Archive for January, 2015

Thursday at the 2015 XBIZ 360

Friday, January 16th, 2015

These photos were taken Thursday at the Andaz West Hollywood where the 2015 adult B-to-B trade show XBIZ 360 was held. The combination of great weather, people preparing for the evening’s XBIZ Awards and those that already headed off to Las Vegas for the AVN show resulted in a rather sparse turnout of attendees on Thursday afternoon.

Thursday did offer several seminars, demonstrations and panels for those that stuck around. Topics included building paysites, gay porn, adult PR and hot genres. The keynotes dealt with the Future of Online Adult Entertainment and the Future of Adult Film. Suffice it to say, that even with tubes and piracy the industry is not going anywhere.

All-in-all, it was a pretty good show with the right mixture of business and partying. I do not know what the final attendance numbers were primarily because there were a lot of distractions for out of town visitors so I never really experienced any time that everyone was at one venue. From the conversations I had, most seemed to feel they were able to conduct the business they needed to get done.

Thanks again to my photo sponsor, Mobius Payments. (more…)

Wednesday at the 2015 XBIZ 360

Thursday, January 15th, 2015

These photos are from Wednesday at the adult industry conference XBIZ 360, which is being held at the Andaz West Hollywood. The day consisted of various seminars, workshops, demonstrations and keynote talks. The evening included the Free Speech Coalition Awards, BrokerBabe’s Webmaster Rodeo Bash at Saddle Ranch Chop House and an awards dinner.

Thursday will bring more of the same during the day with the XBIZ Red Carpet and Awards happening later this evening; good luck to all the nominees. Special thanks to merchant processing provider, Mobius Payments for sponsoring the photos. (more…)

The Viper Room Rock & Roll Bash

Wednesday, January 14th, 2015

The 2015 edition of XBIZ 360 is off to a running start. Even though it did not begin until Tuesday evening at 6:00 PM, they have already had their golf tournament, Mix & Meet Happy Hour Kickoff, the XBIZ Executive Awards and the Cybersocket Awards. The evening ended at the world famous Viper Room with a performance by adult industry rock band Money Shot followed by the long awaited 20 year reunion of The Ruin.

The event was hosted by Affil4You and Porn Hair Rocks, with free admission and an open bar for all attendees. Money Shot is composed of Mitch Farber, Joey Gabra and Tim Siner. The Ruin is composed of Erik Gamans, Phil Buckman, Randy Horton and Tim Siner.

XBIZ 360 continues today at the Andaz West Hollywood and will culminate on Thursday with the 2015 XBIZ Awards which will be held at the JW Marriott at LA Live. These photos are sponsored by XBIZ Awards nominee, Mobius Payments. (more…)