Strictly Broadband Ltd., which was sold several months ago to a U.S. company after its U.K.-based operator said he couldn't comply with strict new rules over age verification in the country, has been fined £60,000 by British regulators.
ATVOD, the authority that regulates video-on-demand in the U.K., disclosed Wednesday that 23 U.K. porn sites have been investigated over Rule 11 violations in recent months.
Jerry Barnett has given up his company's two blue-chip sites, Anywhere.XXX and StrictlyBroadband.com, after U.K. regulators served papers last month that gave him a strict schedule to comply with new age-verification rules.
Jerry Barnett, the managing director of Strictly Broadband and chairman of U.K. adult entertainment business trade group AITA, says that if regulators push forward with enforcement of Rule 11, the effect will "decimate" the U.K. adult industry.
Strictly Broadband Ltd, the U.K. company behind VOD sites StrictlyBroadband.com and StrictlyAnywhere.com, announced today the rebranding of StrictlyAnywhere.com to Anywhere.XXX, and the official launch of the Anywhere.XXX affiliate program.
Europe’s pay-per-view adult VOD service StrictlyBroadband has announced that because of a tough business economy, it will now only support affiliates who generate more than a minimum level of sales.
The British Board of Film Classification, which classifies video for theater and DVD use in the U.K., has announced that it will allow the use of their certificates online on downloadable and streaming movies.
Adult video-on-demand provider Strictly Broadband now is offering streaming movie rentals for a one-year rental period from its two websites, StrictlyBroadband.com and StrictlyGayMovies.com.
