So VOD Is Currently The New 'Trend' In The Industry..

What do you think the next fad will be?

In the last few years we've seen a heap of stuff come and go for instance, about 4 years ago, those 'evidence eraser' software products were all the rage for webmasters to promote, a year or so later, we had all those shitty '$1 sites' then we had 'DVD Rentals' next was the advent of the 'toolbar' program, now we [the industry] seem to be on a VOD / PPV craze.

Where do you think the next logical step is going to be so far as the latest craze in the industry goes? Do you think we are going to start seeing more stuff from a year or two coming back or will we see something else come along?

I think with the current state of the motion picture industry, we're going to see more methods of delivering 'portable' porn come to the forefront, UMD porn movies, cell phone delivery, that type of thing.

What are your thoughts on whats going to be the next big craze that everyone will start copying?

Regards,

Lee

You skipped over a real craze... reality sites. And what the heck is a "toolbar program"? If you mean google, yahoo, etc. browser toolbars, I hardly consider that an adult internet craze.

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Originally Posted by Xstr8guy

You skipped over a real craze... reality sites. And what the heck is a "toolbar program"? If you mean google, yahoo, etc. browser toolbars, I hardly consider that an adult internet craze.

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Well reality sites, on the face of it, are still relatively new to the industry and, they seem to have actually stayed the course, not fizzed out and died within a month or two.

Toolbar programs, you [the surfer] download a IE toolbar and it contains links to porn sites on it and goes to a PPC adult search engine.

Regards,

Lee

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Toolbar programs, you [the surfer] download a IE toolbar and it contains links to porn sites on it and goes to a PPC adult search engine.

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Hmm, I must have missed that fad. The only toolbars I've heard of are from non-adult companies. What adult companies used those types of programs. And more importantly, did the surfers actual download them?

Back to topic...
I think we will see a real resurgence to AVS proprams that actually verify age... if and when that becomes possible.

I seems like every time porn is mentioned in politcs, the politicians demand age verification. A year or so ago, T*TI was boasting that they had the only actual age verification system in development. But nothing has been mentioned in a long time. So maybe that's dead.

But if someone was able to develop a way to do this, it would have a major impact in the market. And they would not need to restrict it to Age Verification for AVS sites. TGP's, freesites and paysite tours could use it to keep adult material from all minors.

HUGE! I'm telling ya, HUGE!

the government is talking about a government sponsored avs now... it's an existing one, and really crappy. i can't remember the name of it, but if you search like mad, it's in there.

avs's can't really restrict minors because of kids who have their own cards, and also kids who steal their parents' cards.

Hey Lee, where is evidence vod and ppv is the current rage?

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the government is talking about a government sponsored avs now... it's an existing one, and really crappy. i can't remember the name of it, but if you search like mad, it's in there.

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Wanna bet that governmental age verification will by outsourced to Halliburton? ;)

I think this is what basschick is referring to... http://www.verifymyidentification.com/

actually the trend at the moment is toward catching mainstream traffic from blogs and rss feeds... I am seeing an outrageous growth in adult blogging and some sites are now doing 15k a day and more...
rss is a powerful tool.. and XML language is kickass...
Funny, how I speak to so many program owners and webmasters who are so unfamiliar with rss and xml and the possible applications.

Promoting sponsors through bogs is where its at for the moment... lots of traffic available...

as far as products are concerned... gimmicks, new catches... well I can see selling subscriptions to dvb sites or dvb TV... Thats whats next... Digital Video Broadcasting.... mark my words in the coming years... XXX will move to dvb and we will be selling all DVB subscriptions.

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actually the trend at the moment is toward catching mainstream traffic from blogs and rss feeds... I am seeing an outrageous growth in adult blogging and some sites are now doing 15k a day and more...
rss is a powerful tool.. and XML language is kickass...
Funny, how I speak to so many program owners and webmasters who are so unfamiliar with rss and xml and the possible applications.

Promoting sponsors through bogs is where its at for the moment... lots of traffic available...

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I agree that this is the hottest thing since the invention of sliced bread for traffic - and I for one am forcing myself to find the time to learn how to use it.

You talked about a lot of products that don't really exist anymore ... VOD will probably still be there in 5 years ...

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Originally Posted by Doctor Dre

You talked about a lot of products that don't really exist anymore

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Hence my use of the word 'fad' ;)

Regards,

Lee

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Originally Posted by Lee

Hence my use of the word 'fad' ;)

Regards,

Lee

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You think VOD won't be there ?

I think it will still be around! We are growing every month. It's been great for us!

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You think VOD won't be there ?

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In its current form, no it wont.

With the proliferation of 'paysites' giving away the same movies you can find inside most PPV theatres, why would a surfer pay per minute for two or three movies when for the same price, they can get access to thousands?

Dont get me wrong, the demand for movie content will always be there but i just dont see PPV business model lasting very long without some changes.

An example of what i mean is the toolbar program (as i mentioned that in my original post) they are still around however, they are considerably different than they were when the craze hit the industry, Gamma Cash's Toolbar program for example, went from being porn based, to mainstream in less than 18 months. I think we'll see a similar change happen with PPV sites.

Regards,

Lee

hmmm...speaking of fags..err..fads , i'm noticing a resurgence of personal pics in people's avators ( of course that comes and goes depending on who dropped kicked who that week! ) :goof:
"VOD" is seemingly popular and sales are strong but i feel the market $ is someplace else.

sincerely ~ ..."people will always need to eat!"...

there are reasons to pay by the minute instead of buying a membership. one is selection - the average paysite has a LOT less videos than the average PPV site. and in many more niches, too.

also a lot of people are very afraid of recurring billing they didn't want, and paying by the minute makes them feel better.

i think if companies like AEBN would make good quality tours and good quality free video consoles, they - and we - would make a lot more money. i don't think the product is bad, but the marketing is pretty poor.

and yes - i realize i'm bumping an old thread but i was looking for PPV companies and found this one ;)

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Originally Posted by Lee

In its current form, no it wont.

With the proliferation of 'paysites' giving away the same movies you can find inside most PPV theatres, why would a surfer pay per minute for two or three movies when for the same price, they can get access to thousands?

Dont get me wrong, the demand for movie content will always be there but i just dont see PPV business model lasting very long without some changes.

An example of what i mean is the toolbar program (as i mentioned that in my original post) they are still around however, they are considerably different than they were when the craze hit the industry, Gamma Cash's Toolbar program for example, went from being porn based, to mainstream in less than 18 months. I think we'll see a similar change happen with PPV sites.

Regards,

Lee

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it would be nice if there was more competition in the VOD arena so that payouts will rise.

My prediction for a future trend: Disposable DVD sales. Once these hit the market, they will be HUGE and this is the boost that online DVD rental retailers need.

cheers,
Luke

I think one of the new trends we will be seeing in the near future is the consumer, in the comfort of there own home, will be able to pay one price for a DVD video. A person can download a whole DVD video to there computers harddrive and burn the movie onto a DVD disk. The movie will be encoded so that person can only burn one copy. This will benefit the consumer by not driving miles to a video store or waiting for the video to be shipped, it would give them instant satisfaction.

There will always be adult video stores for people to purchase or rent there favorite videos, there will always be online video sites to purchase a video and I think that PPV sites such as AEBN will always be popular. As for membership sites...that is a whole new story...I think niche sites will become much more popular and single person (such as model sites) will be popular in the future.

That's my future prediction.....

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I think one of the new trends we will be seeing in the near future is the consumer, in the comfort of there own home, will be able to pay one price for a DVD video. A person can download a whole DVD video to there computers harddrive and burn the movie onto a DVD disk. The movie will be encoded so that person can only burn one copy. This will benefit the consumer by not driving miles to a video store or waiting for the video to be shipped, it would give them instant satisfaction.

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I see that happening, too. Right now I have digital cable and internet at home, and I have a DVR box. Wouldn't it be cool if I could order a porn video off some website like D&E's site and have it transmitted to my DVR box? Even if I had to buy my own DVR box, it would be worth it for the convenience. Of course, this assumes that I can buy a DVR box (isn't that something like a Tivo box anyway) and have high bandwidth fiber service to my house.

By, the way, congrats to David & Eddie for the great article they were featured for, in the current issue of AVN/GayVN Magazine. I just read it today and it was outstanding!

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see that happening, too. Right now I have digital cable and internet at home, and I have a DVR box. Wouldn't it be cool if I could order a porn video off some website like D&E's site and have it transmitted to my DVR box? Even if I had to buy my own DVR box, it would be worth it for the convenience. Of course, this assumes that I can buy a DVR box (isn't that something like a Tivo box anyway) and have high bandwidth fiber service to my house.

By, the way, congrats to David & Eddie for the great article they were featured for, in the current issue of AVN/GayVN Magazine. I just read it today and it was outstanding!

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Yes! Tivo is a DVR and that is one of the features that you can download a video right to your DVR. We are looking into the technology but we want to make sure its full proof and we are looking at all aspects...the technology is there but we need to do it right. Perhaps more folks like yourself will be able to enjoy a D&E video and of course a citiboyz video as well...HOT twink boy action delivered to you in just a few moments...:cheese:

Thank you for your kind remarks regarding the article in AVN...aw shucks...it was nothin....:groovy:

Video download is absolutely happening.

Tivo lets users download some small programs. Some are promotional/advertisey in nature. Some are short indy films.

Apple lets you download videos for the video iPods. Including shows from USA Network, Sci-Fi, NBC, ABC, Disney, etc.

Netflix is quietly hiring video encoders (see Craigslist). The most likely partner is Tivo for the movie delivery.

The pieces are coming together. This will happen for adult too for sure.

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Thank you for your kind remarks regarding the article in AVN...aw shucks...it was nothin....:groovy:

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Nothin? Hey, I beg to differ. It's not everyone that deserves a feature. You should scan it and post it here for folks to read. It was well-written and informative, and the picture was even cute :-)

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Nothin? Hey, I beg to differ. It's not everyone that deserves a feature. You should scan it and post it here for folks to read. It was well-written and informative, and the picture was even cute :-)

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Thank you....so much! We were honored but at the same time we are very down to earth and very humble. Here is the link to the article....they also posted it on gayvn site. Here is the link:

http://www.gayvn.com/index.php?Prima...tent_ID=251520

Enjoy the read!!!!

PS...I'm a big fan of your work!!!!

Congrats David and Eddie you guys definitely deserve it. You guys are down to earth, honest, friendly, talented and you guys work together and still achieved this and that is awesome. I hope I don't kill my partner once we start working together. Congrats to you guys. :groovy:

Mark