Europe’s leading adult trade event for mobile, online, and iTV will arrive in Berlin this spring for three days of conferences, seminars, workshops, exhibition, and networking.

Adult Online Europe will be held at the five-star Maritim Hotel, dedicated to providing an unrivaled business networking environment and focusing on the wide range of opportunities the European market offers.

Increased revenues from online and mobile, plus exciting new opportunities through IPTV and podcasting have ensured that Europe is a vibrant and fast-moving market.

AOE is co-located with World Telemedia, the foremost event for mainstream billing, delivery, and content.

As an added benefit, the event will include an exclusive two-day conference track covering the latest topics in the German premium content industry, including regulation, podcasting in Germany, 0900 and 0137 numbering, and a focus on the opportunities for premium content companies to make money out of the imminent World Cup.

“Huge market potential, convergence, and an appetite for content continue to make Europe an exciting and lucrative prospect,” says Jarvis Todd, managing director of AOE/World Telemedia. “As Germany represents the biggest individual market of them all, it’s not surprising that we’re experiencing overwhelming support and approval for choosing Berlin as our next destination.”

Jenna Jameson announced the finalists for Playboy TV’s “Jenna’s American Sex Star” at the Club Jenna booth Friday during the AVN Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas.

The field has been narrowed down to Tiffany Taylor, Michelle Maylene, Lacie Heart and Jameson’s personal “wildcard” finalist, Brea Bennett, who was chosen from the pool of previously eliminated contestants.

All four finalists will appear on Playboy TV’s “Private Calls Live” at 6 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT this Friday to interact with callers and help stimulate voting. Online voting for the Grand Prize winner will continue at www.americansexstar.com until the final episode of “Jenna’s American Sex Star” which airs live January 20, 9 p.m. ET/10 p.m. PT.

“Jenna’s American Sex Star” premiered on Playboy TV November 4. Each one-hour episode has been broadcast live before a studio audience with an online voting system and a panel of expert judges comprising Ron Jeremy, Christy Canyon and Jim Powers. The winner will receive a one-year, exclusive contract with Club Jenna, Inc.

The 2006 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo (AEE), sponsored by Adult Video News and produced by Home Entertainment Events, kicks off Thursday and will wrap up Sunday. Adhering to tradition, the Expo will be held at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas.

New to the Expo this year are two levels of trade participation and the option to purchase a Super Pass, which enables registrants to attend both the Expo and Internext. The Exhibit Only pass will allow the bearer to visit the exhibit floor only; the Conference Badge will allow the bearer access to the exhibit floor, seminars and the industry party.

“We’re very excited to be able to provide a variety of registration options to industry attendees,” said spokesperson Carrie Dieterich. “The option to register for both AEE and Internext as well as the new Super Pass will allow our attendees to efficiently maximize the time they spend in Las Vegas.”

The GayVN Expo, will be held concurrently in a designated portion of the show floor devoted to this thriving segment of the adult industry.

“With more than 350 exhibiting companies, the Expo will be a showcase of the very best movies and videos, adult cabarets, novelty manufacturers, publications and other producers of exciting adult products and services,” said group show director Liz Crawford.

Thursday opens the trade-members-only portion of the convention, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Friday, Jan. 6, and Saturday, Jan. 7, AEE will be trade-only until noon, and fan hours on both days will be from noon to 6 p.m. Both trade members and fans can enjoy a full day of AEE fun from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

The largest event of its kind, the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo showcases the most comprehensive collection of adult talent, exhibitors and product, attracting buyers and fans from around the world. Exhibitors this year include Adam & Eve Productions, Club Jenna, Digital Playground, Evil Angel Video Productions, Exquisite Multimedia, HotMovies.com, Hustler Video, JM Productions, Metro Interactive, New Sensations, Pleasure Productions, Private Media, Pure Play, Redlight District, Sin City, Smash Pictures, Spice Studios, Vivid Entertainment Group, West Coast Productions, Wicked Pictures, and Zero Tolerance, to name many. See www.HomeEntertainmentEvents.com for a complete list of Expo exhibitors and events.

Welcome to the jungle

Sam Xavier of Big Top Video told AVN.com that Big Top’s Expo highlight will be the showcasing of the company’s anniversary two-disc, six-hour release of clips of all the busty girls Big Top has shot over the years: “30 Years of Big Busts.” And he says that for the second year in a row, the Big Top booth (112) will be in the B2B section.

“Unlike the other companies, we’re fan-based, as opposed to other companies that pick up business from stores,” he explained. “We have mail order customers, a customer base that follows us.

“We’d always been on the floor before, but the floor is getting to be such a zoo,” he continued. “[The Expo] is getting bigger and bigger every year. Isn’t there a saturation point [for the number of adult companies]?”

Some newer players in the industry are up for the arguably more zoolike atmosphere of this year’s Expo, however.

“The VCA booth is the only place you can hear Love and Rockets and Rancid back to back,” promised VCA director Eon McKai. “After this sweet gig editing the reel of trailers for the VCA booth, I think I’m ready to start doing wedding videos.”

Doghouse Digital remodeled last year’s popular oversized, barbed-wire-adorned doghouse booth, adding a patio complete with deck chairs and a refrigerator stocked with complimentary refreshments that will serve as a lounge area for buyers, as well as an attractive lure for show goers sniffing out something different.

“The best part about attending the show for us is the opportunity to spend some face time with our clients, some of whom we only get to see once or twice a year,” Jon B, general manager for Doghouse Digital, told AVN.com.

Six models, including Doghouse Digital’s contract star Melissa Doll, will be at the booth signing autographs, posing for photos and passing out T-shirts and sample DVDs.

Entice.TV is also sponsoring four rest areas in the Expo, according to public relations representative Wayne Hentai, with models distributing passes to its service. Susan Keil, president of the company, will also take part in a seminar panel, “Every Which Way – The Latest Technological Advances in Entertainment”, on Friday at the Sands Expo Center from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Black Widow Productions will feature Lexi Lamour, featured in Team Tyler’s UnFAITHful Secrets; Puma Swede, star of Puma Swede’s School of Hardcore; Team Tyler co-owner Tyler Faith and Layla Jade at its booth (3103).

“Lexi, Tyler and Puma all star in titles distributed by Black Widow, and Layla’s always been a great friend to the company,” Lisa, Black Widow’s head of sales, said. “We’re looking forward to our customers meeting them. We’re all going to have a blast, and Black Widow is looking forward to another profitable show and making our titles available to more of our fans and distributors.”

Hentai also reported that Colossal Entertainment will feature Mika Tan, Sara Stone, Vivian West and Dakota Cameron signing at its booths (2057 and 3057). The company will showcase its catalog of existing titles and feature its new gay line and European-produced videos.

Video-X-Pix, nominated for Gerard Damiano’s People, Felicia and Misbehavin’, will feature adult industry legend Ron Jeremy at its booth (7034). The company will showcase its catalog of films from the Golden Age classics from the ’70s and ’80s, mastered for the first time on DVD.

As perhaps porn industry leaders know how to do better than anyone, exhibitors say they’ve struck the right balance between business and pleasure.

“We’ve opted to hire models to assist us at our booth because of our focus on the business aspect of the show,” said Scott Ross, public relations representative for Nectar Entertainment. “We’re still growing as a company at an enormous rate, and quite frankly, between meeting with our existing clientele to discuss their needs and introducing ourselves and our product to new clients, we’re going to need every minute of the show just for B2B purposes. We’ll still bringing eye candy to help out, but we’ll have a more professional atmosphere conducive to doing business.”

Meanwhile, Metro Interactive is looking forward to the release of the recently acquired Legal Pink series as the first volume Bubble Gum Virgins hits January 17. Metro is also excited about the full launch of Loaded Digital which is reflected in the theme of the booth this year.

New Sensations will continue to promote its sequel Dark Angels 2: Bloodline with star Sunny Lane at its booth. Digital Sin will be busy showcasing several of its new lines including those starring Shane “Freight Train” Diesel.

Hustler Video will unveil a few of its new contract girls as they showcase their line-up of gonzo and feature movie material. Among the highlights is the March 7 release of Britney Rears 2.

VCA Pictures will be showcasing the January 17 release of McKai’s Neu Wave Hookers. Joanna Angel and Riley Mason will be among the starlets at the booth.

And Sex Z Pictures will be unveiling its new delivery system of downloadable content and will have a number of specially loaded iPods packed with Sex Z Pictures content. Armed with an advanced network of content delivery online, Sex Z Pictures will be showcasing its gonzo titles plus a new alternate porn video by Kurt Lockwood titled The Decline of Western Civilization Party 69: The Porno Years.

Added Adella O’Neal, public relations representative for Digital Playground: “We’re looking forward to a fantastic show, touching base with our existing clients and forging new business relations. We’re confident that 2006 will be the best show to date across the board.”

PHE, parent company of Adam and Eve, has been honored as “Business of the Year” by the Hillsborough-Orange County Chamber of Commerce in Hillsborough, N.C.

The executive director of the chamber said PHE is a top citizen and a major taxpayer, according to a published report. The company has also helped with the local animal shelter and a family violence prevention center.

For the first time, the online adult industry’s biggest show – Internext Las Vegas – will be broadcast live.

SmashBucks, AdultFriendFinder, OC3 Networks, Cams.com, and AVN have joined forces to stream live over the Web at InternextLive.com. The Jan. 5-7 broadcast will feature three cameras rolling live from the center of the showroom floor.

“From the interviewers to the interviewees, it’s a who’s who of our industry — the very best of the best, including some of the most famous porn stars in the world,” says SmashBucks co-founder Mike Hawk. “It’s so amazing and so big we could not be contained to the showroom floor in Las Vegas. We will be busting out beyond the showroom floor, broadcasting the entire three days of Internext, three camaras rolling. For my partner and myself, it’s by far the biggest, most aggressive thing we have done for SmashBucks in five years of business. So get ready for Las Vegas. This year will be huge.”

Including the HD renditions, Digital Playground offers 70 movie trailers; all of them are available for use with video iPod and PSP. Additionally, users of both iTunes and video iPod can subscribe to a ‘Podcast’ containing all 70 trailers or they can choose to download select trailers, one at a time.

Digital Playground President Samantha Lewis is thrilled, “the future of entertainment lies in HD and we have been preparing for this transition for years. With Blue-Ray launching this spring, our customers can get a glimpse of how this new format will enhance their viewing experience.”

Doc Johnson’s newest vibe marks the launch of its Where the Boys Aren’t Toys 4 Girls collection, a new line of Vivid Toys.

The Acrylic Smooth Grooves G, available in purple or clear, features an acrylic, six-inch serrated shaft with a curved tip for G-spot stimulation.

The non-porous acrylic shell of the Smooth Grooves encases a powerful, one-speed vibrator.

The vibe is the first item released as part of the Where the Boys Aren’t Toys 4 Girls collection, a new joint venture from Doc Johnson and Vivid Entertainment that is a spin-off of
Vivid’s popular girl-girl series Where the Boys Aren’t.

Vivid Girls Briana Banks, Savanna Samson, and Kira Kener are featured on the packaging of the Smooth Grooves.

Everyone here at Club Summer Haze Productions would like to thank our Owner and CEO Summer Haze in her AVN nominations for “Best Oral Themed Series” The search for the next American blowjob Queen vol. 1.

The next three were Written, Directed, Produced, Edited and artwork done by Summer Haze and her production company. These titles include “ Best Amateur Release “ Couples Fantasies 4, “ Best Pro-AM Series “ Couples Fantasies ( Summer Haze was the hostess for this series) and “ Best Pro-AM Release “ Swingers House Party vol.1 .

Summer Haze has worked hard all these years and with Lava Releasing distributing here Club Summer Haze lines and Dane Productions distributing her Mystery Productions lines there will be more good stuff to come. Summer has 4 titles scheduled for release in January including “The Worlds Largest Girl Bang “.

Digital Playground was honored with XBiz’s ‘2005 Best Video Production Studio’ award last night at the 4th annual XBiz Awards, held at the Key Club in West Hollywood. Digital Playground is the only production company to receive kudos from XBiz; 17 other awards presented were primarily web related, ranging from ‘Best Affiliate Program’ to ‘Best Solution Provider’. Company founder, Joone is very pleased with the win. “We’ve worked extra hard this year to take our business to the next level and I’d like to thank XBiz and the adult community for their acknowledgement. It’s an honor to accept the first and only award of its kind.”

XBiz takes a unique approach to recognizing and awarding companies. Don Parret, XBiz Editor and Art Director explains the five stages of the process: (1) Selection of Judges – XBiz invites judges, from seasoned representatives of major adult industry companies to individual webmasters, who have demonstrated exceptional talent in their field. Judges are grouped (maximum of 7 judges per group) and assigned to an award category not matching their primary business field. (2) Nomination Submissions – XBiz accepts nomination submissions from the adult industry community. Company professionals and webmasters may submit companies offering business products and services of excellence. (3) Nominee Announcements – Once the nomination submission period closes, final nominees are announced. (4) Judging Process – Judges rate each of the assigned final nominees based on a number of different qualities/criteria. (5) Announcement of Winners – Winners were announced and presented with the coveted Crystal XBiz award.

XBiz’s award is the second one Digital Playground has received this year for ‘Best Studio.’ Nightmoves presented DP’s contract super star, Jesse Jane with their trophy for “Best Production Company” in October 2005. Digital Playground President, Samantha Lewis beams. “I’d like to thank my partner Joone for his technological insights that keep our company ahead of the game. I’m honored to have the best, hottest, sexiest girls in the world, Jesse Jane, Janine, Teagan Presley, Jana Cova and Sophia Santi who are exclusive with Digital Playground. I’d like to thank my entire staff for their hard work and dedication in addition to XBiz and everyone who participated in the very qualified and impressive voting process. Thank you.”

For those of you who have not heard XXX film star Summer Haze is doing the Worlds Largest Female Gangbang on Nov 12, 2005 in LA. There will be a variety of stars and newcummer entertainers participating in the breaking of the sexual world record. Summer has Some Hotties Participating in the “Worlds Largest Female Gangbang”.

Attending so far will be host commentators Ron Jeremy, Rod Fontana, Devon Michaels and Wankus from KSEX radio. Stars participating are Angelica Sin, Nicole Moore, Vivian West, and Jennifer Steele. More pending…

Media Coverage by Playboy Television, Sexcetera, Nightcalls with Tiffany and Julie Ashton, HBO, Stern, Real Sex Radio, mainstream celebrity paparazzi, Goldie DeWitt from 1Down Magazine, AVN, Marc Medoff from Cheri magazine, Dr. X and more pending.

We also have over 180 newcummers who are brand new to the industry looking for their big break. There will be all kinds of crazy antics going on during the event including interviews with all the participants before and after their initial performance with summer.

We have looked around and found that Doc Johnson had the best strap on inter lock dildo for the event and we modified it with cameras to be placed on the harness to look down the shaft of the dildo as it penetrates each entrant. This will also be available for purchase as a Live feed as its happening. All the action will be put on a DVD 6 hour as we will be catching all the behind the scenes stuff and interviews with the gals and Summer, crazy antics going on with Ron Jeremy which will be a Must See in itself!

Be on the lookout for the various parties and events being held all week long leading into the gangbang such as KSEX radio, Playboy Radio, Playboy Nightcalls and Pornstar Karaoke.

Adult film star Savanna Samson, one of the elite group of Vivid Girls from Vivid Entertainment, has been honored as the Best Erotic Actress in the World, the top honor given at the 2005 Erotic Line Awards in Berlin October 23rd.

Ms. Samson was on hand to accept her award, which came as a complete surprise, since she was already in Berlin with Vivid Girl Lexie Marie for a signing appearance at the Venus Expo. Vivid director Paul Thomas, who has directed her in several films, presented Savanna with her award.

A classically trained ballerina who has acted in about 30 adult films since the start of her film career, Ms. Samson plays Miss Jones in the just-released “The New Devil in Miss Jones” remake from Vivid, which has already set records for DVD sales. Adult star Jenna Jameson, also a Vivid Girl, is her co-star, playing the Devil in the film.

In honoring Ms. Samson, Venus judges said: “As a Vivid Girl Savanna Samson is known to fans worldwide. In more than thirty films this fantastic blonde has proved that nothing about sex is foreign to her. And now her star will rise even further with her top role in “The New Devil in Miss Jones!” The new film is directed by Mr. Thomas.

Savanna Samson belies every stereotype of the porn star except two – she’s very sexy and very beautiful. She’s a highly trained ballet dancer, an opera fan who rarely misses a performance at the Met, a lover of New York City’s museums and restaurants, and writer who does magazines articles on subjects as diverse as fine wines and kissing. In 2004 she won the AVN Award for Best Actress in a Film and earlier this year she won awards for Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene and Best Group Sex Scene. She is also known as one of the most sensational dancers ever to perform at the world famous Scores gentlemen’s club in Manhattan and had a featured role in “The Girls of Scores” movie. She is also a co-author of the best-selling How to Have a XXX Sex Life: The Ultimate Vivid Guide (ReganBooks) and is the star of the erotic fantasy book Vamp, published by Thunder’s Mouth Press.