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Sex sells: Soft-core pornography still hot stuff on cable TV

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There’s one sector of the entertainment industry that has not been roiled by the Internet, the economy or ever-changing consumer tastes. Say hello to Hollywood’s most stable business: Soft-core pornography.

The oft-mocked genre, which has given the world such memorable fare as “Witches of Breastwick” and “Tarzeena: Jiggle in the Jungle,” is more visible — and valuable — than ever, even at a time when hard-core adult entertainment is easily accessible on every media device. Premium-cable TV networks such as HBO, Showtime and Cinemax — the channel nicknamed “Skin-emax” for its preponderance of sexy programming — continue to fill their late-night schedules with low-budget, nudity-filled films, and the adoption of video-on-demand and pay-per-view services has given soft-core content wider play. Several of the premium channels offer prominently displayed inventories of erotic entertainment via VOD, where there’s no shortage of choices in the “After Hours” or “Midnight Movies” sections.

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