Satellite X

Sky Channels UK on Astra 2

Playboy

Playboy TV

See A-Z listing: Playboy TV

encrypted subscription

Long running softcore subscription channel

The Adult Channel

See A-Z listing: Playboy TV

encrypted subscription

Long running softcore subscription channel

Playboy TV Chat

See A-Z listing: Playboy TV Chat

free to air

Babe channel

XXX Brits

See A-Z listing: XXX

encrypted pay per view

Misleadingly named, strictly softcore, pay per view channel

ExGirlfriends

See A-Z listing: ExGirlfriends

encrypted subscription

Softcore subscription channel

XXX Big & Bouncy

See A-Z listing: XXX

encrypted pay per view

Misleadingly named, strictly softcore, pay per view channel

XXX Girl Girl

See A-Z listing: XXX

encrypted pay per view

Misleadingly named, strictly softcore, pay per view channel

XXX Amateurs

See A-Z listing: XXX

encrypted pay per view

Misleadingly named, strictly softcore, pay per view channel

XXX Groups

See A-Z listing: XXX

encrypted pay per view

Misleadingly named, strictly softcore, pay per view channel

XXX Uniforms

See  A-Z listing: XXX

encrypted pay per view

Misleadingly named, strictly softcore, pay per view channel

XXX 18 & Dirty

See A-Z listing: XXX

encrypted pay per view

Misleadingly named, strictly softcore, pay per view channel

XXX Mums

See A-Z listing: XXX

encrypted pay per view

Misleadingly named, strictly softcore, pay per view channel

Climax

See A-Z listing: Climax

encrypted subscription

Softcore subscription channel

TVX

Television X: The Fantasy Channel

See A-Z listing: Television X

encrypted subscription

Long running softcore subscription channel

Redhot Amateur

See A-Z listing: Red Hot TV

encrypted pay per view

Softcore pay per view channel

Redhot Mums

See A-Z listing: Red Hot TV

encrypted pay per view

Softcore pay per view channel

Redhot 18s

See A-Z listing: Red Hot TV

encrypted pay per view

Softcore pay per view channel

TVX Brits

See A-Z listing: Television X

encrypted subscription

Softcore subscription channel

Studio 66

See A-Z listing: Studio 66 TV

free to air

Babe channel

Dirty Talk

See A-Z listing: Play TV

free to air

Babe channel

Studio 66 2

See A-Z listing: Studio 66 TV

free to air

Babe channel

Studio 66 3

See A-Z listing: Studio 66 TV

free to air

Babe channel

Babestation

Babenation

See A-Z listing: Babenation

free to air

Long running babe channel

Get Lucky TV

See A-Z listing: Get Lucky TV

free to air

Babe channel

Lucky Star

See A-Z listing: Lucky Star

free to air

Babe channel

Babes From TV

See A-Z listing: Babes From TV

free to air

Babe channel

xxXpanded TV

xxXpanded TV

See A-Z listing: xxXpanded TV

free to air

Misleadingly named, very softcore, babe channel

free to air

Babe channel

Cruzr Gay TV

See A-Z listing: Cruzr Gay TV

free to air

Gay chat channel

Storm

Storm

See A-Z listing: Storm

free to air

Babe channel

A-Z

4Fun TV

12-1am
3-4am

10.719 GHz vertical

free to air

Polish music channel with a little late night softcore

7 Amanat Nar

11.604 GHz horizontal

free to air

Free to air babe channel closed in December 2010.

Pay per view channel closed in November 2011.

123 Damenwahl

12.633GHz horizontal

Free to air

  German free to air channel

The Adult Channel

8pm-5:30am

subscription

Eutelsat 9A

A long established softcore channel. A lot of the softcore material on this channel may be seen in full hardcore on their sister channel, Private Spice (Note that this is the European Private Spice service on Hotbird not the horribly cut Spice service on Sky)

  News May 2015: Another Sat

The Adult Channel is now being broadcast on Eutelsat 9A in a package for Germany. It is not clear why they should be interested in a softcore channel.

  Ofcom on Another Planet

From The Guardian Charlie Brooker reviewing Dr Who spoof, Dr Screw on the Adult Channel

It's traditional for highbrow critics to feign ennui in the face of pornography. Well I ain't highbrow: I be dumb. As such, I don't mind admitting I didn't find Dr Screw boring. No. I found it morbidly fascinating.

What got me was this: the pornstar cast are clearly having genuine sex - yet thanks to our hopeless censorship laws both they and the programme's editors are forced to perform a bizarre game of muckypup peek-a-boo as they do so.

The end result is a nonsensical compromise. It's OK to see an erect penis, apparently, but you can't see it penetrating anything... except sometimes you sort of can. Cunnilingus is shown in fairly explicit detail, while blowjobs are hidden behind cupped hands or strategically-posed thighs... except sometimes they're sort of not. It's like an orgy that can't decide how rude it wants to be.

I'm not complaining - just baffled. These regulations seem inherently pointless, like the American public drinking law that leads winos to swig cans of beer from within brown paper bags. At the end of the day, they're still winos, still in public, still drinking beer. So what's the point?

Protection, presumably. Yet since the show is broadcast on a restricted-access post-watershed channel requiring PIN code entry (and a payment) to view, then who, precisely, are we protecting? The mugs prepared to pay to watch it? That's so circular it makes my head spin.

Hardcore smut has been legally available in Britain since the introduction of the R18 certificate six years ago. More recently, Michael Winterbottom's 9 Songs (which features more real sex than most marriages) was broadcast uncut on Sky Box Office (another PIN-restricted service). The other week, a leering C4 documentary on notorious bestial porn flick Animal Farm included a close-up of a man's face while he had sex with a chicken. Yet dedicated adult channels aren't allowed to show explicit consensual sex. Why?

Because porn's embarrassing and tawdry and we don't want that muck on our airwaves? Then ban it outright and have done with it. This present fudge just makes Ofcom look like bigger idiots than the pornographers themselves. And that's saying something.

  Harder than TelevisionX

From moyo on The Melon Farmers' Forum

With regards to Playboy/Adult channel/Spice etc. So much harder now than they used to be. They are much much harder than TelevisionX but still endless repeats and of course not hardcore. Still I appreciate the fact they are not at all scared of showing erections and male genital contact. The woman are much better looking too. They still play the same game of showing the same episode on different nights with different censorship levels. Their editors must be busy.

  Adult Channel Kneel Down for a Verbal Bashing

From Heathray on the bgafd forum 13.11.05

A whole weekend of Neil Down and his equally camp sidekick, suck mycock. How have they the nerve to show a full weekend of this puerile, tame as fuck, rubbish?

From Nachovx on the bgafd forum 13.11.05

Maybe it's because you give them the money to allow them to. Channels like that would be ok if they were free-to-air, but to charge money is a joke.

From Deuce Bigalo on the bgafd forum 15.11.05

The one gripe I've seen repeated by so many first time subscribers is: Wheres the harder content that was promised in the intro?

Great way to get guys/girls to subscribe but once burned their not likely to re-subscribe are they?

From spammy 28.3.05

Some quite good shows but too far and few between to merit subscription. some screenings are near the knuckle and obviously pushing boundaries but it is only a glimpse here and a squint there. Over the past few weeks, the repeats of old material has reached an all time high. The Ugliest girl I have ever seen on British Television appeared in Legs Wide Open two weeks ago. Anyone who saw it would agree.

!alhob kulo

New for September 2014. Unknown programming so far.

Free to air babe channel closed in June 2011

11.604 GHz horizontal

free to air

11.604 GHz horizontal

free to air

11.604 GHz horizontal

free to air

11.604 GHz horizontal

free to air

Babe Guide

Took over from Blue Kiss in October 2011 and closed in October 2012

Babenation

Channel 906

Free to air

The channel is said to operated under a Dutch licence rather than under control of the Ofcom TV censors.

  News July 2015: Renamed

Babestation has been renamed Babenation

Channel 906

Free to air
 

  News July 2015: Renamed

Babestation has been renamed Babenation

Babes From TV

Channel 945

Free to air

Babe channel which seems to be associated with BabeStation

  News, August 2014: New channel

Babes from TV appears in the Sky EPG

Babe channel closed down by Ofcom in October 2011. Ofcom said that the nominated licence holder was not actually in charge of the broadcasts of the channel.

Gay channel closed down on September 6th 2004. It was replaced by Free-X TV 2

Beate-Uhse Sexy Sat

11.420 GHz Horizontal

Free to air/Encrypted

Evenings and overnight. Short commercial breaks between films, which sometimes have a plot and narrative. No English soundtracks.

Heterosexual and lesbian but not hardcore. From what I have seen, no genitalia are actually shown.

Picture quality ok, 7/10.

Blue Hustler

Encrypted subscription channel

A softcore encrypted subscription channel from Hustler

Closed in 2011 giving way to Babe Guide

Blue Movie

• Blue Movie
• Blue Movie Extra
• Blue Movie Gay
• BM Nights HD 1

Broadcasting as part of Sky Deutschland

The encryption has changed to the more secure Nagravision 3

  Review from Satellites.co.uk, Oct 2008: German Targeted

No commercial breaks. No English soundtracks. Picture quality 7/10, ok but pixelation visible.

1) Blue Movie - heterosexual and lesbian. Nothing extreme but some mildly rough scenes.
2) Blue Movie Extra - seems to me to be essentially the same as the above channel .
3) Blue Movie Gay - male gay. Variety of ages and scenarios featured. Nothing extreme.

BM Nights HD is noted as erotic rather than porn

Blue Tube

The Pay per view channel associated with TVX, Blue Tube has become Reality Hub

BM Nights

Encrypted

A softcore encrypted subscription channel in the Sky Deutschland package

Boy & Boy

Sky Italia

11.727 GHz vertical

Encrypted

Hardcore gay subscription channel associated with SCT

  News February 2013: Viewing Card

Available in the Elite Viewing Card Package Package for about £120 for 1 year

24 Hour/
11pm-5am

Encrypted subscription TV

~£130 per year

Well established hardcore channel. Previously named Private Spice, and before that, Spice Platinum.

  News November 2014: One Down

Brazzers TV Europe has left Astra 1, plenty more satellites to choose from though.

  News January 2014: Renamed

Private Spice has been renamed Brazzers TV Europe. It is operated by Playboy TV, part of the Manwin empire

  Review from satellites.co.uk, Jan 2009: Beautiful Scenery

Having had the Private Spice card for a couple of months, I have to say that the boat is still out. For me, the card does not compare favourably with the Inxworld card.

On one hand, Spice does seem to have the best picture quality, but not that far ahead of Dorcel TV.

The variety of material is good, covering the mainstream to the fetish. But when pitted against the 5 channel Inxworld card, Spice's variety starts to look less varied - sooner or later that same type of material will crop up on the Inxworld channels.

Again, given it's european background, Spice features a lot of euro-style porn, which for me is a bit of a put off. Lots of beautiful scenery, samey looking euro-girls and almost autocue acting don't really float my boat.

  News June 2006:

Spice Platinum has lost it's battle with French law and has now stopped broadcasting 24 hours per day. Shows in the UK start at 11pm til 5am. The TP has also changed to 19011V encryption type TPSAES keys updated every 20 minutes. Unless you can get Auto Update or Card Sharing.

It would seem that the time restrictions may only apply to the French TPS feed for this channel

  Review from The Melon Farmers' Forum, May 2006: Spiced Up

From Caledoniaguy

I notice that Private Spice have started broadcasting a safe sex message before each programme – I wonder what brought this on?

  From Malcom

Private spice under some sort of new management have made a number of changes as well as the condom advert. They now broadcast three 8 hour shifts as opposed to the original four 6 hour shifts.

At last they have replaced the new (Private Spice) logo with the same but smaller and transparent...Thank goodness..... I miss the fact they no longer announce if a program is a "premier" or not and they no longer state episode numbers on their freeview listing. However the episode numbers are still available on the web site schedule...

  From Caledoniaguy

I wish they would just show full movies instead of showing them episodically, though. The DOG logo is still too intrusive in my view, but better than it was. I will email them with some suggestions in this regard - perhaps others may wish to do the same (I would guess that the DOG change was in response to viewer feedback?)

Overall, I think that Private Spice is a very welcome improvement over Spice Platinum, which was already quite good anyway – If they could only reduce the number of repeats

Out of interest, what resolution & bitrates do other people’s receivers show on this channel – the picture quality is the best of any HC channel I have seen (although, to be fair, most of the others range from OK to dreadful!) , but it doesn’t look like full DVD quality, IMO.

BunnyClub 24

12.633 GHz horizontal

Free to air

CamBabes24

12.633GHz horizontal

Free to air

  German free to air channel

Canal+

Subscription general film channels with different packages in several countries.

Typically have one hardcore film daily or weekly depending on the country.

Canale Italia

• Canale italia
• Canale Italia 2/84

12.558 GHz Vertical

Free to air

Some erotic programming

Closed in December 2010. Replaced by RedLightZone2

Cheeky Chat

Free to Air

Started in July 2012. Associated with Television X

  News August 2014: Closed

Cheeky Chat has been removed from the Sky EPG

  News April 2014: Temporarily closed

Cheeky Chat was removed from the Sky EPG for a few days

Climax

Encrypted

Softcore subscription channel associated with Playboy TV

  News July 2015: Moved

Climax has moved from 914 to 930

  News November 2010: Moved

Climax3 - 1 became Climax
Climax3 - 2 became Extreme see below
Climax3 - 3 became GirlGirl see below

  News March 2006: Chav Week

Thanks to David, March 19th 2006:

I think the censors are really relaxing their rules. For anyone who watched Chav Week on Climax 3, will agree.

There were erections galore.

  From spammy 28.3.05

Nothing new on this set of channels. Start with Climax 1. The theme for the night is newcomers. so they split the night in to one hour segments under a title like "all the fresh you want" (or whatever), the next hour is "more fresh than you can handle" etc., etc. This goes on all night with a ten minute break every hour. The next day, this channel shuffles all the programmes forward an hour and puts the first hour at the end? Still with me?
Now multiply this by three and you get the whole three channel package. All the programmes are repeats of stuff previously shown on the Adult channel. They have become slightly stronger of late but my goodness, only slightly.

  From Spammy 1.2.05

Themed nights, one theme per channel. Theme changes weekly with themes such as Girls in Uniform, Solo girls, 3-somes etc. Each channel shows programmes from the PBTV channels all seen before and rotates them forward an hour each night. All of them are censored to death. Not worth a light.

Babe channel started in September 2009. Gave way to Storm TV in June 2011.

Hardcore channel ceased broadcasting in May 2010

Conto TV

• Conto TV 1
• Conto TV 2
• Conto TV 3
• Conto TV 4
• Conto TV 5

Sky Italia

Free to air

12.616 GHz Horizontal

  Thanks to Big Ern, May 2006: Encrypted

Italian Conto TV used to be a freebee but alas for many months now it has been encrypted, [can't think why as it was always very tame]

Babe channel closed in March 2011, and after another try, again in July 2012

Cruzr Gay TV

Free to air

A new channel for July 2013. Hooking up for gay chat. Associated with the xxXpanded babe channels.

Daring!TV

11.179 GHz Horizontal

Encrypted subscription channel

Dutch hardcore service

  News February 2013: Viewing Card

Available in the Elite Viewing Card Package Package for about £120 for 1 year

Das Erotische TV

12.633GHz horizontal

Free to air

 German free to air channel

Date Line TV

12.633GHz horizontal

Free to air

 German free to air channel

Date1TV

11.421 GHz horizontal

Free to air

German free to air channel

 aka

• D-XTV2

Sky Italia

11.727 GHz vertical

Encrypted

Hardcore subscription channel associated with SCT. Now Exotica TV

 News December 2013: Replaced

Diablo X TV 2 has been replaced with Exotica TV. Diablo X TV 2 subscriptions seem to be continuing for the new channel

 News February 2013: Viewing Card

D-XTV2 is available in the Elite Viewing Card Package Package for about £120 for 1 year

Digit Alb

• X1
• X2
• X3
• X4

Encrypted

Albanian package including porn channels X1-4 See X1 below

Dirty Talk

A softcore free to air babe channel channel from TVX started in February 2009. Ended in June 2013. Made a brief reappearance in October 2013

  News November 2013: Back in November

Dirty Talk reappeared towards the end of November

  News November 2013: Brief re-appearance

Dirty Talk reappeared for the month of October 2013. It closed again at the beginning of November

24 hours

Encrypted

Dolly Buster, previously known as Red Hot Sex TV closed in January 2012.

Hardcore channel now closed

Dorcel TV

• Dorcel TV HD
• Dorcel XXX HD

24 hours

Hotbird/Astra 1/Eutelsat 16/Eutesat 5

Encrypted subscription channel

  News July 2015: HD

The service has added a HiDef channels called Dorcel TV HD and Dorcel XXX HD.

  News February 2013: Viewing Card

Dorcel TV is available in the Elite Viewing Card Package Package for about £120 for 1 year

Dorcel TV reviewed as part of the Elite TV package

My first real acquaintance with hardcore satellite TV was with a French channel named Rendez-Vous TV. From an age when adult channels always seemed to be teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, Rendez-Vous TV lasted a fairly long time. I always has a soft spot for the presenter Zara Whites who so fluently explained to English, French and Italian speaking customers that outages were temporary and that full service would be resumed in the coming weeks.

So when I popped in a new viewing card to get reacquainted with French satellite TV, it was good to see Zara Whites starring in the first film that I sat down to watch.

The channel is Dorcel TV and it is the satellite arm of the long running French porn production company, Video Marc Dorcel (VMD). The company woodpecker logo has been the mark of good quality porn for as long as I can remember.

It may be worth mentioning that although everything about Dorcel TV is essentially French, the small print reveals that the channel is actually licensed in the Netherlands. (Coincidentally my favourite 'French' actress Zara Whites, was actually Dutch born).

Dorcel TV is based upon VMD's extensive stock of good quality hardcore. The actresses are generally well known and production qualities are high. Typically the films are set in a rich man's world. French mansions and chateaus provide the setting for many a VMD film.

The Dorcel TV schedules also include a fair number of magazine style programmes, again concentrating on the glamourous side of life. Perhaps Jet Sex is the most obvious example. There are also porn star bios and 'Making Of' programmes.

The French adult industry seems a little more enthusiastic than most. The industry maintains an almost Hollywood style publicity machine with star appearances, an industry magazine, Hot, and the publication of top selling DVD charts. Possibly the hype contributes to anticipation of new titles and generates a little more interest in following the latest starlets. This enthusiasm tends to just add a little something and elevates French movies to being amongst the best in Europe.

It is also good that VMD haven't followed the American lead in featuring overly contorted grimacing, as if slutty expressions makes for good porn. VMD use attractive actresses and more naturalistic acting. Certainly works better for this particular reviewer.

Technically, Dorcel TV seems to broadcast with sufficient bandwidth to avoid distractions due to excess compression. So given the good quality of the original, the broadcast quality is also good. English language versions of the films are generally used.

The channel broadcasts hardcore 24 hours a day. There are occasional advert breaks in films with about 3 minutes of phone sex ads at a time. All films are broadcast with complete titles and credits. Films generally start at odd times and there is no attempt to start films at regular times such as on the hour.

It is interesting that the permanent on screen age warning is 16 rather than the 18 Brits may expect. At first this almost seemed a little off putting in that it may indicate something less than full hardcore. But do not worry, the channel features real hardcore and goes a little beyond what the British Board of Film Classifiers would prefer you not to see, even at R18. The British film censor routinely cuts some of the rough sex elements that Dorcel TV broadcasts.

The channel has a good website at www.dorcel.tv which includes up to date programming details. There is also an option to watch Dorcel TV via the internet with good value options for a range of subscription periods.

All in all, a very good channel which provides remarkable value considering that it is included in some low cost satellite packages. Possibly the glamourous settings are a bit over used and therefore the channel probably works better as part of a package. This then provides the variety that Dorcel TV lacks as a standalone channel.


Dorcel TV surely outclasses and is outlasting my old Rendez-Vous TV. But I must admit to a few fond nostalgic memories of Rendez-Vous. I wonder if Laetitia and her wonderful cast of amateur nurses are still going strong in France?

  News October 2009: New Package

Sex on TV  has merged with the In X World package.

Sex on Tv has merged with Inxworld. The new package consists of Redlight Premium, Free-X1, Free-X-2, X-Dream TV, French Lover TV & Dorcel TV. Cards that cover this package are being branded as Elite Fusion 6 Viewing Cards.

  Review from Satellites.co.uk, Oct 2008: 9/10

Short commercial breaks between films. Some English soundtracks.

Heterosexual and lesbian. I would say similar to Blue Movie, with a slight overtone of 'classyness' but only slight.

Picture quality is the best of the channels I can see, so I give it 9/10. Picture quality ok, 7/10.

  From Satellites.co.uk Thumbs Up to Dorcel TV

After a week since viewing since the card arrived I give it a big thumbs up.

Firstly it is not 4hrs its actually 24/7 this Dorcel TV. It carries audio of its films in 3 selectable audio transmissions for you to choose. English, French and German.

All films coming on can be seen in the EPG as you know some channels do not show a EPG listing.

This card is a bargain at £60. Don't expect too much from the other channels which come with the card the INXWORLD channels. They are tacky and cheap. This is card is

  From Dreamlife on The Melon Farmers' Forum Finest French

I have just got myself a 4 channel Dorcel TV card. The picture on Dorcel TV is excellent and worth the subscription on it's own. The French girls are stunning. Then you got 3 other channels to, free-xtv, free-xtv2 and x-dream. For 59 pounds a year for 4 hardcore channels this is well worth the money.

Dreamgirls.tv

12.633 Ghz horizontal

free to air

German free to air erotic channel

Sky pay per view channel renamed  in January 2010

ElectricBLUE

Channel 920

Pay per view

Softcore pay service. Electric Blue took over from Reality Hub in April 2014. Associated with Playboy TV

  News May 2015: Replaced

ElectricBLUE has become XXX Big & Bouncy

  News April 2014: Changes

Reality Hub has become ElectricBLUE

• Elite TV
• Elite TV 2
• Elite TV 3
• Elite TV 4

Babe channels of Elite TV became Studio 66 in August 2012

Erotic 24.tv

12.633 Ghz horizontal

free to air

German free to air erotic channel

EroticDome

12.633GHz horizontal

Free to air

  German free to air channel

Encrypted Pay TV

Erotica has started up on Turksat 2A.

Erotica HD

Encrypted in Orange Romania package

Started in August 2013

Erotik Sat TV

12.633GHz horizontal

Free to air

  German free to air channel

Essex Babes

From 10pm

Free to air

Babe channel

  News October 2013: Closed

All the channels run by Satellite Entertainment Ltd have closed. The company seems to have folded

eUrotic TV (ETV)

Hotbird @ 13
11.200 GHz vertical

Free to air

Austrian channel featuring erotic clips, short features, erotic news, documentaries, live shows and cinema reviews

  Review October 2013: Best at Night

Less sexy than UK babe channels during daytime TV, but way sexier at night.

  News:

Eurotic TV 2 and Eurotic TV Plus closed on Astra 1

  From the Channel:

It mainly broadcasts live interactive softcore shows with beautiful models as the viewers have the possibility to communicate with them via phone or SMS and guide the action in the show. It also broadcasts short erotic movies and high quality erotic videoclips in "Playboy" style. Coming soon: erotic TV shopping offering the viewers high-quality sex toys for their sex pleasure.

Encrypted Pay TV

ExGirlfriends has moved to take over Sky Channel 615 recently vacated by Red Light 2

  News October 2013:

Ticked off by Ofcom for 5 minutes of softcore transmitted unencrypted at 10pm.

  News May 2011:

Top Shelf TV gave Way to ExGirlfriends. An encrypted softcore channel associated with Playboy TV

Exotica TV

Sky Italia

11.727 GHz vertical

Encrypted

Hardcore subscription channel associated with SCT.

 News December 2013: Replaced

Diablo X TV 2 has been replaced with Exotica TV. Diablo X TV 2 subscriptions seem to be continuing for the new channel

The channel was proscribed by the UK Government. It closed and was replaced by Ultra Plus.

Extreme

Hardcore channel now closed

Fantasy

Free to air

Babe channel associated with Television X

  News August 2014: Removed

The channel has been removed from the Sky EPG

  News November 2013: Restored

The channel has been restored after some down time

Merged into the MCT package

Filth

Free to air

Babe channel restored in November 2013. Became Play TV 2 in January 2014.

 News January 2014: Renamed

The channel has been renamed to Play TV 2

 News November 2013: Restored

The channel has been restored after some down time

Flirt and Chat

Babe channel started in July 2015. Seems to be associated with Playboy. Closed in September 2015.

 News September 2015: Not so chatty

Flirt and Chat has closed

 News July 2015: ExXXXPanded

XXXPanded TV 2 has become Flirt and Cha

Flirt TV

Babe channel, started in August 2011. Associated with TVX

 News December 2014: Closed

Flirt TV ended a couple of weeks later

 News November 2014: Resumed

Flirt TV resumes on channel 946

 News May 2014: Ended

Flirt TV has been removed from the EPG

 News April 2014: Moved

Flirt TV moved from Sky Channel 942 to 938

 News November 2013: Restored

The channel has been restored after some down time

FotoHandy.TV

12.633GHz horizontal

Free to air

  German free to air channel

Free-X TV

24 hour

Encrypted

Something's up on Hellas Sat 2 as the channel has gone free to air and presumably not showing the usual hardcore content.

  Review November 2009: Well Selected

Free-X TV 1 &2 reviewed as part of the Elite TV package

The 2 Free-X TV channels generally offer good quality material selected from the masses of low cost video.  Mainly features a mix of US and Italian hardcore.

It was good to see great performers from porn's Golden Age on Free-X TV 1. It is fascinating to see how fashions have changed. The Golden Age starlets were allowed a little more time to establish their screen presence. The sex scenes were a little more naturalistic, as were the unenhanced and untrimmed stars. It is great to see the old stuff again, but it also good to be able to hop channels to something more modern.

Technically, the channels were broadcast with sufficient bandwidth to avoid distractions due to excess compression. Maybe this is something that viewers may assume, but some of the competing packages broadcast at much worse bit-rates.

The channels broadcast hardcore 24 hours a day. There are adverts but these are not excessive. Films generally start at odd times and there is no attempt to start films at regular times such as on the hour.

  News October 2009: New Package

Sex on TV  has merged with the In X World package.

Sex on Tv has merged with Inxworld. The new package consists of Redlight Premium, Free-X1, Free-X-2, X-Dream TV, French Lover TV & Dorcel TV. Cards that cover this package are being branded as Elite Fusion 6 Viewing Cards.

  Review from Satellites.co.uk, Oct 2008: Rough

Short commercial breaks between films.

Heterosexual, occasional lesbian. Mainly English soundtracks and from the USA.

All 4 channels largely the same, featuring mild to medium rough sex. Vaginal, anal (lots of), oral, cum. The women are very much treated like pieces of meat. Slapping, hair pulling, messy vigorous blow jobs and spitting all common. Occasional fetish including fisting, food and piss but very rarely.

Picture quality not great but watchable, 5-6/10.

  Review: Value TV

Good value for money. Basically cheap material but competently selected with enthusiastic and pretty actresses. Single sets, a little amateurish with small aspirations though.

Mix of US & European material from a variety of genres

I originally bought a Blue Ice CAM which promised a lifetime subscription. It stopped decoding Free-X TV six months later!

Available as part of the In X World Package containing:
Free-X TV
Free-X TV 2
X-Dream TV

Available on various  satellites throughout the world

Free X-TV Light stopped transmitting at the beginning of 2006. Its FTA softcore programming imerged into X-Dream, see below.

French Lover TV

• French Lover TV
• French Lover TV HD

Encrypted

French Lover TV adds a he def channel to the Astra 1 service

  Review November 2009: Eclectic

French Lover TV reviewed as part of the Elite TV package

French Lover TV offers quite a mixture with educational programmes thrown into the eclectic mix of amateur, transsexual and more extreme material.

Technically the channel is broadcast with sufficient bandwidth to avoid distractions due to excess compression. Maybe this is something that viewers may assume, but some of the competing packages broadcast at much worse bit-rates.

The Elite package surely outclasses my old Rendez-Vous TV. But I must admit to a few fond nostalgic memories of Rendez-Vous. Particularly so when I caught another Rendez-Vous favourite, Laetitia and her wonderful cast of amateur nurses. They are still going strong on French Lover TV.

  News October 2009: New Package

Sex on TV  has merged with the In X World package.

Sex on Tv has merged with Inxworld. The new package consists of Redlight Premium, Free-X1, Free-X-2, X-Dream TV, French Lover TV & Dorcel TV. Cards that cover this package are being branded as Elite Fusion 6 Viewing Cards.

  Spotted in 2008

From frenchlovertv.com

Frenchlover TV is the first sex educational channel for adults which gives you the opportunity to discover or understand better Sex, such a complex subject! Our different interactive programs are designed to help you answer your questions even the ones you never thought about before!

FrenchLover TV is an adult channel in two versions (hardcore and softcore) available on satellite, cable, and IPTV. It also includes hours of programs, VOD and a website, frenchlovertv.com.

• full-X1
• full-X2
• full-X3
• full-X4Free

Service ended in 2006 after the loss of legal battle with the encryption provider Neotioncrypt.

Fundorado TV

12.633 GHz Horizontal

Free to air

German erotic channel started in September 2013.

Gay Adult Channel

Encrypted

Free to air. Started in August 2011. Closed in February 2012

Gay subscription service Trade.tv started in May 2006. It renamed to Gay Prowler TV in 2008, but closed in July 2010.

Encrypted subscription service associated with TVX closed in April 2011

GayBoys Live

11.421 GHz horizontal

Free to air

German free to air channel

Get Lucky TV

Sky Channel 908

Free to air

Babe channel

  News February 2014: Unlucky

Ofcom slapped the channel on the wrists for promoting the BabeStation website. The website has a few teaser images that Ofcom judged were a bit too porny for kids without age restriction.

Girl Next Door

Encrypted. Pay per view

Took over from UK Swingers in July 2013. Associated with Playboy TV

  New May 2015: Renamed

Girl Next Door has been renamed to XXX Girl Girl

  News July 2013: Changes

UK Swingers has become Girl Next Door

GirlGirl

Pay per view replaced Climax3-3 in November 2010. Channel closed in December 2012. Returned later and ended again in April 2013

Pay per view channel. Now Flirt TV 2

Replaced by UK Swingers in May 2010.

Listed in November 2009, removed in January 2010

Hot Arab TV

11.604 GHz horizontal

free to air

Hot Chat TV

Sky Channel 931

free to air

Babe channel. Closed in September 2015.

  News September 2015: Not so hot

Hot Chat TV has closed

  News July 2015: Launched

Red Light 1 has become Hot Chat TV

Hot Time

• Hot Time 1
• Hot Time 2
• Hot Time 3

10pm-6am

12.539 GHz horizontal

Encrypted

Pay per view

Italian pay per view service

Babe channel. Licence revoked in October 2011 with Ofcom citing that the nominated licence holder was not actually in charge of the broadcasts of the channel

Hustler TV

Encrypted subscription channel

Encrypted subscription channel

  News February 2013: Viewing Card

Hustler TV is available in the Elite Viewing Card Package Package for about £120 for 1 year

Hustler TV Deutschland

Encrypted

subscription channel

Softcore for Germany. Ended in January 2014

  News February 2014: Closed

The Channel ceased transmissions at the end of January 2014

softcore pay per view channel closed in June 2011

Intimacy

11.729 Ghz vertical

free to airl

Erotic channel noted in January 2014.

Closed

Italia Channel

11.623 Ghz vertical

free to airl

Some erotic content

ITV Polska

10.949 Ghz vertical
12.245 GHz horizontal

free to airl

Some erotic content

Kamasutra TV

12.633GHz horizontal

Free to air

German free to air channel

La 9

11.471 GHz vertical

Free to air

Italian programme, start time varies, after 11pm. 1-2 girls. Tapes of old shows 5-6 nights a week, but live phone in 1-2 nights, up to 2am. Strength varies.

Not perfect, but they do show fanny, there is some spontaneity, some of it is live and its FTA. This is what UK Babe channels have to compete with if they want to stay in business

Babe channel HappyHourGirls gave way to LA Babes in January 2009 which closed soon after.

Lazio Channel

11.470 GHz vertical

free to airl

Some erotic content

Lebnaniat TV

11.604 GHz horizontal

free to air

Libido TV HD

11.567 GHz Vertical

encrypted

Porn channel Libido TV becomes Libido TV HD.

Babe channel closed when Ofcom revoked the broadcasting licence in march 2011. Ofcom stated that was due to withheld ownership details but the channel had been in Ofcom's sights for some for being too sexy.

LiveXXX Babes

Free to air

Babe channel

  News October 2013: Closed

All the channels run by Satellite Entertainment Ltd have closed. The company seems to have folded

Closed in July 2009

Lucky Star

Channel 909

Free to air

Babe channel

  News February 2014: Unlucky

Ofcom slapped the channel on the wrists for promoting the BabeStation website. The website has a few teaser images that Ofcom judged were a bit too porny for kids without age restriction.

Lustkanal.tv

12.633 Ghz horizontal

free to air

German free to air erotic channel

Hardcore subscription channel which was merged into Sex.tv

Mango 24

11.393 GHz vertical

free to air

Some erotic content

Marc Dorcel TV

Encrypted

A softcore version of French hardcore service for Turkey

Mobile Sex

12.633GHz horizontal

Free to air

  German free to air channel

• MCT: Black
• MCT: Sct
• MCT: Super
• MCT: Strong
• MCT: Reality
• MCT: Amateur
• MCT: Gay
• MCT: Trans
• MCT: Fantasy
• MCT: Top
• MCT: Don't Panic
• MCT: Hot

Encrypted

Long running hardcore subscription package has now closed

Multi-X

11.097 GHz Vertical

Encrypted

Hardcore channel in the Spanish Canal+ service

Northern Birds

Free to air

Babe channel

  News October 2013: Closed

All the channels run by Satellite Entertainment Ltd have closed. The company seems to have folded

Free to air babe channel closed in October 2011 after Ofcom revoked the channel's broadcasting licence. Ofcom explained that the nominated licence holder was not actually in charge of the broadcasts of the channel

Closed in April 2010.

Hispasat

Pay per view hardcore, now replaced by Taquilla, see below

Paradise

12.633GHz horizontal

Free to air

  German free to air channel

Passion XXX

11.727 GHz vertical

Encrypted subscription channel

Hardcore subscription channel ssociated with SCT

 News November 2015: Renamed

SCT HX is renamed to Passion XXX

Subscription softcore channel started in October 2008. The channel became Top Shelf TV in September 2009.

Penthouse HD

• Penthouse
• HD
• HD1
• HD2
• 3D HD

24/7

• Penthouse, HD, 3D HD

Eutelsat 9

• HD 1

Astra 1

• HD

Astra 3

• HD, HD 1, HD 2, 3D HD

Hellasat 2

• Penthouse

Turksat 2A/3A

• Penthouse, HD

Encrypted subscription TV

~£140 per year subscription including SCT HQ

~£160 per year subscription including SCT 9 channels

Penthouse and HD are softcore.

HD1, HD2, 3D HD are hardcore but at the softer end of the scale.

12.149 GHz vertical

free to air

Some erotic content

Pink TV

• Pink X HD

11.479 GHz Vertical

Encrypted Pay TV

French general channel for the gay community. Transmits presumably hardcore movies four nights a week after 11pm.

  News July 2015: Hard Def

Pink X HD added

11.595 GHz Vertical

Encrypted Pay TV

Started in September 2014

Play TV

• Play TV
• Play TV 2 (closed)

Free to Air

Adult chat channel

  News December 2015: Closed

Play TV has become Studio 66 2

  News March 2014: Moved

Play TV has moved from Sky Channel 927 to 940

  News February 2014: Closed

Play TV 2 has ended

  News January 2014: Renamed

Filth has become Play TV 2

  News November 2013: Playing replacement

One of the Studio 66 TV channels gives way to Play TV

Pay per view

Playboy Lesbian has become Playboy TV Hot

Playboy Lovers renamed to Playboy Lesbian

Pay per view channel renamed to Playboy Lesbian in June 2011.

Free to air channel closed in October 2008

Encrypted subscription TV

£16 per month with The Adult Channel and Top Shelf TV

  News, Feb 2009: Free Lifestyle

Playboy TV, on Sky channel 900, now offers free lifestyle content between 8pm and 11pm before encrypting for the paid-for service.

  Harder than TelevisionX

From moyo on The Melon Farmers' Forum

With regards to Playboy/Adult channel/Spice etc. So much harder now than they used to be. They are much much harder than TelevisionX but still endless repeats and of course not hardcore. Still I appreciate the fact they are not at all scared of showing erections and male genital contact. The woman are much better looking too. They still play the same game of showing the same episode on different nights with different censorship levels. Their editors must be busy.

From BOD on The Melon Farmers' Forum 19.12.05

Saw several episodes of a programme called the Mating Game starring Sammi J on Playboy TV last night. Showed longshots of actual penetration and blowjob action. It seems they are testing the water, and like the viewers, are peeved with the outdated and inconsistent legislation we have in this country.

From spammy 28.3.05

There are a couple of good shows currently running. The Mating Game, Sandy, and the new Confessions of a Make-Up Artist. These shows give a glimpse of what could be done. but only a glimpse. Very nice girls and chaps and very well produced material etc but...the cutting is far too severe for me still.

the rest of the material on this channel is pure dirge. Lots of 'faux' chat shows, Americanised rubbish and truly softcore nonsense too tiresome to watch. Also, the scheduling is tediously repetitive. Save your money.

From Spammy 1.2.05

Repeat Hell. Plenty of non-erotic shows and all badly cut to death

Playboy TV Chat

Channel 902

Free to Air

Free to air babe channel started in December 2011

  News September 2013: Ticked off

Ofcom find that Playboy TV Chat broke their rules with a scene of simulated sex with no nudity at about midnight. Ofcom asked for a meeting with the channel to discuss compliancy.

  News December 2011:

Red Light 2 became Playboy TV Chat

Playboy TV Hot

Pay per view

  News November 2015: No longer hot

• Playboy TV Hot has become XXX Uniforms

Playboy Lesbian has become Playboy TV Hot

10.796 GHz vertical

  Thanks to Big Ern, May 2006: Extreme Close Up

Polonia 1 is a strange kind of channel, it is a mix of adverts, with the usual naked girls, sex toy adverts and every now and then they go the whole hog and show a girl giving herself a good workout with a dildo [extreme close ups here]

Pay per view channel, started in June 2006, now closed:

Pay per view channel, now closed

24 Hour/
11pm-5am

Encrypted subscription TV

~£130 per year

Well established hardcore channel. Not to be confused with the softcore Spice Channel on Sky. Previously Spice Platinum. Now renamed to Brazzers TV Europe

  News January 2014: Renamed

Private Spice has been renamed Brazzers TV Europe. It is operated by Playboy TV, part of the Manwin empire

11.662 GHz vertical

Babe channel now closed

Reality Hub

Channel 920

Softcore pay service associated with TVX. Reality Hub gave way to ElectricBlue in April 2014.

 News April 2014: Changes

Reality Hub has become ElectricBLUE

  News July 2013: Changes

Blue Tube has become Reality Hub

• TV 1
• TV 2
• TV 3
• TV 4

Hardcore subscription service started late 2009, became Dolly Buster in May 2011.

Red Hot TV

• Redhot Amateur
• Redhot Mums
• Redhot 18s

8-5:30am

Encrypted

pay per view

  News June 2012:

Redhot Amateur was deleted from the EPG but later returned

  From moyo on The Melon Farmers' Forum: Same Old Fear of Erections

Regarding TelevisionX/Redhot. It has not changed in well over 18 months. Same old programs. Same old censorship levels. Same fear of erections. Absolute rubbish. Yes there are a couple (of the same old) programs that are harder than the rest but it is a small minority. Why are all the guys and girls so fat,old and ugly? I think they are the laziest television channel on air. The program descriptions never match the actual content. They may say hot lesbians enjoy anal - when in fact there are no lesbians and no anal. Or "barely legal 18" when the woman are in their forties. The other thing they don't seem to do is ever edit their programs either. Whether it is the "harder" cut or the super softcore cut - it will be the same night after night, month after month, year after year. The episodes remain the same. Do they have editors

  Softly Softly Towards Hardcore

From payback 20-Feb 2006:

The redhot channels contain quite a lot of clearly visible and prolonged penetration, but very little oral. whilst it is nearly always shakey cameras and not in close up, they certainly go way beyond what BBFC would class as 18.

  What the 'PIN Hell is going in with these channels?

From MattyUK 13-Dec 2005

Xplicit are doing the same as the Red Hot channels, pin required whenever you return to the channel....

  Fingers 6.7.05:

But interestingly, their off-shoot Pay-Per-View on Freeview channel "RedHot" has been very strong (by recent adult channel standards), for example the night before last showed prolonged 7-8 second shots of penetration (albeit in the corner of the screen) together with glimpses of Oral sex and a lot of short sequences of dildo penetration.

This occurred in a several different programmes so cannot be easily attributed to bad editing.

Red Light

• Red Light 1 (closed)
• Red Light 2 (closed)
• Red Light 3 (closed)
• Red Light Rio (closed)

Free to air

Free to air babe channels associated with Playboy TV

Red Light 1 has become Hot Chat TV

  News March 2015: 1 Moved

Red Light 1 moved from 910 to 930 in the Sky EPG

Red Light 2 has been deleted from the Sky EPG

Red Light 3 has been deleted from the Sky EPG

  News January 2014: Censored

Red Light 2 was censured for not abiding by Ofcom's ban on multiple performers miming sex

Red Light 4 ended in April 2013

  News 2012:

Red Light Rio start but didn't last long

  News December 2010:

Red Light 1 replaced 40 n Naughty

Redlight 3 Replaced ChatGirl TV2

• Mixx
• USA
• Germany
• Italia
• Latino
• Platinum
• Velvet

Hardcore subscription channels closed in October 2008 and free to air channels closed in June 2011

Redlight
 

• Redlight
• Redlight HD

Encrypted subscription service

Redlight is a softcore channel. Redlight HD is hardcore and is sold as part of the Elite HD package

  News February 2013: Viewing Card

Redlight HD is available in the Elite Viewing Card Package Package for about £120 for 1 year

 Review November 2009: Well worth watching

Redlight Premium was reviewed as part of the Elite TV package.

Redlight Premium mainly features a mix of US and Italian hardcore. The programming will be familiar to viewers of Euro hardcore satellite but the programme buyers have selected well, and the channel is well worth watching.

Technically, all the Elite TV channels were broadcast with sufficient bandwidth to avoid distractions due to excess compression. Maybe this is something that viewers may assume, but some of the competing packages broadcast at much worse bit-rates.

The channels broadcast hardcore 24 hours a day. There are adverts but these are not excessive. Films generally start at odd times and there is no attempt to start films at regular times such as on the hour.

All in all, a very good package covering a wide range of programming which provides remarkable value considering the low cost subscription.

  News March 2010: XXX Xtreme

A new channel, XXX Xtreme, has been added to the Elite Fusion 6 Viewing Cards.

  Review from satellites.co.uk March 2010: Free-X Like

Redlight Premium did surprise me. The quality is on par with the Free-X channels, hardly Private Spice, but definitely watchable.

The material, like Free-X, is a mixture of mainly recent (i.e. 2006, 2007) material, with the odd take it or leave it older film.

  News October 2009: Merged

Channel now part of the merged Sex on TV & In X World package.

Sex on Tv has merged with Inxworld. The new package consists of Redlight Premium, Free-X1, Free-X-2, X-Dream TV, French Lover TV, & Dorcel TV. Cards that cover this package are being branded as Elite Fusion 6 Viewing Cards.

11.316 GHz Vertical

Free to air

Some erotic content

Satisfaction Channel TV (SCT)

• SCT
• SCT HD
• Prive
• Promo (clear)

Closed:

• S1 SCT
• S2 Plus
• S3 Golden Girls
• S4 Top
• S5 Italia
• S7 Sexy Poker
• SCT HQ

11.727 GHz vertical

Encrypted subscription channel

Now slimmed down subscription channels

 News November 2015: Renamed

SCT HX is renamed to Passion XXX

 News February 2013: Viewing Card

SCT, SCT HD and SCT Prive are available in the Elite Viewing Card Package Package for about £120 for 1 year

  Review March 2010: Mixed Bag

S1-4 are part time channels (10pm -6am)featuring a mixture of content. S5 (Italia) is gay, S6 (Prive) is amateur S7 features amateur and Japanese programmes.

The channels are broadcast in lowish resolution.

The channels also suffer in terms of variety, despite the number, most of these channels broadcast the same kind of material (i.e. mature porn is also shown on the other channels as well as on Golden Girls')

Sex Channel Television:

• Black
• Sct
• Super
• Strong
• Reality
• Amateur
• Gay
• Trans
• Fantasy
• Top
• Don't Panic
• Hot

SCT/MCT had a short run at the end of 2008 on Eutelsat 9 as Sex Channel Television.

Now Satisfaction Channel TV (SCT) on Hotbird, see above:

Sex Kontakte

12.633GHz horizontal

Free to air

  German free to air channel

• Sex on TV Crystal
• Sex on TV Silver
• Sex on TV Gold
• Sex on TV Classics
• Sex on TV Diamond (soft)

Hardcore subscription service ran from September 2008 until October 2009

Free to air babe channel that closed in 2006 after a good spell of pushing boundaries and giving customers a little of what they want.

• Sex.tv
• SexBest,tv
• SexGay.tv
• SexGlamour.tv
• SexPlus.tv
• SexAsian.tv
• SuperSex.tv

Hardcore subscription package that was merged into Satisfaction Channel TV (SCT) on 1st May 2005.

• Sex View TV
• Sex View Plus
• Sex View Extra
• Sex View 247
• Sex View DP
• Sex View Climax
• Sex View Extreme
• Sex View Hot
• Sex View Inter
• Sex View Special
• Sex View Gay
• Sex View XXX
• Sex View HQ
• Sex View 264

Hardcore subscription service ceased broadcasting in December 2009.

Sexation

11.637 GHz horizontal

encrypted

Erotic channel

  News March 2016: New

A new Serbian porn channel has started

Sexy Love Girls

11.604 GHz horizontal

free to air

Erotic channel

  News November 2013: New

Sexy Love Girls has started on Hotbird. Its a softcore free to air channel classified as having erotic content.

Sexy Sat Algeria

11.727GHz vertical

Free to air

Free to air erotic channel first noted in March 2015.

  News June 2015: Free to air

Sexy Sat Algeria has reverted to free to air.

  News May 2015: Encrypted

Previously free to air but now encrypted in Viaccess

SexyGirls.TV

12.633GHz horizontal

Free to air

 German free to air channel

SexySat

• SexySat 1

Closed:

• Sexy Sat 2
• Sexy Sat 3
• Sexy Sat 4

Astra 1

11.067 GHz Horizontal

free to air

  News March 2016: Unencrypted

Sex Sat has gone free to air

  News January 2016: Encrypted

Sex Sat has gone encrypted

  News, July 2015: Free to air

SexySat 1 noted as going free to air

  News, March 2014: Hispasat

SexySat 1 tried for a period on Hispasat but closed in March 2014

  Note, May 2012

The girls are naked and sometimes play with their bits

  News, January 2011: Closed

SexySat 2, 3 and 4 have closed down

  Note, July 2010

Featuring live dildo shows.

Sin TV

Sky Channels 942

Free to Air

Babe channel presumably associated with Television X

  News October 2015: Sin TV absolved

The channel has been closed and removed from the EPG

  News April 2015: Switched Name

Switch TV has been removed from the EPG and replaced by Sin TV

Sky's pay per view film service once had a separate section for erotic films. This is no longer the case

A softcore subscription channel, which was anything but extreme, closed in March 2010

Spice Platinum joined forces with the Private group and re-branded as Private Spice

Free to air babe channel closed in February 2009.

Free to air

Babe channel

  News October 2013: Closed

All the channels run by Satellite Entertainment Ltd have closed. The company seems to have folded

  News November 2010: Channel Change

SportXXXGirls has moved from channel 945 to 967

Free to air babe channel closed in February 2010

10.866 GHz

Encrypted

See article from business.avn.com

Marc Dorcel has announced the launch of Stars XXX TV, a new adult TV channel designed for a large European audience, offering a concept that features the greatest porn stars and cover girls and their best sex videos.

Genres on Stars XXX TV, include Superstars, Euro Girls, Milfs Deluxe. From sexy video and interviews to very private sex tapes, Stars XXX TV offers all day and night a large variety of high quality programs fully dedicated to the most attractive girls, whether famous or stars to be. The videos are selected among the best content of prestigious adult production studios such as Marc Dorcel, Wicked Pictures, 21 Sextury, Harmony, Sweet Sinner, Private and DDF.

Stars XXX TV is the fourth TV channel created by Marc Dorcel, following Dorcel TV, Dorcel XXX and Erotica TV. Stars XXX TV is available for every device, in HD, 24/7, in English and French on Eutelsat 16A at 16.0° E.

The channels seems associated with the Albanian Digit Alb service that is available across Europe.

11.471 GHz Vertical

Storm

Free to air

Club Paradiso gives way to babe channel, Storm

Studio 66 TV

Sky Channels  912,940,941

Free to Air

Babe channels

  News December 2015: Renamed

S66 has become Studio 66
Play has become Studio 66 2
Studio 66 has become Studio 66 3

  News April 2015: Renamed

Studio 66 TV 1 has become S66
Studio 66 TV 2 has become Studio 66

  News October 2014 (covering broadcasts in June 2014): Too sexy for Ofcom

TV censor Ofcom reported;

We assessed the material between 22:15 and 22:45 and noted the female presenter was wearing a thong and white vest top pulled down to expose her breasts. During the broadcast, the presenter sat for extended periods of time with her legs apart and repeatedly stroked and rubbed her genital area through her thong. On a further two occasions she moved her hand underneath her underwear and appeared to rub her genital area. The presenter's thong also failed to adequately cover the area around her genitals and this area was exposed on a number of occasions during the broadcast.

 News September 2014: And then there were 2

Studio 66 TV 3 has ended and Studio 66 TV 2 has moved to the vacated channel 942.

 News April 2014: Ofcom whinges

Various daytime programmes on Studio 66 TV were pulled up for being a bit sexy for their all day children's hour

 News April 2014: Moved

Studio 66 TV 2 moved from Sky Channel 938 to 942

 News November 2013: Playing replacement

 Studio 66 TV 4 gives way to Play TV

  News August 2013: Ofcom whinges

Studio 66 TV 1,2 3 got in trouble with Ofcom for being a little too sexy both during daytime and evening hours. Ofcom demanded that the channels' 'compliancy officer' attended Ofcom's re-education camp.

  News August 2012:

Elite TV has become Studio 66 TV, see below

Switch TV

Sky Channels 942

Free to Air

Babe channel associated with Television X

  News April 2015: Switched Off

Switch TV has been removed from the EPG and replaced by Sin TV

  News September 2014: Switched On

Switch TV has started in the slot made vacant after a the downsizing of the Studio 66 TV channels.

Tabu 24

12.633 Ghz horizontal

free to air

German free to air erotic channel

Taquilla

• Taquilla 1-8
• Taquilla X
• Taquilla XX
• Taquilla XX Hard
• Taquilla XY
• Taquilla HD 1-2

Encrypted

Hardcore pay per view

• Tease Me
• Tease Me 2
• Tease Me 3
• Tease Me TV2

free to air

Free to air babe channels.

  News April 2011:

Given way to RedLightZone 2

  News November 2010: Banned

Ofcom have revoked the broadcasting licenses for Tease Me, Tease Me 2 and Tease Me 3

10.796 GHz Horizontal

Free to Air

Features tame late night softcore in Polish

Teleitalia

Sky Italia

11.727 GHz vertical

Encrypted

Hardcore promo channel associated with SCT

Television X: The Fantasy Channel

• TVX
• TVX Brits

Closed:

• TVX Amateur

8pm-5.30am

Encrypted subscription service

£6 per night
£10 per month
£120 per year

+ unspecified starter fee + minimum period requirements

To mark the the release of Lovelace, the biopic of its star Linda Lovelace, an horrendously cut, softcore version, of Deep Throat will be shown on Television X, available via Sky, cable and digital TV. However subscribers will be able to watch the proper version on the Television X website.

TVX Programming director Chris Ratcliff said:

Before you see the film about the film, see the film. Deep Throat broke many taboos and paved the way for the adult industry in terms of breaking into the mainstream. We want to celebrate this piece of work and get it out to a whole new audience.

  News from Jamie, July 2012: Less Amateur

TVX Amateur ceased broadcasting towards the end of June 2012. That leaves just the 2 channels, TVX and TVX Brits in the Xcellence package.

  From Mysteryman on the bgafd forum: Fantasy Theft

In April, after over 3 years of an increasing number of repeats, schedules nothing like shown on the SKY EPG and the availability of better content on the Net, I cancelled my TVX subscription by registered post with a cancellation date 6 weeks from the date of the letter.

Lo and behold, my credit card was charged in June for June - July. I obtained a Proof of Delivery from the Royal Mail for the registered letter and sent all the details to the credit card company. A refund was arranged.

I've just had my bill for July. There, large as life, is yet another charge from Portland Enterprises (TVX).

On contacting the credit card company again they told me that, given the process is automated, they have to charge the card and I will have to apply for credit each month.

As far as I'm concerned, given the subscription was cancelled and a signature received for the letter, the charge appearing on my card is THEFT. No doubt the credit card company will get sick of my calls in time and do something about the situation but, until they do or the people at Portland Enterprises stop stealing from my credit card company, I will have to spend time ringing for the credit each month, and pay the figure on the card statement as the credit cannot be deducted until the following month's statement.

Thank you Portland Enterprises. Presumably you wish to give the adult industry a bad name.

I STRONGLY SUGGEST anyone tempted to join TVX thinks very hard before giving them a credit card number which they will take as a licence to print money in perpetuity.

  From Raoul, Aug 2006: Why Oh Why

Why oh why didn't I listen to the sound words offered by trusted melon farmers contributors..I stupidly subscribed to Television X thinking that surely there would be something on any 1 of the 4 channels at sometime or other. WRONG.. absolute rubbish on all 4, including some seriously awful and scary stuff on TVX2. I have not found any single programme that offers anything which might be considered more erotic than earwax... learn from my mistake and avoid at all costs.

  From bgafd forum, Aug 2006: Poor

Have seen some TVX and it is poor.

TVX4 - Endless US rubbish films. Could be the same film for the same-ness of it all.

TVX3 - Freeview then a 20 minute live show followed by repeats of previous live shows.

TVX2 - Scary! Mainly amateur videos, many featuring some seriously old and fat women (I kid you not). If the program description mentions 'over 18s' are involved then that often means over 18 stone!

TVX1 - The only one worth watching but like them all, far too many 10 minute freeview interruptions.

IMHO, the freeviews and website promise far more the station actually delivers. Most of the descriptions (off the 'i' button) are scandalously inaccurate and bear little relation to the program itself.

As for hardcore, you get the occasional 'slip' and see a little more, but this is probably just a teaser to make you think it gets better. It doesn't.

• Hardcore
• Interracial
• Groups
• 18
• Fetish
• Bizarre
• Peep
• Trans X

A subscription hardcore service made a short lived appearance in 2010

Softcore subscription service closed in May 2011

  News May 2011:

Top Shelf TV gave Way to ExGirlfriends

  News September 2009:

Top Shelf TV renamed from Paul Raymond TV

Gay subscription service Trade.tv started in May 2006. It renamed to Gay Prowler TV in 2008, but closed in July 2010.

Started as free to air hardcore. the rules changed and the channel tried encryption. But it didn't work out and the channel closed in February 2009

Free to air babe channel replace by Tease Me in December 2007

see Television X above

UK Swingers

Encrypted

Pay per view associated with TVX

Pay per view channel associated with TVX. Became Girl Next Door in Juy 2013.

  News July 2013: Changes

UK Swingers has become Girl Next Door

UK Swingers replaces Grind

Long running hardcore subscription channel now closed

Hardcore subscription channel merged into the Sex.tv package

Verliebt TV

11.421 GHz horizontal

Free to air

German free to air channel

Viewers' Wives

Encrypted

Pay per view associated with TVX

Pay per view associated with TVX

X1
X2
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Encrypted subscription channels which form part of the Albanian Digit Alb Package

100-120 Euro Annually for  premium channels only (inc hardcore channels)

140-160 Euro Annually for full package

Encrypted subscription channels which form part of the Albanian Digit Alb Package

Thanks to Nick

As well as English, German and French (all with English audio) football coverage and some fairly recent Hollywood fare the Albanian package now has a dedicated 24 hour hardcore porn channel.

Channel X shows the classier side of porn with some tasteful output from Private and some US producers. Channel X previously showed softcore Playboy stuff throughout the day. If your lucky you may not see the same film in 24 hours. If you like Private then your in luck as they show a wide range from their massive output including stuff like Tanya Hyde.

Around 10:45pm (UK time) until 4am each night Channel X is joined by two other channels (DigitAlb 7 and 8) showing similar stuff. Films have English audio and no subtitles on the hardcore output.

With the bonus of mainstream films and football this is a pretty good package.

Hardcore encrypted subscription channel started in 2005 but closed in September 2012

Pey per view channel associated with TVX which became XXXcess in June 2011

Encrypted softcore subscription service that closed in June 2010.

Subscription hardcore channel now closed

Available in various European packages

Seems to be quite popular. Their downside is that they are not 24/7 and they only show one or two titles a night and with many repeats.

  From Stephen 11-Mar-2005

I have had a legitimate ABsat card which is for the bouquet of about a dozen channels on Hotbird. The package includes XXL which is on every day from 9pm to about 2 am. from 9 to 11 its softcore (French 16 rated) and from 11 there are 2 hardcore films every night. As far as I can tell, each film is repeated once in the month's schedule.
 
The hardcore is French 18 rated which is hardcore as you and I would understand it. Sometimes the quality is excellent and sometimes poor. This depends entirely on the original material which comes from a variety of sources and countries, including American films and those Italian costume dramas with 2 dozen actors on set.
 
I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. You don't have to watch the other French programmess but I enjoy them.

XXX

• XXX Uniforms (channel 924)
• XXX Amateurs (channel 922)
• XXX Big and Bouncy (Channel 920)
• XXX Groups (923)
• XXX Girl Girl (921)
• XXX 18 & Dirty (925)
• XXX Mums (926)
• XXX Brits (930)
• XXX First Timers (closed)
• XXX Gay (closed April 2014)

Pay per view

Note that these are softcore channels and the XXX in the title is misleading. These channels are associated with Playboy TV

  News November 2015: No longer hot

• Playboy TV Hot has become XXX Uniforms

  News October 2015: Extreme Change

• XXX Extremehas become XXX Groups

  News May 2015: Changes

• XXXcess has become XXX Extreme
• Readers Wives has become XXX Amateurs
• XXX Brits moved from 930 to 910 in the Sky EPG
• Electric Blue became XXX Big & Bouncy, channel 920

• Girl Next Door has been renamed to XXX Girl Girl

  News April 2014: Changes

XXX Gay has become XXX Brits

  News March 2010: New Channel

The new channel XXX Xtreme has been added to the Elite Fusion 6 package associated with Redlight Premium.

The package now consists of Redlight Premium, Free-X1, Free-X-2, X-Dream TV, French Lover TV, Dorcel TV & XXX Xtreme. Cards that cover this package are being branded as Elite Fusion 6 Viewing Cards.

XXXcess

Encrypted

Pay per view associated with Playboy TV

Note that this is a softcore channel and the XXX in the title is misleading

  News May 2015: Ex Excess

XXXcess has been renamed XXX Extreme

  News June 2011: Excess Softcore

Xplicit Nightly has been renamed XXXcess

xxXpanded TV

• xxXpanded TV
• xxXpanded TV 2 (closed)

Free to air

Note that this is a very softcore babe channel service and the XXX in the title is misleading

 News July 2015: Moved

XXXPanded TV moves from 231 to 914.

XXXPanded TV 2 has become Flirt and Chat

  News September 2013: Expanded

XXXPanded TV 2 has started

  News July 2011: New

XXXPanded TV has started on channel 931