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XBIZ Awards become XMA

04 Sep 2024 by Expofritz

Adult publication XBIZ has been giving away their awards for over twenty years. They came in different flavors and recently also started to focus more on creators. Outstanding works and innovations were celebrated during the various XBIZ shows, in particular the ones in Los Angeles, Miami and...
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TES Spring Edition moves to Seville

EUROPE 07 Aug 2024 by Expofritz

The European Summit is one of the largest business conferences for the adult industry. There are usually two events each year, one in spring, one in autumn. While the autumn conference regularly takes place in Prague, the spring edition is less consistent. For some time it was held in Sitges, Spain...
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New old venue for AVN Las Vegas

NORTH AMERICA 26 Apr 2024 by Peach Ball

For the past few years, the Adult Entertainment Expo (AVN) along with B2B show InterNext and sex toy conference Adult Novelty Expo (ANE) were held at the Resorts World hotel complex in Las Vegas. Before that though, the legendary adult show took place at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino for many,...
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XBIZ Awards 2024

NORTH AMERICA 27 Jan 2024 by Expofritz

The year usually kicks off with the XBIZ conference in Los Angeles. That's also how 2024 started. Part of the show are the XBIZ Awards that were handed out at the Palladium in Hollywood. Glamour and sexyness throughout the night, a lot of winners and happy faces. The hosts this time were porn...
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10 Years Celebration Netstars Party!

EUROPE 03 Sep 2023 by Peach Ball

The Netstars.TV Party has a long standing in the industry and celebrates its 10th anniversary in Berlin, Germany this October. The motto will be: Love, Lust and Passion. It will be the official Saturday night party of the Venus fair, that takes place from the 26th to 29th of October in...
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Webmaster Access 20th Anniversary

EUROPE 04 Aug 2023 by Peach Ball

Business conference come and go. That is definitely not the case with The Webmaster Access show which is being held for the 20th time coming September. The Webmaster Access Affiliate Conference presented by 7 Stars Partners celebrates will take place at Grand Resort Hotel, in Limassol, Cyprus...
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XBIZ Miami: Keynote by Dani Daniels

NORTH AMERICA 11 May 2023 by Expofritz

Adult performer and entrepreneur Dani Daniels will give a keynote interview at the upcoming XBIZ Miami conference. Daniels, who won the Female Performer of the Year title in 2016, has moved into a range of other business areas, which include creating a series for Amazon Prime and a podcast with her...
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Venus 2023 again with B2B area

EUROPE 26 Feb 2023 by Peach Ball

The Venus show in Berlin/Germany has been running for 25 years, starting off in the good old days of porn as a mixed event for both B2B (Business to Business) and B2C (Business to Customers). However, over time, the focus of the exhibition has shifted more towards B2C when webcam entertainment...
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10 Years Adult Industry Events

VIRTUAL 21 Feb 2023 by Peach Ball

Yes, yes, it's time to celebrate! Adultindustryevents.com is getting 10 years old! What started as a simple calendar for events of the adult industry has become quite a site over the years. We have been adding news and reports and also meanwhile have a Facebook and Instagram page. Adult...
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AVN Awards 2023 Winners

NORTH AMERICA 09 Jan 2023 by Expofritz

Last weekend the winners of the famous AVN Award trophies were announced during a gala evening at the Resorts World Theatre in Las Vegas. It was the 40th award shows in the history of the AVN magazine. As usual the event took place during the Adult Entertainment Expo, one of the worlds biggest shows...
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XBIZ Keynote by Erika Lust

NORTH AMERICA 16 Dec 2022 by Peach Ball

XBIZ has just announced a high-profile keynote speaker for the upcoming event: Porn legend Erika Lust. She is well known in the industry for many years creating and directing adult movies. Her work is pretty unique and since the beginning she put a focus on female viewers or couples. Erika...
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Venus Award 2022 Winners

EUROPE 22 Oct 2022 by Expofritz

After a Covid break, the Venus Award show was able to hand out the popular golden trophies again. The glamorous event took place at the Wintergarten Theatre in Berlin, Germany. A place with a lot of history. Opened in 1887, destroyed during the war and rebuilt afterwards. Adult industry people,...
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The Venus Festival comes back

EUROPE 26 Apr 2022 by Peach Ball

Since 1997 the Venus fair took place in Berlin, Germany. 23 times in a row, then Covid came and the struggle started. Two years in a row, the event could not be held due to the pandemic and Germany's very strict rules. While the organizers already announced a remake in 2020, it was not...
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Stuck in Spain

EUROPE 26 Feb 2022 by Expofritz

From the 23rd to the 26th of February the European Summit (TES) takes place in Sitges, near Barcelona in Spain. It's a packed event with more than 1000 international attendees. Finally an affiliate conference like in the good old days. Shocking news though hit the many visitors from the...
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XBIZ Awards 2022 Winners

NORTH AMERICA 11 Jan 2022 by Expofritz

The first adult industry event of the year 2022 was the XBIZ Show in Los Angeles. It was also one of the first real life shows after a long break caused by the Covid pandemic. At the end of the XBIZ B2B conference the XBIZ Awards were handed out in a star-packed red carpet event at the Hollywood...
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JFK: An industry legend passed

02 Oct 2021 by Peach Ball

He was around at almost every adult industry event, carrying his camera and hitting the shutter button so everyone could lock some memories. All knew him and all will miss him. Yesterday the Kedvessy family announced with the following message that legendary Julius Kedvessy aka JFK aka Fubar has...
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Is the wait finally over for real life shows?

26 May 2021 by Expofritz

Many industry people and fans or consumers have been waiting a long time for the real life shows to finally open again. While the many online shows in the past months were the only solution to keep brands and networks alive, nothing is more intense and powerful than the real thing. So finally it...
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Live Cam Awards 2021 Winners

15 Mar 2021 by Expofritz

The live cam industry has become a large part of adult entertainment. Next to the girls and boys sitting in front of their webcams, there is also a big industry behind them that keep the shows going. From platform and studio operators, to marketing, to billing services and technical support. For...
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GFY Award 2021 Winners

17 Feb 2021 by Expofritz

During the virtual Internext conference there were also the GFY (GoFuckYourself) awards handed out to a bunch of happy winners. While the same was done the last years in Las Vegas, this time the winners were announced online. These are a few of the important receipients of the trophy: - Best...
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Wow. Welcome to 2021

03 Jan 2021 by Expofritz

Wow, wow and wow! What a year just ended. Most shows in 2020 had to be cancelled due to Covid and the introduced travel restrictions. Safety first. Some events were transformed into online events, Zoom style. They basically offered the same as real life events, just without the drinks and...
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Is ***** the new beginning?

EUROPE 08 Sep 2020 by Expofritz

23 Sep 2020 Update: Also the Berlin show on November 1st will not take place. A new date was set to May 2021 for Prague again. 12 Sep 2020 Update: A few days after writing this article, the organizers have surprisingly decided to move the event from Prague to Berlin, Germany. Official...
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Venus Berlin re-inventing itself

EUROPE 01 Aug 2020 by Peach Ball

The organizers of the legendary Venus erotic show in Berlin seem to catch up with the time. They have just announced that next years Venus has been re-invented and comes in a new shape and with a new logo. They now call it the "Venus Festival". Not only the current Corona situation but...
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Doing it virtual

05 Apr 2020 by Expofritz

All the restrictions introduced to fight the Corona virus pandemic forces whole industries to re-invent themselves. One sector hit hard by travel bans are conferences and exhibitions. Attendees are either unable to get to the event location or are simply afraid of catching a disease. People prefer...
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Safety first, postponed events

13 Mar 2020 by Expofritz

Some might have read it in the media, there is a virus pandemic going on in most parts of the world. The virus called Covid-19 is similar to a flu however spreading really quickly and is quite agressive too if you catch it. It attacks the lungs and specially older people have a significantly higher...
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For the germans...

EUROPE 15 Jan 2020 by Expofritz

There is a new business event that was announced a while ago. It's going to happen on the Spanish Island of Mallorca from the 3rd to the 5th of July 2020. Its intention is to create a new gathering specially for a German speaking industry crowd. According to the organizers, such events became...
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InterNext: All new.

NORTH AMERICA 18 Nov 2019 by Expofritz

A show that is 23 years of age but the next one will be like its first. InterNext is going for a full blown restart: New team and new location. Some months ago, AdNet Media aka AVN Magazine sold their B2B events to a group of former AVN managers.The most valuable event was the InterNext show. An...
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A week of awards

EUROPE 23 Oct 2019 by Peach Ball

Last week was pretty packed with award ceremonies. They all happened in Berlin during the Venus show. All awards honored special achievements in the erotic or porn industry. The three shows were: VISIT-X AWARDS Visit-X is a large webcam platform and community with thousands and...
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Meet the Netstars in Berlin

EUROPE 09 Oct 2019 by Peach Ball

The Netstars party is about to take place again during the Venus Show in Berlin. The motto is "Meet The Stars" and therefore a large number of international porn stars will be on location and hoping to receive one of the Netstars Awards. The fan voting is still open on the events...
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YNOT Awards 2019

EUROPE 19 Sep 2019 by Peach Ball

The 9th annual YNOT Awards have just been handed out during The European Summit in Prague, Czech Republic. The awards recognise special achievements in the business to business space of the adult entertainment industry. The award show was hosted by YNOTs Jay Kapita, along with CK as...
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The business triplet is ahead

EUROPE 02 Sep 2019 by Peach Ball

For the industry professionals, the month of September is a great business kick-off after the summer vacation. Three European B2B events in a row will keep the folks real busy and most will probably be ready again for vacation afterwards. 10 days in a row, 10 days of networking, promoting,...
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Dedicated Cam Girls Hall at Venus 2019

EUROPE 06 Aug 2019 by Expofritz

Over the last years, many exhibitions transformed from classic porn to online entertainment. One big part of online entertainment are web cams. The girls behind those cams--the cam girls--became the new porn stars. The Venus fair Berlin just announced that for their upcoming show they are going...
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Webmaster Access in new old hands

01 Jul 2019 by Peach Ball

At the beginning of the year it was unclear whether the Webmaster Access and Internext shows would still take place this year. AVN Media Network, as the owner those B2B events, wanted to adjust their focus more on B2C events, like their flagship, the AVN Show in Las Vegas. Therefore, the B2B lines...
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The 35th XRCO Awards

NORTH AMERICA 29 Jun 2019 by Expofritz

The XRCO Award winners are determined by a published group of members coming from the industry. The trophies are handed out once a year and the latest installment just took place at the Boardner's bar in Hollywood. This location was chosen for the first time and attendees mentioned it was a...
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Exxxotica settles with Dallas

NORTH AMERICA 14 Jun 2019 by Expofritz

The Exxxotica show is usually being held in four American cities each year. It's a show for fans where many well-known porn stars appear for signings and on stage performances. Also erotic toys and lingerie can be found on the exhibitions floors. While Edison (NJ), Miami (FL) and Rosemont...
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The End of The Phoenix Forum

NORTH AMERICA 01 May 2019 by Expofritz

They were close to celebrating their 20th anniversary, however the organisers decided that this years event was the last. 19 years ago, payment company CCBill came up with the idea to create a yearly event where they not only could meet current and new customers but also to provide a platform for...
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Eurowebtainment is getting 30

EUROPE 20 Apr 2019 by Peach Ball

It was announced a bit on a short notice however there is still plenty of time to get ready. This years Eurowebtainment show is getting 30 and will be held again on the island of Mallorca in Spain. Thirty years of fun under the sun is quite a remarkable achievement. The EWT calls itself the...
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Transgender Erotica Awards: Who won?

NORTH AMERICA 18 Mar 2019 by Expofritz

Yesterday, the Transgender Erotica Awards (TEA) took place at the Avalon Nightclub in Hollywood. Domino Presley was leading the glamorous evening and helped giving away the trophies in several fields, including Virtual Reality, Production and Cast. Many of the known shemale stars were honored....
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Pre-Nominations open for XBIZ Cam Awards

NORTH AMERICA 21 Feb 2019 by Expofritz

As part of the XBIZ event in Miami, there will be a Cam Awards show on the 30th of May. The organizers have just published the award categories and that it's now possible to submit pre-nomination entries. There are 30 categories and one can send in votes until the 20th of March. Webcam girls...
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AVN Award Winners 2019

NORTH AMERICA 30 Jan 2019 by Expofritz

It was another spectacular award show that took place at The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. For the 36th time, the AVN Magazine was giving away prizes for special achievements in the adult industry. The show was hosted by porn star Romi Rain and cam star Bailey Rayne. To keep the mood...
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Bree Mills to keynote XBIZ 2019

NORTH AMERICA 28 Dec 2018 by Expofritz

Legendary female porn director and head of Gamma Films, Bree Mills, has been announced to keynote the XBIZ 2019 show. In 2018 she was awarded Best Director Of The Year at the XBIZ Awards. A well deserved trophy for creating high end porn series that attract a large audience. Best known are her...
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New 2019 dates for the InterNext

NORTH AMERICA 31 Oct 2018 by Expofritz

The traditional Vegas webmaster gathering has just announced the change of show dates for the 2019 edition. Instead of starting on the 18th of January, it will open the doors on the 22nd. The venue stays the same: The Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. The organizers have come to the conclusion that...
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First-ever XBIZ Europa Award Winners

EUROPE 13 Sep 2018 by Peach Ball

Industry media giant XBIZ has for the first time held an award show along their XBIZ Europe event. This as an addition to the existing XBIZ Awards that usually take place in January in Los Angeles. While the US edition more focuses on US stars, companies and products, the European one has the goal...
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Stormy Daniels to open Venus Show 2018

EUROPE 03 Sep 2018 by Peach Ball

Those that followed the news lately, or are into porn, should have heard the name Stormy Daniels more than once. Stormy supposed to have had some intimate encounters with the current President of the United States. Something that should have never ended up in the media, however the fact that hush...
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The faces of Venus

EUROPE 23 Aug 2018 by Expofritz

In October, the 22nd installment of the Venus Show will take place in Berlin. The German capital is the host city since the beginning. Each year some ladies are crowned to be the faces of Venus. They will be displayed on most of the advertising material, posters and ads and are considered to be the...
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The first PornHub Awards

NORTH AMERICA 09 Aug 2018 by Expofritz

PornHub is probably known to the whole world and beyond. A so called tube site where you can watch years of porn. Doing that, the network is gathering a lot of information. That information is now used to create something unique: The PornHub Awards. Based on the viewing patterns of their...
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XRCO Awards winners

NORTH AMERICA 01 Jul 2018 by Peach Ball

After a change of location at short notice, this years XRCO Awards could be handed out at the Argyle Nightclub in Hollywood, California. XRCO is an independent organisation that every year awards achievements in the porn industry. Its members are mostly part of the entertainment industry, editors...
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Important schedule change at TES

EUROPE 20 Jun 2018 by Expofritz

The European Summit (TES) has just announced a change of schedule. In the past, traditionally the conference opened with a “hospitality” day. However, due to the overflowing schedule, they have added the Meet Market to the kick-off day. Over 150 exhibiting companies...
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A Crypto Summit at the Eurowebtainment

EUROPE 11 May 2018 by Peach Ball

Crypto has arrived in the adult industry. The Eurowebtainment (EWT) in Mallorca will feature a Crypto Summit for the first time this year. The show will take place during the same dates as the EWT, from the 23rd to 26th of May 2018 in the Llaut Palace Hotel. It's going to be a conference...
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The XBIZ Awards come to Europe

EUROPE 28 Apr 2018 by Expofritz

For many years already the XBIZ magazine is giving away their awards to the adult industry and honoring outstanding achievements across the full breadth of the adult industry, encompassing Web & Technology, Movies & Production and Retail. This normally happens in January during the XBIZ show...
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