SugarDVD
Industry | Home Entertainment |
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Genre | Adult |
Founded | 2002 |
Headquarters | Santa Ana, California, U.S. |
Area served | United States, Canada |
Products | Streaming video and video download, retailing and renting of DVD |
Website |
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SugarDVD is the largest renter of adult DVDs online.[1][2][3] Initially, SugarDVD's services were limited to flat-rate membership-based DVD-by-mail, but since its creation in 2002, the company has developed websites in several different areas of the adult industry.[4][5] The company is based in Santa Ana, CA with multiple shipping centers across the United States.[6]
Services
SugarDVD offers DVD rentals as well as purchasing.,[7] downloading and streaming via the Roku digital player.[8] Recently, SugarDVD announced a PS3 channel as well.
Celebrity endorsements
In 2006, Tori Spelling, popular television star and daughter of television producer Aaron Spelling, said that she's a fan of SugarDVD, saying, "My husband Dean McDermott and I also belong to this service that's like a porn Netflix called SugarDVD.com. The Netflix DVDs come in a red package and the SugarDVD's come in a blue one, so we're like, "Oooh! A Netflix arrived!" or "Oooh! A porn arrived!" [9][10]
Jax, CEO of SugarDVD responded to Tori's statement with the gift of "Free porn for life." Since Spelling in 2006, SugarDVD has gifted several other celebrities with “A lifetime of Free Porn.” Among the celebrities who publicly accepted the offer are, Flavor Flav,[11][12] Adam Carolla,[13] Shock G of Digital Underground, and Don Magic Juan
Verne Troyer sex tape
In July 2008 a clip featuring Verne Troyer and his former girlfriend, Ranae Shrider, in various sex acts, was leaked to the press without Troyer's consent.[14][15]
SugarDVD's alleged involvement with the Verne Troyer sex tape scandal resulted in a 20 million dollar lawsuit, in which SugarDVD and TMZ are named defendants.[16]
Awards
SugarDVD is the winner of the 2008 AVN award for Best Retail Site [17]
SugarDVD is the winner of the 2009 Best Adult DVD Rental award for best online porn DVD movie rental service.
References
- ↑ PR-Inside.com Entertainment News » AMERICAN IDOL STAR OFFERED SEX DVD DEAL
- ↑ New York Daily News, NY 01-14-2007
- ↑ Antonella Barba: The XXX Bidding War - TMZ.com
- ↑ AVN :: SugarDVD Launches VOD Site
- ↑ SugarDVD Rebrands Affiliate Program - XBIZ.com
- ↑ AVN :: SugarDVD
- ↑ SugarDVD Help
- ↑ SugarDVD Roku channel Retrieved May 18, 2011
- ↑ Tori Spelling + SugarDVD - Google Video
- ↑ SFGate: Daily Dish : Spelling's X-Rated Fun
- ↑ Flavor Flav Lifetime Supply of Sugar DVD Porn | Hip-Hop Crunch
- ↑ Entertainment News - Topix
- ↑ ADAM WITH DEAF FRAT GUY, BRIANNA LOVE AND DAPHNE ROSEN « The Official Adam Carolla Show Blog
- ↑ Say it Ain't True: Mini-Me Sex Tape | 2snaps.tv - Pop culture for the masses
- ↑ LIVENEWS.com.au > Entertainment > Crunch time for Mini-Me sex tape attorneys
- ↑ Movie News, Gossip, Box Office News, Casting News, Movie Star News, Hollywood News - PopEater - AOL News
- ↑ 25th Annual AVN Awards Show