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TV Porn Doesn’t Sell Like It Used To

Wall Street Journal | by TVNewsCheck

Cable and satellite TV companies have a pornography problem: Their customers aren’t watching enough of it. Companies’ revenue from highly profitable adult video-on-demand and pay-per-view services has been slipping, as the genre’s consumers spend more time browsing porn on the Web. The trend is prompting TV executives to pull back the curtain on how porn contributes to their businesses, a topic they have been loath to discuss publicly.