UKAP Awards party & XBizEU 2014

XBizEU 2014:

Its fair to say that XBizEU was a great event with the various seminars and networking. The event being spread over 4 days was a marathon that left a lot of people exhausted, but then how many parties can you handle from Thursday to Saturday night all sponsored with free booze?

This is a superb network event and it was only fitting that since we have moved the parties back to industry only that we were going to reap the rewards of networking with so many people behind the senes we seldom get to rub shoulders with, the billers, the movers and shakers, designers and products we use for social networking and of course, the former YouTube entrepreneur JT's keynote speech, regaling us with how he got into the porn business and revolutionised it with tube sites. 

Results of the UK Adult Producers Awards: 

Newcomer Of The Year: STELLA COX
Sponsored by Pervlens

UKAP Awards 2014

Female Performer Of The Year: TINA KAY

UKAP Awards 2014
Producer/ Studio Of The Year: FAKE TAXI

UKAP Awards 2014
Male Performer Of The Year: DANNY D

Top Of The Babes Award 2014: CHERRY DELAINEY
Sponsored By Top Of The Babes

Your Choice Best Selling DVD 2014: DOWN ON ABBY
Sponsored by Your Choice

Your Choice Girl Of The Year 2014: LEXI LOWE
Sponsored By Your Choice

UKAP Awards 2014
Services To The Industry: JERRY BARNETT

Videos from the party and seminars from XBizEU are currently being prepared so watch this space for more details on that.

Seminars heading this way are in the XBizEU brochure:

The Adult Providers Network: Discuss being regulated by ATVOD as a way of shaping policy within and worrying preview some changes heading our way that is going to rock the adult business in November with changes in legislation set to affect us

Age Verification: The pro & cons and demonstrations of services from Veridu and Verime

Sex & Censorship: Reversing The Trend: Jerry Barnett heads up a lively debate discussing the year and forthcoming changes set to affect us in November and the dangers of censorship

JT "The You Porn Guy" Keynote Speaker: On how he got into porn, and where he is going with the future and the changes that are going to have to deal with

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUcRGho7dOQ

UKAP Meeting Friday July 11th 2014

FULL MINUTES AVAILABLE IN MEMBERS AREA

Overview: 16 people in attendance. Figures down on last meeting in November. Gained three potential members. Solid productive meeting. Some failed to appear had difficult getting in and a recording link will be available for private listening on request. Lee Brooker from SWISH grants access for his segment to be made available to the public

Jay from Your Choice wants to head up a campaign against ISP filtering Everyone supportive. He will reach out to other companies to support this with UKAP behind him

Website/ forum: members admit they only use it to access the producers forum. It was addressed that people need to use it more as an extension to their business by promoting their products,since they are in effect paying for it with their subscriptions.Stills from their shoots. Website updates was suggested. ChatGirl player as a source of revenue was welcomed. Generally everyone is ok with the site and dont want a re-skin/ re design

Positive networking
Diversification was suggested by becoming afiliates to sites to drive traffic and bring in residual income. Your Choice selling DVDs via blogs and tweets with afil links etc and generally outsourcing work to people within the business via advertising on the forum Posting work skillsets on UKAP forum so we can provide work to those on our radar ie cameraman/ editor, web designers etc

Does anyone want to audition the new talent? No one picked up on this

Parties & events: A small awards event to work in tandem with Top Of The Babes to market product and promote the girls was agreed. Best DVD of the year best Girls voted by the public and Girl of the year to be worked out and format

Age Verification: feed back from the recent Adult Providers Network stipulated its inevitably coming but greeted as a step in the right direction. Veridu will be at XBiz and granted questions to its service to be avvailable via podcast tothe business to prime questions for their demo at XBiz

Ethical Porn: Nichi Hodgsons pitch for an industry kitemark offering a fair trade stamp on adult film productions was received well and a sign up fee agreed. This is a step in the right direction for the adult business to show responsibility in regulating itself. The support and resources Nichi provides will be an invaluable asset to any company that is serious about being a business and will work closely with producers in shaping terms and conditions of joining. More information hereethicalporn.org/ A discussion with Nichi about the Ethical Porn Partnership and why its needed can be heard here
thenakedtruthpodcast.podomatic.com/entry...04-05T05_56_39-07_00

Clinic rep: Lee Brooker from SWISH. Case worker: 0207-812-1806 mobile 07909-330592 email:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  www.swishproject.org.uk www.tht.org.uk

Its a shame no models turned up to represent and ask relevant questions but maybe thats indicative of the business fracture of paid work and models now working independently. Lee agreed for the recording to be used to raise awareness to SWISH testing services to the adult business at 56 Dean Street and outlines the tests involved with a full screening and the certificates issued with it. Besides this he is pro active in other campaigns to do with the sex industry. Centralised testing was discussed as a possibility but a lot of work and support from the business in general is required to make it work. Producers support this if models decide to show support for it.

Anyone want to put an embeddable revshare player for ChatGirl on their site/ blog then get in touch with Krystal Niles  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Bill Penn discussed latest findings with ATVOD acting our of their remit with the EU Directive which others contributed to the discussion

Feedback from the Adult Providers Network was described as being "the new industry trade association for those compliant with ATVOD regulations and those that signed up have a chance to shape policy being in it. Age verification Veridu have agreed to be interviewed to inform the adult industry of how it works in the run up to XBizEU in September

XBIzEU have partnered with Sex & Censorship as the theme for this years event: If you havent signed up and you are a recognised participant active in the business then you should get in touch with Jerry Barnett to get a passcode which allows you to register for free  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  This is strictly for adult business people only. Check out www.xbizeu.com for more details and why you should be there. Its a 4 day event XBIZEU is a B2B event that will have all the companies, billing, website services etc in one place for a 4 day event. Every night there will be a party for a different aspect of the business. Friday night September 26th is the UKAP Party to coincide with a members meeting during the day facilitated by XBizEU It was suggested getting a room for UKAP to use prior to the party

The party will be a network and talent promotional event like the awards last November and will be filmed with presenters talking to models and business people who want to put a face and voice to their products, services or campaigns and there will be an awards for models, DVD/ best film and Top Of The Babes to be worked out with Rah X

Bee Marsh is available as a photographer, editor, model, stylist and events organiser  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  moxxiuniverse.tumblr.com Please note she is deaf so text email only 0776-4477152

Raised On Porn documentary film makers are invited to come meet us and other interested parties in September. Various people have participated in their project and there is a possibility of a screening in the future when it is completed

The next meeting is set for Friday September 26th. Membership subs is due in September for those renewing and joining.

ATVOD Q&A with Pete Johnson @ XBiz EU 23/09/13

Sex & Censorship Rally @ XBiz EU 2013 23/09/13