CHARLOTTE, NC – The Adult Entertainment Broadcast Network (AEBN) has announced a deal granting AEBN exclusive broadcast rights to Shibari Fumo Ryu, a new line of instructional Japanese bondage videos from the recently-founded production company La Societe Libertaine.According to AEBN, Shibari Fumo Ryu is the first project encompassing a “complete series of instructional movies about the fascinating art of Japanese bondage” ever made outside of Japan.

The series is based on the groundbreaking Shibari Fumo Ryu e-books by Dutch Shibari performer and teacher Hans Meijer. Meijer and his partner Mirjam host the series.

“AEBN considers it an honor to have Hans working with us and giving us this opportunity to have his movies exclusively,” says Daphne Reeder, AEBN’s global press liaison. “He’s renowned for his skill and has spoken at lectures around the globe. We feel his work spans more than the adult realm, as his movies are informative and insightful.”

Meijer’s e-books were first published on the Web in 2000 and have reached a global audience in years since. Meijer has performed in the United States and across Europe and was the subject of a documentary made by Dutch television network BNN in 2005.

Meijer is “considered a pioneer and one of the first to bring the erotic/spiritual art to a western audience” according to AEBN’s release. Meijer has studied Japanese bondage for 35 years and has written extensively on the subject for a variety of publications.

The deal was originally inked during the summer of 2005, according to AEBN. The first two movies, which together cover parts one through four of the Shibari Fumo Ryu series, will be available later this month through the AEBN network.