2012 XBIZ LA Day Two

January 13th, 2012  / Author: admin

These photos are from Wednesday at the adult entertainment B-to-B event, XBIZ LA. The day began with a mix and meet market, which is the substitute for the days of yesteryear when adult shows had large rooms with dozens of large booths. Now it is more intimate and cost effective to have the smaller set up for an hour or two of booths instead of three days. I guess YNOT can get credit for pioneering them back in San Diego. After the Mix & Meet, we had lunch at Simon LA again, followed by another Speed Networking session.

The panels included an anti-piracy discussion with Allison Vivas of Pink Visual and Doug Lichtman, a UCLA Law Professor who is an expert on patent and copyright law, telecommunications regulation and general legal issues pertaining to technology firms and the Internet. It was enlightening to say the least. The keynote was a discussion between Colin Rowntree and Ron Cadwell, which was very entertaining. The day ended for me with the State of the Industry panel, 3 Minute Showoffs and the AWE cocktail reception. Read the rest of this entry »

Fleshlight after party photos

January 13th, 2012  / Author: admin

After the XBIZ Awards show, the hardy partiers headed to the Fleshlight After Party at the Wilshire Restaurant in Santa Monica to continue their celebrating. I headed over to grab a few photos, but unfortunately, my camera’s batteries decided they had enough for the night, so I ended up leaving before SMPD showed it, so no photos of that incident. Read the rest of this entry »

XBIZ LA 2012 at the Sofitel

January 12th, 2012  / Author: admin

These photos are from Tuesday at the adult entertainment industry B2B event, XBIZ LA 2012. The two day event was held at the Sofitel Hotel in Hollywood, CA. Tuesday started off with a lively Speed Networking session, followed by another great workshop by Brad Gosse. Then my favorite part of Sofitel, lunch at Simon LA, then more panels on billing, legal and burning issues. Of course, the evening ended with the 10th Annual XBIZ Awards show. Read the rest of this entry »