Pink Visual
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| Industry | Pornography |
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| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Van Nuys, California, USA |
| Products | Pornographic films |
| Website | www.pinkvisual.com |
Pink Visual, based in Van Nuys, California, USA, is a reality and gonzo pornography film production company. It began as an Internet pornography provider before eventually moving into DVD production. Pink Visual also licenses adult content to cable, satellite, pay-per-view, hotel chain channels, and other Internet content licensees. Currently marketing their content with the tagline of "Raw. Raunchy. Real.", Pink Visual content is largely reality-based, taking inspiration from reality television. Pink Visual productions typically utilize amateur performers and are shot in a 'Pro-am' style, utilizing digital video, including the high definition format.
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[edit] History
Founded in June 2004, Pink Visual evolved out of the formerly established TopBucks webmaster affiliate program, which gave Pink Visual the content and marketing resources to launch into the DVD market. Pink Visual currently has over 300 titles in its portfolio.[citation needed] Typically it releases eight to ten new titles monthly throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia.[citation needed]
On February 4, 2009, Pink Visual offered a $10 discount on selected sites in "compensation for (the) Super Bowl porn mishap" in which Tucson, AZ area Comcast customers had their service interrupted for 30 seconds by an uncensored Pink Visual video.[1][2]
In September 2009, Pink Visual president, Allison Vivas, was selected by Newt Gingrich's group, American Solutions for Winning the Future to receive the group's “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2009. The award offer was rescinded, presumably after Gingrich's group was informed regarding Pink Visual's background.[3] Vivas consequently turned the tables on Gingrich by offering him the "Family Values Porn Fan of the Year" award.[4]
Pink Visual president, Allison Vivas, was selected by Newsweek magazine to comment on their Decade In Rewind project as part of Newsweek's list of the decades biggest sex scandals.[5]
[edit] iPinkVisual
In 2008, Pink Visual launched iPinkVisual.com and iPinkVisualPass.com, the first major U.S.-based mobile porn websites designed especially for iPhones.[6]
In June 2009, Pink Visual tweaked the mobile compatibility of their sites to include functionality with other WebKit based browsers, including the Palm Pre and mobile devices running on Google Android. Pink Visual mobile porn sports a limited functionality with certain BlackBerry devices. Pink Visual has released an app on the MiKandi app store for Android.[7]
[edit] PinkVisualPad
In April 2010, Pink Visual launched PinkVisualPad.com, the first major porn website designed especially for the newly released iPad.[8] This release was followed soon after by the release of MaleSpectrumPad.com, the first gay website designed for iPad compatibility.[9]
[edit] Male Spectrum
In December 2008, Pink Visual premiered Male Spectrum, a new line of gay pornography home video titles focusing on premium, high-quality gay reality porn content. In addition to the DVD line, Male Spectrum has also launched two gay mobile sites compatible with the iPhone and other multimedia capable mobile devices, iMaleSpectrum.com and iMaleSpectrumPass.com. Recently, Male Spectrum made an initial donation of $2500 to the Human Rights Campaign to assist in the HRC's fight against discrimination.[10]
[edit] Pink Visual Apocalypse Bunker
In September 2011, Pink Visual announced that in preparation for the 2012 apocalypse predicted by the Mayan calendar, they are building a massive underground bunker.[11] The bunker will contain all of the obvious emergency supplies and facilities as well as a few amenities. The bunker will have multiple fully stocked bars, an enormous performing stage with a rotating hydraulic platform and a sophisticated content production studio.[12] The apocalypse bunker is scheduled to be ready by September 2012 and preliminary blueprints have been released.[13]
[edit] Green initiative
In recent months, Pink Visual and Male Spectrum have made news by donating a portion of their proceeds to Trees for the Future as well as for releasing an environmentally friendly DVD line, Plant Your Wood. The company is also working to turn their web sites carbon neutral.[14]
[edit] Conan the Boobarian
On January 18, 2010, Conan O'Brien revealed that he was offered to star in a Pink Visual porno entitled "Conan the Boobarian" among other job offers.[15]
[edit] Fight against copyright infringement
In February 2010, Pink Visual’s holding company Ventura Content filed suit[16] at U.S. District Court in New York against the owners of Brazzers, alleging that four company-owned tube sites poached content from 45 copyrighted movies and have streamed them “tens of millions of times.”[17]
[edit] Awards
- 2006: 7 AVN Award nominations
- 2006: Won AVN Award in 'Best Specialty Release – MILF' category for Milf Seeker[18]
- 2007: 17 AVN Award nominations including nominations for Best Marketing Campaign – Overall, and Best Marketing Campaign – Online
- 2007: Won AVN Award in 'Best Specialty Series – MILF' category for Milf Seeker[18]
- 2008: 15 AVN Award nominations
- 2008: Won AVN Award in 'Best Solo Release' category for Extreme Holly Goes Solo[19]
- 2008: AEBN VOD Award, Best Amateur - Couples Seduce Teens
- Won AVN Awards for two consecutive years in Best Specialty Series – MILF category
- 2009: 20 AVN Award nominations
- 2010: 16 AVN Award nominations[18]
- 2010: Won XBiz Mobile Company Of The Year & Businesswoman of the Year: Allison Vivas[20]
- 2011: 18 AVN Award nominations including nominations for Best Membership Site - PinkVisualPass.com and Best Membership Site Network - PinkVisual.com[18]
- 2012: Won Mobile Site of the Year: iPinkVisual.com/PinkVisualPad.com, Innovative Web/Tech Product of the Year: PVLocker.com (Pink Visual) and FSC Leadership Award: Allison Vivas, Pink Visual[20]
- 2012: 7 AVN Award nominations including nominations for Best Affiliate program: TopBucks Mobile and Best Studio website: pinkvisual.com[18]
[edit] References
- ^ "Pink Visual Offers Compensation for 'Superbowl (sic) Porn' Mishap". Yahoo! Finance. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Pink-Visual-Offers-iw-14253758.html.
- ^ "Porn site capitalizing on Super Bowl clip". Tucson Citizen. http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/related/109572.
- ^ "The Rachel Maddow Show - Gingrich Yanks Award From Adult Entertainers". MSNBC. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show#33131556.
- ^ "The Newt Pornographer Strikes Back: Gingrich Named Porn Fan of the Year by Scorned Dinner Date". Washington City Paper. http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/10/09/the-newt-pornographer-strikes-back-gingrich-named-porn-fan-of-the-year-by-scorned-dinner-date/. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ^ "The Decade In Rewind - Newsweek 2010". Newsweek. http://2010.newsweek.com/top-10/sex-scandal-details/peter-cook-porn-problem.html.
- ^ "iPhone is the Next Sex Toy, Porn Industry Says". PC Magazine. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2247672,00.asp. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ "Pink Visual launches app on MiKandi". MiKandi. March 30, 2010. http://www.blog.mikandi.com/2010/03/pink-visual-launches-app-on-mikandi/. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
- ^ "First iPad Porn Site Appears". AppScout. http://www.appscout.com/2010/04/first_ipad_porn_site_appears.php. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
- ^ "TopBucks Mobile Debuts Gay Porn Site for iPad Users". AVN. http://business.avn.com/company-news/TopBucks-Mobile-Debuts-Gay-Porn-Site-for-iPad-Users-394372.html. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- ^ "Male Spectrum Gives Support to Human Rights Campaign". XBIZ. http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=106105&mi=all&q=male+spectrum. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
- ^ "Porn Bunker In The Valley: Where To Ride Out The Apocalypse". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/14/porn-bunker-in-the-valley_n_963330.html. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
- ^ "A Porn Bunker for the Apocalypse". CNBC. http://www.cnbc.com/id/44460504/A_Porn_Bunker_for_the_Apocalypse. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
- ^ "Porn Studio Building Opulent Underground Sex Bunker for Post-Apocalyptic Penetration". Gizmodo. http://gizmodo.com/pink-visual/. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
- ^ "Pink Visual Preps 'Green' DVDs, Gay Content Division Promotions". XBIZ. http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=103099&mi=all&q=plant+your+wood. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ Amy Eisinger; Cristina Everett (2010-01-14). "Conan O'Brien still has a job, but is already receiving offers from porn company and cookie stores". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/01/14/2010-01-14_conan_obrien_still_has_a_job_but_is_already_receiving_offers_from_porn_company_a.html. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ "Mansef Interhub Complaint". http://www.pinkvisual.com/legal/Mansef_Interhub_complaint_02112010.pdf.
- ^ ""Tube Sites" Threaten Porn Studios". Forbes. http://blogs.forbes.com/velocity/2010/02/17/porn-studio-cries-copyright-foul-in-6-75m-suit-against-online-video-sites.
- ^ a b c d e "AVN Awards Past Winners". AVN. http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=pastwinners. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
- ^ "2008 AVN Awards Winners Announced". AVN. http://business.avn.com/articles/2759.html. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- ^ a b "XBIZ Awards 2010 Winners Announced". XBiz. http://www.xbiz.com/news/117447?ln=web.
