Third World Media is an adult entertainment production studio founded in 1999 by Steve Scott and director Ed Hunter. It was one of the first American producers of entertainment featuring performers exclusively from outside the United States.
[X, Nelson: "Third World Media: First Rate Entertainment," August 2007, pg. 144.]
Company history
The company, initially named Asian Eyes Pictures, placed an emphasis on Japanese
hardcore content in its early years. As the company grew, it expanded its production to Southeast Asia and South America. In late 2006, Third World Media added Katana, a high-end Japanese lineup featuring popular Japanese
AV stars and scripted, subtitled story lines.
Scott, a fluent Japanese speaker, credits the growth of his company to his extensive travels in Asia. When Third World Media entered the adult market, the Japanese product entering the US market was produced for the Japanese domestic market, where penetration is blurred, or "
mosaiced" to conform with their laws. Third World Media produces movies for distribution outside Japan, and its hardcore products are shot without mosaics.
Like the company's Asian titles, its Latin titles, which include
transgender titles, are also produced to be sold primarily in the American market. Third World Media's veteran in-house director Ed Hunter makes frequent travels to South America to find performers who have not been seen by American audiences.
The company also added John Florian as its sales manager in January 2008.
["Third World, Combat Zone Bring On John Florian"]
'' XBiz'', January 5, 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-23.
The company is also the exclusive distributor for performer
Gia Darling's production company, Gia Darling Entertainment.
["Third World Media Adds Gia Darling Titles"]
, '' XBiz'', April 15, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-12. Other adult film stars featured in Third World Media movies include Mai Haruna,
Monica Mattos
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Career
She began her pornographic career under the influence of ...
,
Chocoball Mukai,
Ed Powers, Allanah Starr, and
Gia Darling, among others. Japanese
AV idols
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Junko, featured in ''The Kimono Kronicles'', and Mirai Haneda, star of Hello ''Titty 3'', signed at Third World Media's 2008
AVN Adult Entertainment Expo booth.
["Japanese Adult Stars to Sign for Third World at AEE"]
'' XBiz'', December 28, 2007. Retrieved 2009-11-23.
Awards
The company was named the "Best Asian Release Company" in 2007 and 2008 by consumer adult video review magazine
Adam Film World
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History
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["Adam Film World Names Annual Awards Winners"]
, '' XBiz'', April 30, 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-23.["Adam Film World Guide Announces Annual Porn Awards Winners"]
'' XBIZ'', March 30, 2007. Retrieved 2009-11-23 At the 2009 AVN Awards the company won 'Best Ethnic-Themed Series – Asian' for ''Naughty Little Asians''
In January 2013 the company received XBIZ Awards for Transsexual Studio of the Year and Asian-Themed Series of the Year for ''Hello Titty''.
[XBIZ Award Winners 2013]
'' XBIZ'', January 2013
References
External links
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Third World Media Company Profile at AVN
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