CNBC ran several stories on the Pr0n industry and they provided an astounding look into the "Business of Pleasure".
Check out these links for great insight into the biz...
1)
Pr0n: The Business of Pleasure
2)
Pornographic Profits
Here are a couple of juicey tid-bits:
"It was once too taboo to talk about, but not anymore. In fact the porn business is so big that every second:
- $3,075 is spent on it
- More than 28,000 Internet users are viewing it
- 372 Internet users are using search engines to find it"
Pr0n has always been the first to adapt to new technology and to adapt to it so quickly that in many cases it's supply chain is mirrored by legitimate business (not that I think porn isn't legit -- but you get the point). This industry like no other is technology driven and with every new innovation it adapts and creates uses of it to extend it's reach into a seemingly endless market.
Samantha Lewis, the CEO of Digital Playground, says that "a higher quality product can break through the clutter of cheap or free internet content and get consumers to buy at a time when DVD sales have slowed dramatically".
Do you agree? Would you pay for higher quality content delivered in 1080p Blueray or other digital format to that new big screen on your living room wall? I think it's so prevalent and so easy to access online that no matter how much of a higher quality product these companies claim to put out the mass market will not pay for it in a quantity that will sustain their operation.
Technology. It moves porn as much as porn moves technology. From the betmax to VHS to DVD to streaming digital content delievered to nearly any type of device with a screen at nearly any place in the world. Porn is always on and always ready for you to get your fix... as long as your fix is for free.