Videorama
| Videorama | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1983 |
| resolution | 2016 |
| Reason for dissolution | insolvency |
| Seat | Essen , Germany |
| management | Horst F. Peter, Gisela Dey |
| sales | approx. € 40 million per year |
| Website | http://www.videorama.de/ |
Videorama GmbH is a German production and sales company for porn films based in Essen . Along with Magmafilm, it is one of the best-known and largest German providers of hardcore pornography . Well-known videorama actors were or are: Gina Wild , Vivian Schmitt , Conny Dachs , Kyra Shade and Leonie Saint .
history
Videorama GmbH, together with the brand name "Videorama", was taken over in 1983 by the Silwa Filmvertrieb AG group. The aim was to further strengthen the distribution of films, especially in the area of sex and eroticism. The films are offered on DVD and CD-ROM as well as on VHS . Videorama is one of the leading providers in Europe. The director Harry S. Morgan , who has won several Venus Awards , has published a number of film series under Videorama. Morgan's Happy Video Privat series is the longest running porn film series in Germany and Europe. In this series, a film was released every two to three months from 1984 to 2011.
In 2011, Beate Uhse submitted a takeover offer to Videorama amounting to 50 million plus participation, which was however rejected. In 2016 the company filed for bankruptcy.
Fake lawyer emails
In 2010, Videorama was involved in a phishing campaign. Fake emails claim to have been written by lawyers representing Videorama in copyright and piracy cases. For alleged uploading or downloading of pieces of music, the recipients demanded payments by Ukash or Paysafecard in the amount of usually 100 euros to the alleged lawyers to settle the "criminal complaint". However, Videorama did not file any lawsuits or criminal charges of music piracy, and the use of the company name is part of the scam.
Known movies
- 1999: Gina Wild - Now it's getting dirty
- 2006: Wet Dreams (Vivian Schmitt)
- 2006: My maiden flight (Leonie)
- Happy Video Privat film series
- Film series Young Debutantes
- Film series Maximum Perversum
- Film series Teeny Exzesse
- Sexy Weekend film series
Awards
- 2006: Eroticline Award "Best Field Service"
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Janisch: Harry S. Morgan - A legend resigns! Happy Weekend No. 40/2011, pp. 14-19.
- ↑ Gerd Niewerth: "Happy Weekend" broke - quiet end of a porn empire | WAZ.de. In: www.derwesten.de. Retrieved October 16, 2016 .
- ↑ Videorama home page from 2010 with a warning about fake mails ( memento from March 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )