FROM www.variety.com Heading into the annual Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas next month, the U.S. adult industry is estimated by its trade magazine Bible AVN to be raking in $12.615 billion annually.

This is the first comprehensive revenue survey for the adult industry. In addition to the sales and rentals of adult movies via DVD, VHS and video on demand, the AVN considered segments such as internet sites, sex toys, magazines and strip clubs.

More than a third of the $12.6 billion, or about $4.3 billion, comes from video sales and rentals. That figure has remained relatively flat since 1997.

Nonetheless, it still represents more than the total consumer spending on the overall DVD industry’s fastest-growing segment, TV shows on DVD.

AVN reports in its January issue that another 20% of the overall porn market, $2.5 billion, comes from adult Internet sales, with exotic dance clubs representing $2 billion (16%).

In the homevideo sector, nearly 13,600 titles were released this year, with approximately 957 million rentals of adult DVDs.

The smallest percentage of the adult market belongs to mobile technology. With domestic sales of about $35 million, it comprised less than 1% of the adult marketplace. However, worldwide mobile sales amounted to $700 million in 2005 and that figure is expected to triple to $2.1 billion by 2009.

Mainstream movies still dominate the VOD market, with porn taking $800 million of a $2 billion market. However, adult content dominates the sales of in-hotel movie purchases, with 55% of those viewers choosing porn titles.

The AVN’s sources include its own research as well as Kagan Research, Juniper Research, the New York Times, Forbes and the Free Speech Coalition.

AVN Publications president Paul Fishbein says the $12.6 billion figure "seems logical."

"I’ve heard numbers anywhere from $8 billion to $15 billion the last couple of years from various news organizations," Fishbein said in a statement. "Because the majority of companies are privately held, hard numbers are difficult to ascertain."

According to internet monitoring service Hitwise, more than a third of all adult internet service users earn more than $75 million annually, with 25% of users falling in the 35-44 age brackets.

P.O.V. Handjobs
Reviewed by Peter Stokes
Published in AVN December 2005 
Category: Gonzo 
Content Rating: AAA 1/2 
Company: Defiance Films 
Length: 107 Min. 
Director: Vincent Voss 
Available Formats: DVD 
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Cast: Austin Kincaide, Tiffany Taylor, Jordan Styles, Hailey Page, Bobbi Blair, Kelly Kline, Tyla Wynn, Harmony, Jay Starr, Kat, Brian Surewood, Trent Soluri, Will Powers, Kris Knight, Ben Inya, Eddie  
     
Review: There’s a niche for every porn taste, and if you dig handjobs, well, this one’s for you. Quite literally; the POV nature of this movie puts you in the drivers seat.

Big-knockered Austin Kincaide provides a nice, lubed-up wank, drizzling oil on the (ug, your) great big man root, culminating in a pop shot on her chest. And so it goes.

There’s an abundance of hot ladies doing the yanking, so if that’s what you’re looking for, break out the baby oil.

Retailing: Stick it in the handjob section.  
 
DVD Extras: Behind the Scenes, Still Gallery 

ACROSS
 
 2 Little brother of Amber Lynn, first name
 5 First company to contract Krystal Steal
 7 named after the Greek Goddess of Female Jizz
 9 Male lead in most expensive porno ever made, last name
 10 Birth place of Brianna Banks
 11 Classic series that initially focused on incest
 14 Hustler’s only contract performer
 15 Killed himself outside Jill Kelly’s house, last name
 16 City that the late Clive McLean hailed from
 
 DOWN
 
 1 Tony Testa’s obvious high school nickname
 2 Former male star rumored to have once been a bus driver for handicapped people
 3 Number of children Larry Flynt has
 4 Allegedly fucked 500 men for one flick
 6 Defiance Films’ debut movie
 8 Past jobs included Screw publisher and deli host
 12 Female performer who moonlights as a wrestler and a fitness competitor
 13 First name of the worst dresser in porno