Hot Choice is a pay-per-view service that mainly airs adult content. It is run by In Demand Networks and is carried on some

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systems.

History

Hot Choice was launched in 1988 as Viewer's Choice II; the channel retained the "Viewer's Choice" name until February 1993, when it was rebranded as "Hot Choice". The service had initially aired a diverse mix of

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and

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s geared towards mainly

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and adults (essentially, feature films with an

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of "PG-13" or higher) that were carried over from its sister network Viewer's Choice/In Demand; and adult-oriented programming at night. In late 1999, Hot Choice began leaning towards more "R"-rated films; more adult programming began being distributed throughout its daily schedule until 2000 when Hot Choice adopted a mostly adult programming format. During that period, some of the cable systems moved this channel to their digital cable tiers or removed it from their listings altogether. In September 2001, Hot Choice had changed their format to featuring only softcore adult programming.In Demand Makes Hot Choice Hotter.(erotic television channel to change format to soft-core pay-per-view services)
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