Private Media Group

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Private Media Group, Inc.
legal form	Incorporation
ISIN	US74266R3021
founding	1965
Seat	Barcelona , Spain
management	Berth Milton ( CEO )
Branch	Sex industry

Private Media Group, Inc. is an adult entertainment (porn) group of companies based in the United States . The company was founded in 1965 by Berth Milton sr. founded in Stockholm ( Sweden ) and is continued by Berth Milton.

history

Berth Milton first published the hardcore magazine Private in 1965 . In 1991, Berth Milton Jr. from his father as the main owner of the company. Under him, Private made the move to film in 1992. In 1995 the Internet followed and the name was changed to the current name Private Media Group .

The following year, Private signed a cooperation agreement with Playboy to broadcast hardcore films on Playboys pay TV channels. This marked the entry into pay TV. Today the company owns the channels Private Gold , Private Blue , Private Fantasy and Private Girls .

2001 was Internet casino PrivateCasino.com presented, and a year later in the Melrose Avenue in LA , the first shop with clothing brand opened private. With these steps Private tries to create a foothold outside the porn industry. The company also wanted to take over the Napster music exchange , but Roxio was awarded the contract for $ 5 million .

In 2003, Private offered the video-on-demand service for the first time .

Industry, market segment and economic information

Private has been producing pornographic films since 1992 , initially mainly in the gonzo style. In the early 21st century, many production companies were forced to cut costs as prices fell with amateur gonzo films flooding the market. As a result, the quality and level of porn films generally fell. However, Private went a different way and from now on mainly made high-class films. For example, private films cost an average of $ 100,000, which is about five times the average production costs of a pornographic film.

In fiscal year 2004, the company had sales of $ 48.3 million. The main sales markets are South and North America as well as Europe, especially Sweden and Spain.

Share of profit 2004:

DVD	Magazines	Internet	Pay TV	Video
55%	14%	14%	11%	6%

staff

The Frenchman Pierre Woodman worked for private customers until 1999 and again since 2005 . Woodman is one of Private's most prominent directors and photographers and has produced numerous lavish films for the company on locations around the world. In 2003, Private produced the most expensive hardcore film, Millionaire , with a budget of 1.9 million dollars , which won the 2004 Venus Award for best European film.

Many of today's stars of the industry made their debut at Private or only became famous here. Examples are:

• Tania Russof ,
• Michelle Wild ,
• Monica Sweetheart ,
• Rita Faltoyano ,
• Sarah Young ,
• Tabatha Cash ,
• Silvia Saint ,
• Laura Angel ,
• Nikky Andersson ,
• Julia Taylor ,
• Tímea Vágvölgyi or
• Jana Cova

Most of the stars in Private earn 1500 to 2500 euros per scene, top actresses like Claudia Ferrari get up to 6000 euros. Around 20 percent of the performers have fixed contracts with social and health insurance . Due to these fixed contracts it has also become common to dedicate entire best of DVDs to individual actors.

Selected films

• The Pyramid (film) (1996): Hot d'Or - Meilleur Film Européen
• Private Gladiator (2002): AVN Award 2003 as "Best Foreign Feature"
• Cleopatra (2003): Venus Award 2003 as Best Film Europe, Empire Award as "Best Foreign DVD"
• The Scottish Loveknot (2003): AVN Award 2004 as "Best Foreign Feature"
• Millionaire (2004): Venus Award 2004 as "Best European Film"
• Robinson Crusoe on Sin Island (2005): AVN Award 2006 as "Best Foreign Feature"
• Porn Wars - Episode I (2006): AVN Award 2007 as "Best Foreign Feature"
• Sex City (2006): Eroticline Award 2006 for Best International Film
• Jason Colt - The Mystery of the Sexy Diamonds (2008): AVN Award 2009 as "Best Foreign Feature"

Web links

• Der Spiegel : Private Media Group: The Porn Recycler
• Private Media Group in the Internet Adult Film Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Form 10-K 2011
2. ↑ Benzinga Staff: Private Media Group Appoints Berth Milton as CEO. July 21, 2010, accessed January 16, 2020 .