SugarDVD

Sugarinstant
Industry Home Entertainment
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 www.sugarinstant.com (Adult site)

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.

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