A CNBC Original
Porn: Business of Pleasure
Go Inside The $13-Billion Industry
It was once too taboo to talk about, but not anymore. It’s the other Hollywood. A $13-billion industry. Consumers have a voracious demand for it...every second, $3075 is spent on it...more than 28,000 internet users are viewing it...372 internet users are typing keywords into search engines to find it. All in service of Porn.
But, as porn enters the mainstream, its taboo nature — part of what has made it so alluring to the consumer and profitable for the industry — may be fading at a time when the porn industry is facing its biggest threats yet. Porn’s profits are under assault, and piracy and a weak economy have forced DVD sales down 40% in the last year. In fact, porn is just another branch of the publishing industry, facing the same hurdles as books, magazines, and ''old media.''
CNBC’s Melissa Lee takes viewers inside the Porn industry for your first, all-access look at the big budgets, the small players, the super-stars, and the one issue that could bring the adult industry to its knees.
DVD includes more than 30 minutes of bonus material, including extended interviews with adult industry star Sasha Grey, Vivid Entertainment CEO, Steven Hirsch, and Digital Playground’s, Jesse Jane.
RATING: MA (for Mature Audiences)
Porn: Business of Pleasure
Go Inside The $13-Billion Industry
It was once too taboo to talk about, but not anymore. It’s the other Hollywood. A $13-billion industry. Consumers have a voracious demand for it...every second, $3075 is spent on it...more than 28,000 internet users are viewing it...372 internet users are typing keywords into search engines to find it. All in service of Porn.
But, as porn enters the mainstream, its taboo nature — part of what has made it so alluring to the consumer and profitable for the industry — may be fading at a time when the porn industry is facing its biggest threats yet. Porn’s profits are under assault, and piracy and a weak economy have forced DVD sales down 40% in the last year. In fact, porn is just another branch of the publishing industry, facing the same hurdles as books, magazines, and ''old media.''
CNBC’s Melissa Lee takes viewers inside the Porn industry for your first, all-access look at the big budgets, the small players, the super-stars, and the one issue that could bring the adult industry to its knees.
DVD includes more than 30 minutes of bonus material, including extended interviews with adult industry star Sasha Grey, Vivid Entertainment CEO, Steven Hirsch, and Digital Playground’s, Jesse Jane.
RATING: MA (for Mature Audiences)
