The Spice Networks are a group of television channels operated on a pay-per-view basis that broadcast pornographic content. The channels are owned by the adult entertainment conglomerate Aylo , but they were originally launched by Playboy Enterprises in March 1994. They are available via cable , IPTV , and satellite in over 72 countries including the United States and formerly New Zealand .
7-566: The channels first launched in November 1994. By 2005, there were seven channels in the group: Spice, Spice 2, The Hot Network, The Hot Zone, Spice Hot, Spice Live, and Spice Platinum. There were several international networks in the group as well, which included Private Spice in Europe, Spice TV Korea, Spice and Spice 2 in New Zealand, and The Adult Channel, Playboy TV UK, Playboy One , and Spice Extreme in
14-441: A low profile, it steadily increased its ratings. As of the week ending 7 January 2007, BARB were quoting a weekly reach of 1,122,000 (2.5%) On 1 October 2008, the channel was replaced with a Paul Raymond -focused channel named Paul Raymond TV , and became encrypted. The media regulator Ofcom sanctioned Playboy One in 2009 after complaints were made about overtly sexually explicit content shown on air. This article on
21-470: A shopping strand titled "Playboy Store". From 11:00pm–5:00am, the channel broadcast softcore erotic programming from Playboy's library, including Playboy's Babes , Sexcetera and Red Shoe Diaries . By 2006, a newly-added "Adult" category was added to the EPG, and so the channel moved there. The channel aimed to attract men to the pay-per-view Playboy TV , operating on the same satellite service. Despite
28-852: The Spice Networks, along with the Playboy TV channel, and the operating rights to Playboy's websites (excluding the Playboy Cyber Club, which was later shut down) to Manwin (later MindGeek , now Aylo ). In January 2013, the US networks were rebranded with the names of brands owned by MindGeek – Brazzers TV , BangU, RKTV and Mofos. The international networks were later rebranded as well, with Private Spice becoming Brazzers TV Europe and RKTV, My Ex-Girlfriends becoming Babes and Brazzers , and Spice Xcess in New Zealand rebranded as Brazzers TV which later ceased broadcasting. The South Korean version of Spice TV remains
35-687: The United Kingdom. On November 1, 2006, the US channels were renamed Fresh!, Shorteez, ClubJenna and Spice Xcess. The other three networks were shut down. The New Zealand network was renamed Spice Xcess around the same time. In late 2009, Shorteez was renamed to SKiN TV. In the UK, Spice Extreme was removed from the Sky EPG in March 2010, while Playboy One later saw a rebranding to Paul Raymond TV, Top Shelf TV and My Ex-Girlfriends. In November 2011, Playboy Enterprises sold
42-480: The only Spice Networks channel that still broadcasts under the name. This article about television in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Playboy One Playboy One was a free-to-air satellite television channel in the United Kingdom operated by Playboy TV UK/Benelux Limited that broadcast on Sky Digital from November 2005 until the end of September of 2008. It
49-453: Was the only permanently free-to-air television station operated by any associated subsidiary of Playboy Enterprises . The service launched on 14 November 2005, and was described as a general male entertainment channel with a lower LCN , placing it in the "Entertainment" section of the Sky EPG, as opposed to specialist where its sister channel lies. The channel broadcast promos during the morning and afternoon, and from 7:00pm–11:00pm, broadcast
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