Fleshbot: straight, vod

Dirty DVD rental and video-on-demand service...

Dashiell Bennett — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:15:24 EDT

Dirty DVD rental and video-on-demand service WantedList has joined the parade of Apple fanfolk with a new iPhone compatible mobile site. Which is great and all, though they should know that people who don't own iPhones might want to watch porn in the airport bathroom while waiting for their connecting flight too. Would it be so terrible to think about them once in awhile? (m.wantedlist.com)

iRoticNet.com is an on-demand paysite designed...

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:45:00 EDT

iRoticNet.com is an on-demand paysite designed only for—you guessed it—iPhones. If you only get turned on by porn that is 3 inches wide and has to be shared with everyone else on your subway car, then we suppose you're getting a pretty good deal. (iroticnet.com + Gizmodo)

The bad news is that the economy is in the...

Dashiell Bennett — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:00:00 EDT

The bad news is that the economy is in the tank and we're all broke! So what's the good news? Now everyone is going to stay home and watch nothing but porn! Even recessions have a silver lining! (xbiz.com)

Fleshbot's VOD Theatre: No More Sticky Seats!

Jonnobot — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:30:37 EDT

The observant among you might have noticed an ad in our sidebar today hawking our new Video On Demand storefront, which went live this week. So what is it all about? We've partnered with AEBN to bring you instant access to more porn than you'll be able to watch in a lifetime (you know, in case you've already exhausted our Flesh Flicks archives), with some of our favorite titles spotlighted for your pleasure. It ain't free, but sometimes the best things in life aren't—though they don't have to cost much either. And at least this way you'll be able to save all your quarters for laundry instead of dropping them into that peep show booth on your way home from work ... (theater.fleshbot.com)

Movie Ratings Now Available In Porn Form!

Dashiell Bennett — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:05:58 EDT

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is the UK's equivalent of our MPAA, tasked with wagging a finger at naughty movie producers and then sticking a rating label on their films to let teenagers know which films they should sneak into to see naked boobs and people getting murdered. In an effort to be more accessible, they recently announced a "scheme" to extend those ratings to online videos—including those on hardcore porn sites. The system is currently voluntary, but websites and content producers can sign up (for a reasonable fee, of course) and will then get to stamp a big blue sticker on their products showing the official approval (or disapproval) of their movies.

So why would an adult company sign on when all their films are clearly restricted and won't be shown in theaters anyway? Because having a official BBFC rating is pretty much the only way to guarantee that you won't get arrested for trying to sell your movie in censor-happy Great Britain. In other words: "Pay to join our club and you (probably) won't go to jail. You're welcome!"

· bbfc - the official website of the bbfc (bbfc.org.uk)
· British Film Board OKs Using Ratings for Movies Online (xbiz.com)
· Midnight Madness (via strictlybroadband.com; PDF press release about joining the scheme here.)

Vivid Loves VOD: "My Ex-Girlfriend"

Fleshbot — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:37:54 EDT

In a spookily timed touché to all the gloom-and-doom prophecies hitting the news wires this week that the interweb is killing the adult industry's main source of revenue from DVD sales, Vivid announced this week that it will (up)skirt its usual distribution channels and release the upcoming "My Ex-Girlfriend", starring former Penthouse Pet and recently minted Vivid girl Brea Lynn, exclusively via Video On Demand instead of on its usual shiny plastic disk thingies early next month. (In mainstream entertainment, movies that are released direct to DVD are usually seen as a liability, but in Porn Valley now the direct-to-VOD thing is apparently a feature.) The good news is that we won't have to wait as long to see Brea in action as we would if we had to wait for the screener to arrive in our mailbox. The bad news is that if it turns out to be as bad as "Kim Kardashian Superstar" (unlikely, but still), we'll be denied the satisfaction of turning our DVD into a decorative candleholder or chcuking it under the next street cleaning vehicle that passes our living room.

· "Vivid Releases First Direct-to-VOD Adult Movie" (avn.com)
· "Vivid's Next Move: VOD" (xfanz.com)
· Vivid Superstore (vividsuperstore.com)
· Thumbnail: Brea Lynn (galleries @ Daily Niner and Bad Girls Blog, to help tide you over until July 2)

Previously: Laughing (With) Vivid Girls, Winkytiki's "Man's Ruin": Vivid Alt Contributes To Our Collective Downfall, DVD: Tristan Taormino's "Expert Guide To Anal Sex", DVD Review: Everything You Wanted To Know About "Kim Kardashian, Superstar" But Were Afraid To Watch, Breaking: Debbie Still Doing Dallas