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Adult Chat (television)
Adult chat television channels and programsMarriott, Stephanie"The audience of one: adult chat television and the architecture of participation" in Screen 50:1, Spring 2009, Oxford University Press. Retrieved 22 February 2019Web Archive versionRetrieved 16 February 2020 (also known as babe channels or babeshows Retrieved 16 February 2020) are a format of phone-in live television programming that has developed in Europe since 2002, often having elements similar to webcam modelling and softcore pornography. Adult chat channels were noted in ''Screen'' as "challenges to conventional notions" of television – viewers can make Premium-rate telephone number, premium-rate phone calls to the channel's presenters, but the calls are not heard on screen during the program. Thus, the channels' format and content is openly influenced by the pursuit of revenue, "pay-to-participate", without the traditional "audience subscription, advertising or sponsorship". Broadcast live from a studio, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teletext
Teletext, or broadcast teletext, is a standard for displaying text and rudimentary graphics on suitably equipped television sets. Teletext sends data in the broadcast signal, hidden in the invisible vertical blanking interval area at the top and bottom of the screen. The teletext decoder in the television buffers this information as a series of "pages", each given a number. The user can display chosen pages using their remote control. In broad terms, it can be considered as Videotex, a system for the delivery of information to a user in a computer-like format, typically displayed on a television or a dumb terminal, but that designation is usually reserved for systems that provide bi-directional communication, such as Prestel or Minitel. Teletext was created in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s by John Adams, Philips' lead designer for video display units to provide closed captioning to television shows for the hearing impaired. Public teletext information services were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Montfort University
De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) is a public university in the city of Leicester, England. It was established in accordance with the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, Further and Higher Education Act in 1992 as a degree awarding body. The name De Montfort University was taken from Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, Simon de Montfort, a 13th-century Earl of Leicester. De Montfort University has approximately 27,000 full and part-time students, 3,240 staff and an annual turnover in the region of £168 million. The university is organised into four faculties: Art, Design, and Humanities (ADH); Business and Law (BAL); Health and Life Sciences (H&LS); and Computing, Engineering and Media (CEM). It is a Sustainable Development Hub, focusing on Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, an initiative by the United Nations launched in 2018. The Department for Education awarded the university an overall Silver rating in the 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework. It is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcore Pornography
Hardcore pornography or hardcore porn is pornography that features detailed depictions of sexual organs or sexual acts such as sexual intercourse, vaginal, anal sex, anal, oral sex, oral, or Non-penetrative sex#Manual sex, manual intercourse; ejaculation; or sexual fetishism, fetish play. The term is in contrast with less-explicit softcore pornography. Hardcore pornography usually takes the form of Pornographic magazine, magazines, Nude photography, photographs, Pornographic film, films, and Cartoon pornography, cartoons. Since the mid-1990s, hardcore pornography has become Internet pornography, widely available on the internet, much of it without cost, making it more accessible than ever before. Etymology A distinction between "hardcore pornography" and "borderline pornography" (or "borderline obscenity") was made in the 1950s and 1960s by American jurists discussing obscenity laws. "Borderline pornography" appealed to sexual prurience, but had other positive qualities, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masturbation
Masturbation is a form of autoeroticism in which a person Sexual stimulation, sexually stimulates their own Sex organ, genitals for sexual arousal or other sexual pleasure, usually to the point of orgasm. Stimulation may involve the use of hands, everyday objects, sex toys, or more rarely, the mouth (autofellatio and autocunnilingus). Masturbation may also be performed with a Sexual partner, sex partner, either masturbating together or watching the other partner masturbate and this is known as "mutual masturbation". Masturbation is frequent in both sexes. Various medical and psychological benefits have been attributed to a healthy attitude toward sexual activity in general and to masturbation in particular. No Causality, causal relationship between masturbation and any form of mental or physical disorder has been found. Masturbation is considered by clinicians to be a healthy, normal part of sexual enjoyment. The only exceptions to "masturbation causes no harm" are certain cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nudity
Nudity is the state of being in which a human is without clothing. While estimates vary, for the first 90,000 years of pre-history, anatomically modern humans were naked, having lost their body hair, living in hospitable climates, and not having developed the Craft, crafts needed to make clothing. As humans became Behavioral modernity, behaviorally modern, body adornments such as jewelry, tattoos, body paint and scarification became part of non-verbal communications, indicating a person's social and individual characteristics. Indigenous peoples in warm climates used clothing for decorative, symbolic or ceremonial purposes but were often nude, having neither the need to protect the body from the elements nor any conception of nakedness being shameful. In many societies, both ancient and contemporary, children might be naked until the beginning of puberty. Women may not cover their breasts due to the association with nursing babies more than with sexuality. In the ancient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motors TV
Motorsport.tv is a global streaming OTT platform specialized in motor racing and motoring content, live and on demand launched in September 2018. It is a fully integrated video ecosystem developed and operated by Motorsport Network to specifically cater to different motor racing and automotive audiences. Motorsport.tv distributes globally over many different digital platforms. It offers both subscription content (SVOD) under the label Motorsport.tv Premium, and free to view ad-supported content (AVOD). As of 2023, Motorsport.tv contains 14,000+ hours long and short form on demand videos 35,000+ video titles available online and livestream more than 1,200 events yearly. History In November 2016, Motorsport Network had acquired Motors TV. On 1 March 2017, Motors TV was rebranded to become Motorsport.tv. On that same day, the HD version of the channel was launched. In September 2018 it became clear that the Motorsport.tv linear channel would close on 30 September 2018 in both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friendly TV
Friendly TV was a British television channel, owned by Hi2 Limited. Much of the channel's output was made up of interactive programmes and games which allowed user participation by phone or mobile phone using SMS messaging. The channel was widely regarded as a pioneer in the low budget user generated content that accelerated the transition to online tv. The channel was launched in 2003 on Sky Digital channel 268 and received immediate criticism for its poor content. Program content was devoted to an internet-based game called ''Brainbox'', or a lengthy computer games show called ''GamerWeb'' contrary to the station's EPG. Shortly after the channel was launched it ran a number of wrestling shows including Irish Whip Wrestling, Frontier Wrestling Alliance, and Pro Wrestling Noah. These were pilots for the TV station which was launched as The Wrestling Channel and later became The Fight Network. The channel broadcast onto a number of Sky channels and was responsible for p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Network
Game Network was a European free-to-air television channel. It was initially owned by Digital Bros group, and later taken over by Cellcast Group. It was first launched in 1999. History Game Network first broadcast in Italy on 17 September 1999. The channel was available throughout Southern Europe, and developed, attracting an estimated audience of 300,000. It launched in the United Kingdom in May 2001 on Sky EPG number 223. At its UK launch, the ''Financial Times'' evaluated the channel's free-to-air business proposition, commenting that its potential viewers should be abundant with consideration to the surge of popularity of video games at the time, noting the rising popularity of video games, the release of hundreds of titles in the UK each year and the launch of the PlayStation 2 months earlier. The channel was expected to provide 24-hour television dedicated to video games and earn money from advertising and sponsorship. The UK version of the television channel, produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Calls (TV Series)
''Night Calls'' is an American sexuality-oriented television series on Playboy TV that was broadcast from 1995 to 2007. Premise ''Night Calls'' is a live phone-in program where listeners are invited to call in and discuss sexual issues—usually fantasies. The shows hosts have invariably been female porn stars, who depending on the nature of the call may interact with the caller while performing (non-explicit) sexual acts such as masturbation or playing with sex toys. Sometimes the callers (male and female) will be heard engaged in sexual activity of their own, ranging from masturbation to intercourse. History Originally featuring hosts Juli Ashton and Doria Rone (1996–1998), Doria was eventually replaced by Tiffany Granath. Granath and Ashton co-hosted the show from November 1998 until early 2006 at which time the show was recast and reworked. In early 2006, Playboy TV cast adult stars Jesse Jane and Kirsten Price in the host roles for the final 14 months of the series' ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playboy TV
Playboy TV (originally The Playboy Channel) is a pay television channel based in the United States. History The adult-oriented, commercial-free premium channel Bravo! launched in the summer of 1979. Bravo! aired two PG or R-rated B movies twice each night, and debuted at least eight new movies per month. The following year, Bravo! was purchased by Rainbow Programing Services, a joint-venture of four cable companies led by Cablevision. Bravo! rebranded as Escapade on December 9, 1980, broadcasting on Tuesday through Saturday nights from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. ET (or as early as 4:00 a.m. on some cable systems). The channel's Sunday and Monday night timeslots and former name were taken by Rainbow's other new pay service Bravo, which featured programming centered around the performing arts, foreign and arthouse films. The satellite time utilized by the two networks was subleased from the National Christian Network. By July 1981, the service expanded to seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ICSTIS
The Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA) was the regulatory body for all premium rate phone-paid services in the United Kingdom between 2016 and 2025. It supervised the content, goods and services that consumers could buy by charging the cost to their phone bills and pre-pay phone accounts. History Regulation of premium rate services commenced in 1986 under the Independent Committee for the supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services (ICSTIS) at the request of three network operators (British Telecom, Mercury Communications, and Vodafone) as a response to public criticism of their profiting from premium-rate adult content. It re-branded itself as PhonepayPlus (PPP) in June 2007 and then as the Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA) in November 2016. The PSA's and its predecessor organisations' authority to regulate ''Controlled Premium Rate Services (CPRS)'' came from Section 120 and 121 of the Communications Act 2003 and through Ofcom's ''Premium Rate Services Cond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the self-regulatory organisation of the advertising industry in the United Kingdom. The ASA is a non-statutory organisation and so cannot interpret or enforce legislation. However, its code of advertising practice broadly reflects legislation in many instances. The ASA is not funded by the British government, but by a levy on the advertising industry. Its role is to "regulate the content of advertisements, sales promotions and direct marketing in the UK" by investigating "complaints made about ads, sales promotions or direct marketing", and deciding whether such advertising complies with its advertising standards codes. These codes stipulate that "before distributing or submitting a marketing communication for publication, marketers must hold documentary evidence to prove all claims, whether direct or implied, that are capable of objective substantiation" and that "no marketing communication should mislead, or be likely to mislead, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
