YNOT – In an adult Internet marketplace that is festering with piracy and intellectual property theft, one leader in the industry is making a big bet on the ever-expanding role of live content. Kink.com already holds a reputation as a leading innovator in fetish erotica, and the company is taking things one step further by going for a commanding lead in the area of live fetish entertainment.The newest addition from the San Francisco based company is KinkLive.com, a sort of centralized home for Kink’s increasing portfolio of live offerings. The daily lineup of shows on KinkLive.com will pull together content from as many as sixteen different popular Kink websites.
“KinkLive.com does three things: it gives our existing live programming a single home, it provides a new source for our user-directed cam shows, and provides a keyhole into our vast catalog by exposing related content to our viewers,” said Erik Gibb, Kink.com’s Director of User Experience and the KinkLive.com product manager. “We’ll be ramping up to at least three live shows a day by December, and adding new interactive events throughout next year. Bringing the user into the dungeon in real-time helps us realize our goal of providing authentic entertainment that empowers kinky adventurers.”
Of course live content is nothing new to Kink, with successful sites like live female wrestling phenom UltimateSurrender.com as just one example of the company’s unique approach to erotic entertainment. Live cam shows on Kink sites can be viewed on a per-minute basis, most in standard definition but some in high definition.
“The Armory is now fully wired for interactive live shows — some planned, others spontaneous,” said Stacia Carr, Kink.com’s Director of Technology. “There are almost 30 points throughout the Armory where we can simply plug in and go live. It’s that easy.”
Daniel Riedel is COO of Kink.com, so he knows a thing or two about the company’s direction. According to Riedel, live content will only play a bigger role for Kink in the coming years.
“We have only just exposed the tip of the iceberg with the launch of KinkLive.com,” said Riedel. “We are continuing to integrate new kinds of live technology into all aspects of our business, giving the customer a truly interactive fantasy playground that simply doesn’t exist anywhere else on the planet.”
