Might be of interest...

[hattertim]

This is taken from the "Indypedia" from the Independent on Sunday...make of these facts & figures what you will!

-PORNOGRAPHY-

The global value of the "adult entertainment industry" has been estimated at ?31.5bn. The US share of this is about ?6bn.

Pornography ("adult") channels available to television viewers in selected European countries:Gerrmany: 5 ? France: 4 ? Spain: 2 ? Italy: 1 ? UK: 27

13,000 new "adult" titles appear in the US each year on DVD or video.

The most successful pornographic film of all time is thought to be Deep Throat. Made in 1972 for just over ?10,000, it is believed to have earned more than ?300m.

SELECTED CATEGORIES IN THE ANNUAL AWARDS FOR THE AMERICAN ADULT VIDEO INDUSTRY (2006):Best Foreign Feature ? Best Oral-Themed Feature ? Best Couples Sex Scene (Film) ? Best Girl-Girl Sex Scene.

Television X - a UK channel owned by Richard Desmond's Northern & Shell - is reported to have around 400,000 subscribers, each paying about ?10 a month.

OTHER CHANNELS OWNED BY NORTHERN & SHELL:
Television X 2, Television X 3, Red Hot Amateur, Red Hot Movies, Red Hot Only 18, Red Hot All Girl, Red Hot UK, Red Hot UK Climax, Red Hot Wives, Red Hot 40-plus Wives, Red Hot Rears

[Arginald Valleywater]

We have 27 channels and not a cumshot in sight, unless you watch the 18 cert arthouse stuff on non porn channel Film4! Laughable!

[hattertim]

The thing that disturbs me about these stats is that (allegedly) 400,000 people subscribe to Television X! !confused!