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		<title><![CDATA[Playboy has new HD plan for cable.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4895/is_200312/ai_n17964344]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Cable operators can't get Playboy TV in HDTV, but they can add  a dash of Spice HD to customers' lives.       Spice Digital Networks will offer a late-night block of explicit  adult-oriented programming to operators beginning in December, general  man  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Playboy adds live PPV net.(Spice Live)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4895/is_200311/ai_n17986788]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Playboy TV will attempt to take interactive adult programming to a  new level with the launch of a 24 hour Spice Live channel in December.       The new premium adult channel will offer live, interactive  programming blocks that for the first time wil...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Playboy Debuts Digital PPV Amid Op Angst.(pay-per-view operators lukewarm to Spice Platinum services)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4895/is_200104/ai_n17981964]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Playboy TV is looking to capitalize on advanced cable technology  with several digital and video-on-demand offerings, but it's  unclear whether operators will bite.       The network will launch its already delayed, mostly unedited Spice  Platinum adu    Playboy TV is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2001 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Playboy Defends Adding Spicier Shows.(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4895/is_200012/ai_n17989883]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A desire to offer operators a full complement of adult pay-per-view  services -- and not competition -- prompted Playboy Enterprises  Inc.'s move next year into less-edited adult pay-per-view  programming, said Playboy Television Group president Jim E    A desire to offer operators a full complement...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2000 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hotter Adult Product Makes Inroads.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4895/is_199912/ai_n17985487]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In the early 1990s, Playboy TV set the standard for the newly  created adult pay-per-view genre, offering more erotic programming fare  to consumers than what could be seen on basic and premium television.       But heading into the new millennium, Pl  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 1999 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Playboy to Launch on Viewer's Choice Pods.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4895/is_199906/ai_n17994044]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Operators will soon have several additional adult-programming  options, as both Playboy Entertainment Group Inc. and Califa  Entertainment Group announced a number of initiatives last week.       Playboy will distribute its Playboy TV, Spice and Spice    Operators will soon have several...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 1999 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Playboy Finally Closing Spice Deal.(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4895/is_199903/ai_n17986647]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Operators who may have feared that Playboy Enterprises Inc.'s  $100 million purchase of the Spice adult pay-per-view service would cut  into their lucrative revenue split agreements will have little to worry  about once the deal is completed March 15,    Operators who may have feared...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 1999 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Adult channels mate.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5053/is_199903/ai_n18372572]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Playboy's $100 million purchase of Spice creates compatible  bedfellows       Starting today, adult entertainment channels Playboy and Spice will  finally be one.       Playboy Entertainment Group executives are preparing to quickly  change the face o  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 1999 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Adult Producer Buying Spice Hot.(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4895/is_199810/ai_n17976166]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In the first real fallout from the Spice Entertainment Cos./Playboy  Entertainment Group Inc. deal, Spice is selling its explicit Spice Hot  service to Califa Entertainment Group Inc., which owns adult-movie  producer Vivid Video Inc., for $25 million    In the first real fallout from the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 1998 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TEN Moves Up Launch Date to Aug. 15th]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4895/is_199808/ai_n17974960]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Buoyed by interest from several cable operators, The Erotic Network  TEN has moved up its launch date to Aug. 15 from Sept. 1.     The pay-per-view adult service will launch with about 80,000  addressable subscribers -- mostly from small systems in th  Buoyed by...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 1998 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Playboy, Spice coupling.(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5053/is_199806/ai_n18383722]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Playboy Enterprises and Spice Entertainment have reached a definitive  agreement for Playboy to acquire all outstanding shares of Spice for  cash and Playboy stock in a merger valued at $100 million. Spice  stockholders will retain ownership of Spice's   Playboy Enterprises and Spice Entertainment have reached...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 1998 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New adult service will take on Playboy. (The Erotic Network)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4895/is_199804/ai_n17968398]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Just when Playboy Entertainment Group Inc. thought that it had  cornered the adult pay-per-view market with its acquisition of Spice  Entertainment Cos., another upstart service promising  "alternative" adult programming will launch this summe  Just when Playboy Entertainment Group Inc. thought that it had  cornered the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 1998 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Playboy to acquire Spice Entertainment for 2.7 times revenue]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3755/is_199802/ai_n8787355]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Deal: Playboy Enterprises has agreed to acquire the Spice Entertainment Company, a key rival in the adult television market, in a stock deal worth $95 million. Each Spice shareholder will receive $3.60/share in cash and 0.1524 shares of Playboy Class B stock, subject to a collar designed to provide...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 1998 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Playboy Enterprises Agrees to Acquire Spice Entertainment Companies, Inc]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1998_Feb_4/ai_20205846]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb.  4, 1998-- Playboy Enterprises, Inc. PEI and Spice Entertainment Companies, Inc. Spice today announced that they entered into an agreement whereby PEI will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Spice (SPZE- NASDAQ) for cash and Playboy stock.  The total transaction value, including the assumption of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 1998 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Adult rules send ops scrambling. (cable TV operators)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4895/is_199704/ai_n17977828]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Operators last week began the tedious task of determining how best to  .meet the Federal Communications Commission's May 18 deadline for  compliance with adult scrambling laws.     Most operators will roll back programming time for adult services  Playb  Operators last week began the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 1997 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Scrambled picture for Playboy, Spice; Playboy will continue battling expanded scrambling requirements. (Playboy Cable Network, Spice Entertainment Companies Inc.)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5053/is_199703/ai_n18369657]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Playboy will continue battling expanded scrambling requirements       Playboy plans to continue its battle against new cable scrambling  rules after a Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for the rules to take  effect. Justices last week upheld a lowe    Playboy...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 1997 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Scrambling rules on hold: court issues restraining order, allowing Playboy and Spice to challenge provisions.(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5053/is_199603/ai_n18379237]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Court issues restraining order, allowing Playboy and Spice to  challenge provisions    Court issues restraining order, allowing Playboy and Spice to  challenge provisions  ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 1996 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ops start to bring adult PPV out of the closet. (multiple-systems operators; pay-per-view TV)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4895/is_199504/ai_n17990128]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Once shy about marketing adult pay-per-view programming, operators  are beginning to step up promotional efforts to pump up revenue  opportunities from the genre.     Operators say they've enjoyed higher buy-rates and revenues from  their recent aggress  Once shy about marketing adult pay-per-view programming,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 1995 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Graff PPV expands into additional video areas. (Graff Pay-Per-View Inc.)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4895/is_199405/ai_n17998841]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Graff Pay-Per-View Inc. is a video juggling act, with the  fast-growing company using its healthy adult programming operation to  support investment in a variety of other video segments.     But while Graff's Spice PPV business has been robu  NEW YORK --...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 1994 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Graff PPV to introduce second Spice channel. (Graff Pay-Per-View Inc. Spice Division)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4895/is_199311/ai_n17986989]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Cable operators are divided over whether a Spice 2 adult  pay-per-view channel can generate significant revenue.     Set to launch Feb. 2, Graff PPV's Spice 2 service will initially  offer operators a better split than the original Spice ser  NEW YORK...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1993 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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