Columbia House Plans Porn Club

[zzyzzx]

COLUMBIA HOUSE PLANS PORN CLUB
Penny for your (dirty) thoughts?

Columbia House, famous for its "12 CDs for a penny" record clubs, will launch its own adult video club with Playboy Entertainment at the end of this month. The service, called Hush, will sell pornography through direct mail and a Web site.

While 50-year-old Columbia House is eager to cash in on the $12 billion porn business, officials are pretty hush hush about Hush.

"This will be a separate subsidiary," said Jim Litwak, senior vice president of marketing at Columbia House. "It will be completely separate from Columbia House, and will not be marketed to current members. We are not using Columbia House at all, and are not talking to existing members; this is a separate business and deal."

Columbia House, the nation's largest direct distributor of DVDs and home video, will handle distribution, while Playboy, which has an adult direct-mail list "in the millions," according to Litwak, will handle marketing.

Litwak added that his company estimates that total adult video sell-through and rentals total $5 billion a year.

[bazooka]

[Faustus]

Wow that would have been a good idea years ago. Now? sorry you lose.

With netflix like services who's gonna sign up for this?

[bazooka]

Wow that would have been a good idea years ago. Now? sorry you lose.

With netflix like services who's gonna sign up for this?

People who want to buy the discs.

[zzyzzx]

IF it's XXX porn I'm interested. If it's that soft porn crap then no way.

[JSB]

Wow that would have been a good idea years ago. Now? sorry you lose.

With netflix like services who's gonna sign up for this?

Porn on Netflix??? I need to renew my subscription

JSB

[BJ_M]

as i said -- porn is where the money is --

Columbia House has sold porn in canada for about 1-2 years on dvd - but not in the USA

Last June, Columbia House struck a quiet deal with Playboy to add about 150 of its more "tasteful" product line to the Columbia House DVD Club, and it has also been test marketing adult titles through its Canadian subsidiary. Litwak said very few club members have complained.

But considering the outcry over Janet Jackson and Nicolette Sheridan, Columbia House needs to tread carefully, said entertainment analyst Dennis McAlpine of McAlpine Associates.

"Columbia House might bring in some negatives because of the association," he said. "It's more risky for Columbia House than for Playboy."

It may be risky not to get into the flesh business, however.

[BJ_M]

who is Nicolette Sheridan anyway ?

[zzyzzx]

as i said -- porn is where the money is --

Columbia House has sold porn in canada for about 1-2 years on dvd - but not in the USA

Last June, Columbia House struck a quiet deal with Playboy to add about 150 of its more "tasteful" product line to the Columbia House DVD Club, and it has also been test marketing adult titles through its Canadian subsidiary. Litwak said very few club members have complained.

Probably answers my question. It's soft porn.

[Rookie64]

who is Nicolette Sheridan anyway ?

She's been causing a stir on Network TV here over steamy interracial love scenes on the show, Desperate Housewives.
Don't really know why that's such a big deal these days

Anyway, she did a lot more steamy softcore interracial sex scenes with Mario Van Peebles in the 1999 flick, Raw Nerve


She's mostly a TV actress - ER...Knot's Landing...etc

Used to be married to Harry Hamlin.

[rhegedus]

Don't they mean Nicole Sheridan?

[Capmaster]

Why subscribe when they can d/l it P2P all day long?

(Notice I said "they" )

[BJ_M]

Why subscribe when they can d/l it P2P all day long?

(Notice I said "they" )

no warez (i just know someone will report you )

[Rookie64]

no warez (i just know someone will report you )

He's testing Yoda

[Capmaster]

Why subscribe when they can d/l it P2P all day long?

(Notice I said "they" )

no warez (i just know someone will report you )

Is porn even copyrighted? The stuff you can grab on P2P, like MILF Hunter, Mike's Apartment, etc. I've heard these are popular porn clips

[Doramius]

I think some of it is, but there's a ton that's not. Also, Columbia house has had it available for quite a few months now. Any current member of the DVD club can adjust settings to allow them to view titles or block them. Even allows you to decide wether you want mailers to be sent, or not, with your regular club pamphlet.

[lordsmurf]

Playboy owns Vivid, which is hardcore.

[bigmicka]

we had a service down here start late last year, similar to netflix, but all it does is rent out porn. Softcore, hardcore what ever you want its available.

so why would you buy?

mic

[Doramius]

we had a service down here start late last year, similar to netflix, but all it does is rent out porn. Softcore, hardcore what ever you want its available.

so why would you buy?

mic

If you don't own a DVD burner? :/

[bigmicka]

still why would you buy doramius?

can you get off watching the same vid over and over again?

it would be bad enough if you had girlfriend/wife that if the only option you had was 1 porno video, your variety would be extremely limited.

mic

[jimmalenko]

Why subscribe when they can d/l it P2P all day long?

(Notice I said "they" )

no warez (i just know someone will report you )

Is porn even copyrighted? The stuff you can grab on P2P, like MILF Hunter, Mike's Apartment, etc. I've heard these are popular porn clips

If you're meant to subscribe (pay) to their website to get it "first hand", then it would be copyrighted, wouldn't it ?

[Faustus]

Wow that would have been a good idea years ago. Now? sorry you lose.

With netflix like services who's gonna sign up for this?

Porn on Netflix??? I need to renew my subscription

JSB

Notice I said Netflix LIKE. As it not Netflix but services much like them. Meaning pay a monthly fee and they send them in the mail.

[Doramius]

still why would you buy doramius?

can you get off watching the same vid over and over again?

it would be bad enough if you had girlfriend/wife that if the only option you had was 1 porno video, your variety would be extremely limited.

mic

I don't buy let alone really pay regular fees for porn when it's free on the internet. I was trying to play devil's advocate and possibly offer a reason. Plus if you keep certain ones, you're archiving for future generations to enjoy what you have already found excitement from.