AEBN

AEBN
Type of site
 Pornographic streaming video
Available in English
Founded 1999 (1999)
Headquarters Charlotte, North Carolina
Website aebn.net
Alexa rank 2,576 (November 2012)[1]
Registration Optional (pay-per-minute)
Current status Active

AEBN, short for Adult Entertainment Broadcast Network, is an Internet pornography company that specializes in delivering material through streaming video in a video on demand format. Subsidiaries include PornoTube.

History

AEBN was formed in 1999.[2] At the time, video-streaming technology was still in its infancy.[2] AEBN developed and launched an adult Video-on-Demand service that now serves as a widely recognized model of content delivery for the adult industry.[2][3] AEBN's pay-per-minute model is a standard in online pornography. In 2004, AEBN began offering its theater templates in languages other than English.[4]

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, AEBN offers more than 100,000 titles and includes material from at least 1,500 different studios with 10 million subscribers worldwide, as of 2011.[5]

Affiliate Model

AEBN operates an affiliate program through which website administrators can promote AEBN products. The affiliate receives a percentage of profits by sending traffic to AEBN sites or linking to a custom theater from which surfers can purchase minute packages.

Studio and other acquisitions

In January 2007, AEBN announced a merger with NakedSword.com, one of the largest gay Internet pornography companies on the Web. The merger gave AEBN a windfall of gay content from studios such as COLT and Falcon, as well as a strong brand name in the gay market.[6] NakedSword retained its separate headquarters in San Francisco, California, giving AEBN offices on both the east and west coasts.

In 2009, AEBN merged with another gay adult company, Raging Stallion Studios, and its sister label, Pistol Media. The merger also included Pistol Media's Gunzblazing affiliate program. Raging Stallion Studios is also based in San Francisco and is one of the world's largest producers of gay adult films.[7]

On December 19, 2010, AEBN purchased Falcon Studios for an undisclosed sum.[8]

AEBN merged Falcon Studios and Raging Stallion, although the company said that both brands would remain distinct and AEBN's output would remain constant at 60 DVD titles per year, with 40 originating from Raging Stallion.[8] Falcon CEO James Hansen would remain with the company as the chief financial officer of Falcon Studios.[8]

Other ventures

AEBN launched Xobile in April 2005. Xobile made adult material available on mobile devices.[9] Xobile was known for its "PornMyPortable" campaign, which offered adult material specifically made to work with mobile entertainment devices like the iPod and Sony's PSP.[10] On March 5, 2010, AEBN announced the relaunch of its Xobile mobile porn platform that included a "massive redesign."[11]

AEBN announced plans to host the first annual VOD Awards in 2005. The awards' winners are chosen based on the viewing habits of the sites' users and on per-minute sales in theaters during the preceding calendar year.[12]

Early in 2006, AEBN started xPeeps.com, an x-rated dating site that garnered 300,000 users in its first eight months.[13] In 2007, AEBN created a dating site similar to xPeeps but specifically for the fetish community called SocialKink.com.[14]

In 2008 AEBN debuted a product called RealTouch, a sleeve fitted with "belts, jets, heating elements and other gadgetry" that fits over the penis and synchronizes sensations to a specially produced online video.[15] Representatives for the company demonstrated the device at the 2009 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas and it was released in November 2009.[16][17][18]

Award nominations

Awards

VOD Awards

VOD Awards

Since 2006 AEBN has its own award program to acknowledge videos, performers, and studios based on their popularity as selected by their customer base.[20] The awards recognize "each year's most popular films and stars based on viewing habits of the millions who visit the company's network of VOD theaters". Nominations are based on sales (measured in minutes of video viewing) for each calendar year. "Customers are the only voters for the VOD Awards," said AEBN’s VP of Sales and Marketing, Jerry Anders. "They voted with every minute they watched...".[20]

The awards cover a range of genres along with an award for Studio of the Year. Categories include: Performer of the Year, Best Newcomer, Best Overall Movie, Amateur, BDSM, Feature, International, Lesbian, Series, and Transsexual.

Industry acknowledgement

AEBN has been acknowledged by its industry for its efforts.

References

  1. ↑ "aebn.net Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
  2. 1 2 3 "Taking Stock in the Future: Vision and perseverance pay off for VOD pioneer AEBN". Adult Video News. 1 August 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Steve Goldberg and Arthur Murray (1 September 2002). "Naked Ambition". AllBusiness. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  4. ↑ Rhett Pardon (17 March 2004). "AEBN Pushing International Traffic". XBIZ. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  5. ↑ Alex Henderson (21 June 2011). "Company Profile: AEBN's Empire Still Growing". XBIZ. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  6. ↑ Gretchen Gallen (10 January 2007). "Valenti: NakedSword, AEBN to Share Revenue on VOD". XBIZ. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  7. ↑ Benji Featherstone (19 February 2009). "AEBN/NakedSword Merges with Raging Stallion, Pistol Media". Adult Video News. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  8. 1 2 3 "AEBN Acquires Falcon Studios and Merges with Raging Stallion". Raging Stallion website. 19 December 2010. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  9. ↑ "Porn pushing the technology envelope". MSNBC.com. 15 December 2005. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  10. ↑ "'PornMyPortable' – New Service From Xobile Offers Adult Video Content That Will Play on iPod With Simple `Drag, Click and Watch' Connection". RedOrbit. 4 November 2005. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  11. ↑ "AEBN Announces Xobile Relaunch". XBIZ. 8 March 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  12. ↑ Gretchen Gallen (28 February 2005). "AEBN Announces 1st Annual VOD Awards". XBIZ. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  13. ↑ "xPeeps Reaches 300,000 Members". XBIZ. 23 November 2006. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  14. ↑ "SocialKink.com Enters the Fetish Market". XBIZ. 26 September 2007. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  15. ↑ "Virtual sex coming soon". Daily Times. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  16. ↑ "Real Touch sex toy". CNET. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  17. ↑ Ruslan Valeev (15 January 2009). "New Kind of Treadmill for your Penis: Cyberdildonics". National Sexuality Research Center. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  18. ↑ Rhett Pardon (11 November 2009). "AEBN Officially Rolls Out RealTouch". XBIZ. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  19. ↑ Steve Javors (16 December 2009). "XBIZ Announces Finalist Nominees for 2010 XBIZ Awards". XBIZ. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  20. 1 2 Staff. "AEBN Announces Winners of 2013 VOD Awards". Adult Video News. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 "XBIZ Awards: Past Winners". XBIZ. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  22. ↑ XBIZ Award Winners, XBIZ, January, 2012
  23. ↑ XBIZ Award Winners, XBIZ, January, 2015

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