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lk2fireone (0)
Active User  Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
2009 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo covered in Market Watch There is a column posted at Market Watch (a site that covers business news and the stock market) about the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, which was held January 8 - 11, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Ad...wds/story.aspx?guid={7F1CBF05-8827-49B2-B451-F4EC3132CBB0} The column talks about how the recession is hurting the porn industry. But an even bigger factor in lost revenue is competition from free, amateur content on the Internet. Larry Flynt (publisher of Hustler) recently wrote to Congress asking for a $5 billion government bailout, saying adult DVD sales and rentals are down 22%. I guess Flynt believes that porn is socially acceptable and is entitled to the same government handouts that the banking, brokerage, and auto industries are going to get. The porn industry is looking at ways to increase revenues. One idea is to use 3D technology. But 3D technology is still very expensive, and it's limited to mainstream, commercial films. But I found it interesting that a major financial news site did a column on the adult entertainment industry convention. | |
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| 01-13-09 12:24pm - 5823 days | #2 | |
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Wittyguy (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,138 Registered: Feb 04, '08 Location: Left Coast, USA |
As an initial aside, I dig your new suicidal kitty avatar ... my gf would kill you but I think it's pretty funny. Back on point, lets face it, porn is a multi billion dollar industry especially down in Cali so it's not surprising to see articles in the mainstream press from time to time. Flynt is just being Flynt, trying to get his name in the press knowing full well that Congress won't give him anything but a subpoena. Porn is suffering a bit but it's not all due to the recession. The market is saturated at the moment with pretty much uniform content. When a lot of things look the same the only outside pressures are price points and new technology advantages. A lot of users don't have access to high end technology or are willing to shell out big $$ for new edge porn (see the forum thread "Virtual Sex is Here ... Almost"). As for price points, it's still pretty easy to rip a site and post it on line so porn is suffering a bit like the record industry has with on-line piracy. Cutting price usually leads to a reduction in a quality which creates its own problems then. I do note that the down turn you note is in dvd sales and rentals which is to be expected with more and more people flocking to the net for their entertainment. Overall, I don't think porn is hurting as bad as many industries but growth will be flat until some new killer app like 3D or user interaction gets better and cheaper. | |
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| 01-13-09 06:49pm - 5823 days | #3 | |
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pat362 (0)
Active User  Posts: 3,575 Registered: Jan 23, '07 Location: canada |
The porn industry and mainstream media are both suffering at the moment. I think it may get worse before it gets better. I agree with Witty that this is mostly in DVD sales and rentals. Of course now that TV, movies and internet all release material on DVD I guess it affects pretty much everyone. Here are a couple of suggestions for porn and funny enough they even apply for mainstream stuff. 1-Stop making crap. Just because you've used the newest technology and best lighting. A piece of turd is still a piece of turd. 2-Give the people what they want. Stop making movies for yourself. Although you may be happy with it. The rest of us are not. 3-Using the same performer, playing the same character in the same type of scene gets tiresome after a while. There are other actors, or if you are going to use the same ones then be original and alter their appearance or the setting. 4-Stop the reality crap. It was original 10yrs ago, but now nobody believes the bullshit that these people say. How about instead of pretending that you aren't an actress. You instead be an actress and pretend you are someone else. Sorry for the rant, but I feel better now. I'm not suprise that the entertainment industry is suffering. We are oversaturated with mindless, sugarcoated, junk that has no value to it. The good stuff gets loss in all the junk. How many of us saw 5 good movies in 2008? Be they porn or mainstream. I'm not talking OK stuff but a movie that you've seen more than once and still enjoy. Long live the Brown Coats. | |
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