HBO is getting out of the soft-core porn game, unless its nudity is mixed with gratuitous violence and wins them a bevy of Emmys. But those still looking for shows like Real Sex and Taxicab Confessions for nudity and sexual exploration are getting some additional support from where they should be going for adult entertainment anyway: the Internet.
Deadline reports that the website PornHub has offered to revive the adult entertainment options HBO is turning its back on. The streaming pornography site has made a public offer to pick up the slack HBO is dropping after a The Los Angeles Times report on Tuesday revealed that the subscription cable channel will no longer have a “late night” section on its streaming service showing sexually explicit documentaries and soft core movies.
HBO no longer offering this kind of programming on TV or its app is a direct result of the rise of streaming sites like PornHub, which make adult entertainment a keyword search away. But brands like Real Sex and Taxicab Confessions are still recognizable, and PornHub says it’s willing to continue where HBO is leaving the adult properties behind.
According to Deadline, PornHub is willing to pick up those shows and make new episodes of the shows HBO no longer wants to produce and air.
“It’s a shame to see HBO rid itself of its late-night adult programming, and we consider classic shows such as Taxicab Confessions and Real Sex, among others, to be vestiges of a bygone era,” Pornhub VP Corey Price said in a statement to Deadline. “We can attest to the continued demand for adult programming and think there is immense value in the promotion and consumption of sex-positive shows. That said, we would like to extend an offer to help produce new seasons of the informative skin-baring programs and host them on our HD, on-demand platform Pornhub Premium.”
Price, unsurprisingly, made sure to include a few euphemisms in what amounted to a tremendous branding opportunity for the porn peddler: staying it would even be willing to stream old episodes of the shows HBO no longer plans to air.
“We would also be willing to house past seasons of said programs on Pornhub Premium for our fans to enjoy 24/7,” Price added. “At the end of the day we’re all about penetrating new markets, and we’re excited to insert ourselves into this discussion and hopefully provide more compelling original content for our fans.”
It doesn’t seem like HBO would give up its intellectual property that easily, but at least the two companies stayed in the news a bit longer. That’s always nice.