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Article: No Shortage of Sexy Programs; Pay Services Roll Out Despite Anti-Indecency Climate.(TV Currents)
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- TelevisionWeek
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- April 5, 2004
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Byline: John Motavalli Special to TelevisionWeek
While Congress debates what may constitute indecent broadcast programming, the reality is that the most outrageous, sexy, edgy content isn't on broadcast television. It is available for those willing to pay to see it on premium cable channels and through pay-per-view and new technologies such as video-on-demand, which are beyond the jurisdiction of Washington regulators-at least for now.
As elected officials posture and fume about MTV and Howard Stern, a whole new generation of sexy programming is just rolling out. This time it's of better quality and includes brand names such as Hustler, Cheri, Playgirl ...