FORGET VOD or Pay per Minute, StackMedia is unlimited viewing

    I subscribe to this... I dont have to buy minutes, I get 50 channels all day long... check it out.
    www.stackmedia.com

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