Televised sex line
Encyclopedia
The televised sex line is a style of pornographic
Pornography
Pornography or porn is the explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.Pornography may use any of a variety of media, ranging from books, magazines, postcards, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video,...

 television program
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...

ming that has developed in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 since 2001. Broadcast live from a studio, the shows usually feature female presenters advertising a phone sex line
Phone sex
Phone sex is a type of virtual sex that refers to sexually explicit conversation between or other persons via telephone, especially when at least one of the participants masturbates or engages in sexual fantasy...

 at a premium rate
Premium-rate telephone number
Premium-rate telephone numbers are telephone numbers for telephone calls during which certain services are provided, and for which prices higher than normal are charged. Unlike a normal call, part of the call charge is paid to the service provider, thus enabling businesses to be funded via the calls...

, through which callers can also see the woman they are talking to on the screen. Viewers can rarely hear the phone conversations, although some programmes have presenters talking, unscripted, to the camera, and responding to viewers' text messages and camera phone
Camera phone
A camera phone is a mobile phone which is able to capture still photographs . Since early in the 21st century the majority of mobile phones in use are camera phones....

 photos.

Many almost-identical programmes have established themselves in Europe (mainly on Hot Bird
Hot Bird
Hot Bird is the name of a popular family of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13°E over the Equator and with a transmitting footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East....

) since 2001, and in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 (mainly on Sky Digital
Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)
Sky is the brand name for British Sky Broadcasting's digital satellite television and radio service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28.2° east and Eutelsat's Eurobird 1 satellite at 28.5°E. The service was originally launched as Sky Digital, distinguishing it from the original...

) since the beginning of Babestation
Babestation
Babestation is a British soft porn TV programme aired since 2002. The first and most well-known show of its kind in the UK, it allows viewers to communicate live with female presenters via a premium-rate telephone number or text messaging...

in 2002. These mainly aim for profits, at the expense of production values, which are rarely high. The presenters of shows are often glamour models
Glamour photography
Glamour photography is a genre of photography whereby the subjects, usually female, are portrayed in a romantic or sexually alluring way. The subjects may be fully clothed or seminude, but glamour photography stops short of deliberately arousing the viewer and being pornographic photography.Glamour...

 or porn stars
Pornographic actor
A pornographic actor/actress or a porn star is a person who appears in pornographic film. Most actors appear nude in films...

, and have included Lolly Badcock
Lolly Badcock
__notoc__Lolly Badcock is a former English pornographic actress and glamour model. Lolly was referred to as a "star name in the world of adult British porn" by Ric Porter....

, Cathy Barry
Cathy Barry
Cathy Barry is an English pornographic actress.In 2004, Barry underwent a breast implant operation that was broadcast live on the Five show Cosmetic Surgery Live. It was reported as being the biggest breast enlargement operation to be performed in the UK...

, Angel Long
Angel Long
__notoc__Angel Long is a British pornographic actress and nude model. She has been described as one of Britain's most popular porn stars.-Career:...

, Bailey Cream, Michelle Moist, Faye Rampton, Bex Shiner, Dani Thompson
Dani Thompson
Dani Thompson is a British actress, glamour model and TV presenter best known for her appearances in The Sport daily and Sunday newspaper.-Career:...

, Tracy Venus, Preeti Young & Priya Young.

1995

  • In the US
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

    , Playboy TV
    Playboy TV
    Playboy TV is a premium monthly subscription television channel. Since its launch in 1982 in partnership with Cablevision which eventually sold their share back to Playboy, Playboy TV has become a leading entertainment channel for adult entertainment...

     started Night Calls
    Night Calls
    Night Calls is an American sexuality-oriented television series on Playboy TV that was broadcasted from 1995 to 2007.-Premise:Night Calls is a live phone-in program where listeners are invited to call in and discuss sexual issues—usually fantasies...

    , a phone-in show where viewers could 'direct' the presenters (all female porn stars) in sexual acts on the air. However, this was not quite the same format as the one currently used in Europe, where the focus is more on the phone calls, and profit made from them.

2001

  • SexySat TV
    SexySat TV
    SexySat TV is a network of two softcore televised sex lines, broadcasting on the Astra 1H, Hot Bird 3 satellites.-History:Sexysat was one of the first European erotic Liveshow-channels. Different sources state that it was first broadcast in 2001 or February 2002...

    , claimed to be "the first European liveshow channel on satellite", began in the Netherlands
    Netherlands
    The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

    , broadcasting from 14:00 to 02:00.

2002

  • 3 December: Babestation was first broadcast from 11pm-1am on Game Network UK
    Game Network
    Game Network was a European online game and television network company. It was initially owned by Digital Bros. group, but was later sold to Cellcast...

    ,

2003

  • Other programmes such as Babecasthttp://www.babecast.tv/ (on Friendly TV
    Friendly TV
    Friendly TV was a British television station, owned by Telecoms TV Limited . Much of the channels output is made up of interactive programmes and games which allow the viewer to phone in or send an SMS message to take part in the programme....

    ) and Fast Girls (Motors TV UK
    Motors TV
    Motors TV is a television channel dedicated to news, documentaries and coverage of motorsport and automobiles, and to a lesser extent motorbikes, boats, aircraft and models. It is available in many countries via satellite and cable, with audio in English, French, German and Serbian...

    ) began in late-night timeslots. These were usually on channel nos 150-250 on the Sky EPGhttp://www.lyngsat.com/packages/skyuk_chno.html, and gradually became more daring in portraying nudity
    Nudity
    Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic. The amount of clothing worn depends on functional considerations and social considerations...

     and masturbation
    Masturbation
    Masturbation refers to sexual stimulation of a person's own genitals, usually to the point of orgasm. The stimulation can be performed manually, by use of objects or tools, or by some combination of these methods. Masturbation is a common form of autoeroticism...

     (although they were by no means hardcore
    Hardcore pornography
    Hardcore pornography is a form of pornography that features explicit sexual acts. The term was coined in the second half of the 20th century to distinguish it from softcore pornography. It usually takes the form of photographs, often displayed in magazines or on the Internet, or films. It can also...

    ).
  • Babestations running time was extended to include a "late babe" hour, with only one girl taking calls on full screen; to avoid the conversation being heard by viewers, background music
    Background music
    Although background music was by the end of the 20th century generally identified with Muzak or elevator music, there are several stages in the development of this concept.-Antecedents:...

     was played, as continues to be the case on other programmes.


UK

  • A number of the "true" or dedicated adult channels (whose channel no. was around 900, such as Live XXX TV
    Live XXX Tv
    Live XXX TV was an interactive televised sex line aired in many western European nations on Sky Digital. The channel was shown between the hours of 21:00 and 05:30 each night, with a subscription required after 23:30.-History:...

    http://www.livexxx.tv/) started to run up to 2½ hours of free-to-view live phone-ins, encouraging viewers to sign up to the subscription for the channel, before becoming encrypted.

Outside UK

  • 4 August: SexySat TV
    SexySat TV
    SexySat TV is a network of two softcore televised sex lines, broadcasting on the Astra 1H, Hot Bird 3 satellites.-History:Sexysat was one of the first European erotic Liveshow-channels. Different sources state that it was first broadcast in 2001 or February 2002...

     moved from the Netherlands to Prague
    Prague
    Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

    , Czech Republic
    Czech Republic
    The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

    , which reduced the explicitness of broadcasts.
  • August
    August 2004
    August 2004: January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December-Events:August 2004: January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December...

    : Diva Futura
    Diva Futura
    Diva Futura is an Italian pornography and erotica film studio. When founded in 1983 by porn star Ilona Staller and photographer and talent scout Riccardo Schicchi, it was the first casting agency in Italy to specialize in pornography...

     went on-the-air in Italy
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

    .
  • 22 October: eUrotic TV began in Austria
    Austria
    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

    . Its role was "to sell subscriptions for encrypted channels like Inxtc.tv and Xplus tv".

2006

  • By this time, Game Network had allowed Babestation (and other profitable non video game
    Computer and video games
    A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device, but following popularization of the term "video game", it now implies any type of...

    -related programmes like
    Psychic Interactive) to dominate its schedule.
  • 20 February: Game Network ceased to exist, and the channel was renamed "Babestation".
  • 28 February: Sky moved all adult or predominantly-adult channels to channel nos 900-970, so all channels showing late-night babe shows are now alongside established adult channels like Television X
    Television X
    Television X is the name of a series of adult television channels in the UK, produced by Portland TV, a subsidiary of Northern & Shell owned by Richard Desmond, the proprietor of the Daily Express...

    .
  • During the daytime, some channels show teleshopping
    Infomercial
    Infomercials are direct response television commercials which generally include a phone number or website. There are long-form infomercials, which are typically between 15 and 30 minutes in length, and short-form infomercials, which are typically 30 seconds to 120 seconds in length. Infomercials...

     or quiz channel
    Quiz channel
    A quiz channel is a television channel that focuses on phone-in quizzes. The quizzes usually focus on puzzles, such as filling in blanks, identifying subjects, or other forms of word puzzles....

    s, while many of the newly-moved channels decided to start showing "softer" daytime babe shows, with some of the same presenters as at night (e.g. Babedate). They still take premium-rate phone calls, but usually wear bikini
    Bikini
    The bikini is typically a women's two-piece swimsuit. One part of the attire covers the breasts and the other part covers the crotch and part of or the entire buttocks, leaving an uncovered area between the two. Merriam–Webster describes the bikini as "a woman's scanty two-piece bathing suit" or "a...

    s (and keep them on), and cannot make sexual gyrations.
  • Television X's TVX Callgirls Live
    TVX Callgirls Live
    TVX Callgirls Live was a British televised sex line broadcast on Television X 3 from 2005.As of 2008 the show runs on Television X 2 and 4 from 9pm - 11pm . The show continues on TVX4 for 15 minutes at 11pm when it becomes hardcore...

     became the first "babe show" to introduce male porn stars on-screen. They co-presented a free-to-view preview for two hours, with an alternating female presenter (two other girls take calls), then, in the live finale for subscribing viewers, had sex
    Sexual intercourse
    Sexual intercourse, also known as copulation or coitus, commonly refers to the act in which a male's penis enters a female's vagina for the purposes of sexual pleasure or reproduction. The entities may be of opposite sexes, or they may be hermaphroditic, as is the case with snails...

     with one of the female presenters on air after encryption.
  • 9 November: ICSTIS fined a variety of daytime chat-line service providers for breaches of phone line regulations — LiveLines UK Ltd, who ran daytime show Housebabes Live (and Office Babe and Hospital Reception until 28 September 2006) were fined a total of £85,000; Datapro Services Ltd, £3,000 for Office Babe ; Com & Tel Ltd, £25,000 (lowered after appeal) and 2ergo
    2ergo
    2ergo is a provider of mobile-phone marketing and messaging services. Formed in 1999, it is based in Salford Quays, near Manchester, England.The company is an international provider of software solutions for mobile phone and Smartphone marketing, business communications, mobile websites, mobile...

    , £5,000, for
    Babedate and Mobibabes ; and Eckoh Technologies, £10,000 for Babeworld
    Babeworld
    Babeworld was a British televised sex line broadcast on Sky — both the channel and programme were named Babeworld. As of 2008, it is also responsible for the channel House Of Fun TV...

    (daytime version, which still contained sexually-explicit phone conversations) . http://www.informationoverlord.co.uk/2006/11/icstis-fines-variety-of-service
  • 24 November: British television regulator Ofcom
    Ofcom
    Ofcom is the government-approved regulatory authority for the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in the United Kingdom. Ofcom was initially established by the Office of Communications Act 2002. It received its full authority from the Communications Act 2003...

     imposed a £175,000 fine on Look4Love, owners of
    Babestar TV. In 2006, Babestar had become one of the more explicit free-to-view nighttime channels, containing use of sex toys and oral sex between female presenters, although the content could still just be considered "softcore
    Softcore
    Softcore pornography is a form of filmic or photographic pornography or erotica that is less sexually explicit than hardcore pornography. It is intended to tickle and arouse men and women. Softcore pornography depicts nude and semi-nude performers engaging in casual social nudity or non-graphic...

    ". Ofcom's problem was actually with Babestar's concentration on the "barely-legal" status of an 18-year-old presenter.

2007

  • SportXXXbabes and House Of Fun TV introduced 'live pixelisation' – blurring of a part of the screen. This allowed them to feature explicit content (masturbation
    Masturbation
    Masturbation refers to sexual stimulation of a person's own genitals, usually to the point of orgasm. The stimulation can be performed manually, by use of objects or tools, or by some combination of these methods. Masturbation is a common form of autoeroticism...

     and oral sex
    Oral sex
    Oral sex is sexual activity involving the stimulation of the genitalia of a sex partner by the use of the mouth, tongue, teeth or throat. Cunnilingus refers to oral sex performed on females while fellatio refer to oral sex performed on males. Anilingus refers to oral stimulation of a person's anus...

     between presenters) without breaking rules, because aroused genitals were not seen.
  • February
    February 2007
    February 2007 was the second month of that year. It began on a Thursday and 28 days later, ended on a Wednesday.-International holidays:* February 6 – Waitangi Day * February 14 – Valentines Day* February 23 – Mashramani-Republic Day...

    : House Of Fun TV also introduced Boys Next Door, the first all-male gay porn
    Gay pornography
    Gay pornography is the representation of sexual intercourse between men with the primary goal of sexual arousal in its audience. There is also a tradition, and continuing considerable output, of lesbian pornography....

     on a British televised sex line, broadcast only twice (on Tuesday nights). This featured simulated
    Softcore
    Softcore pornography is a form of filmic or photographic pornography or erotica that is less sexually explicit than hardcore pornography. It is intended to tickle and arouse men and women. Softcore pornography depicts nude and semi-nude performers engaging in casual social nudity or non-graphic...

     anal sex
    Anal sex
    Anal sex is the sex act in which the penis is inserted into the anus of a sexual partner. The term can also include other sexual acts involving the anus, including pegging, anilingus , fingering, and object insertion.Common misconception describes anal sex as practiced almost exclusively by gay men...

    , and (pixelised) real masturbation and oral sex between three male presenters.

2008

  • The websites of Babestation
    Babestation
    Babestation is a British soft porn TV programme aired since 2002. The first and most well-known show of its kind in the UK, it allows viewers to communicate live with female presenters via a premium-rate telephone number or text messaging...

    ,
    Babecast and Sex Station
    Sex Station
    Sex Station is a British pornographic television programme, a televised sex line broadcast 24 Hours a day on the internet at www.sexstationtv.com. It was previously aired at nights on Lucky Star and Live XXX.-History:...

    began to simulcast
    Simulcast
    Simulcast, shorthand for "simultaneous broadcast", refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at the same time. For example, Absolute Radio is simulcast on both AM and on satellite radio, and the BBC's Prom concerts are often...

     content — although most of this is repeated material previously televised on
    Sex Station
    Sex Station
    Sex Station is a British pornographic television programme, a televised sex line broadcast 24 Hours a day on the internet at www.sexstationtv.com. It was previously aired at nights on Lucky Star and Live XXX.-History:...

    , there was also the introduction of a daytime webcast
    Webcast
    A webcast is a media presentation distributed over the Internet using streaming media technology to distribute a single content source to many simultaneous listeners/viewers. A webcast may either be distributed live or on demand...

     from 11:00 until 20:30, with sexually-explicit content and language that would be too strong to be televised, featuring up to three female presenters.
  • 3G
    3G
    3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...

     technology was introduced to televised sex lines, which allows some presenters to see some of the callers who are talking to them.
  • 9 June: Dani O'Neal and Amanda Rendall (both presenters on Babestation), after TV promotion insinuating that they were in a sexual relationship, had sex with each other in an internet show viewable only to 3G
    3G
    3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...

     callers.

2011

Sex Station
Sex Station
Sex Station is a British pornographic television programme, a televised sex line broadcast 24 Hours a day on the internet at www.sexstationtv.com. It was previously aired at nights on Lucky Star and Live XXX.-History:...

 began a 24 hour non-stop live broadcast from its London studios and also began simulcasting it live on the Internet. The show features sexually-explicit content and language unsuitable for broadcasting on non-encrypted channels.

Bisexuality

Bisexuality
Bisexuality
Bisexuality is sexual behavior or an orientation involving physical or romantic attraction to both males and females, especially with regard to men and women. It is one of the three main classifications of sexual orientation, along with a heterosexual and a homosexual orientation, all a part of the...

 (or pretended bisexuality) has a strong presence on the shows, because the girls are usually taking calls from men but many perform girl-girl porn on-screen, and some have had relationships off-screen; Dani O'Neal said "we're all bisexual here [on Babestation
Babestation
Babestation is a British soft porn TV programme aired since 2002. The first and most well-known show of its kind in the UK, it allows viewers to communicate live with female presenters via a premium-rate telephone number or text messaging...

]".

United Kingdom

During the daytime, most Sky Digital adult channels broadcast "chat line" or "date line" programmes, where viewers can call female presenters, still at the premium rate, but rarely including sexual content or conversation so they cannot be classed as "sex lines". The presenters are sometimes the same as on nighttime sex lines; some, like French Bangbabes presenter Chloehttp://be-seen-here.co.uk/chloe-midlands-model.htm, made the 'transition' from daytime to nighttime.

The 8–9 pm hour (before the watershed
Watershed (television)
In television, the term watershed denotes the time period in a television schedule during which programs with adult content can air....

) features fewer phone-ins on the adult channels.

Austria

Channel Satellite Format Website
eUrotic TV Astra 1H 
Hot Bird
Hot Bird
Hot Bird is the name of a popular family of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13°E over the Equator and with a transmitting footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East....

 3
Hot Bird
Hot Bird
Hot Bird is the name of a popular family of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13°E over the Equator and with a transmitting footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East....

 6
See http://www.sexysat-tv.com/en/Liveshow-Channels/eUrotic-TV http://www.eurotic.tv/

Czech Republic

Channel Satellite Format Website
SexySat TV
SexySat TV
SexySat TV is a network of two softcore televised sex lines, broadcasting on the Astra 1H, Hot Bird 3 satellites.-History:Sexysat was one of the first European erotic Liveshow-channels. Different sources state that it was first broadcast in 2001 or February 2002...

Astra 1H 
Hot Bird
Hot Bird
Hot Bird is the name of a popular family of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13°E over the Equator and with a transmitting footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East....

 3
Hot Bird
Hot Bird
Hot Bird is the name of a popular family of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13°E over the Equator and with a transmitting footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East....

 6
See http://www.sexysat-tv.com/en/Liveshow-Channels/SexySat-TV & de.wikipedia http://www.sexysat.tv
FullX4Free Hot Bird
Hot Bird
Hot Bird is the name of a popular family of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13°E over the Equator and with a transmitting footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East....

 3
See http://www.sexysat-tv.com/en/Liveshow-Channels/FullX4Free & http://www.sat-erotik.de/full_x4.php
Broadcast from Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 via transmitter
Television transmitter
A television transmitter is a device which broadcasts an electromagnetic signal to the television receivers. Television transmitters may be analog or digital.- Types of transmitters :There are many types of transmitters depending on* The system standard...

 in Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...


France

Channel Show title Format Website
Canal Star 
(Canal 160)
Sex Station (France) Began broadcasting (from London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

?) February 2006
Had a Dailymotion
Dailymotion
Dailymotion is a video sharing service website, headquartered in the 18th arrondissement, Paris, France. According to Comscore, Dailymotion is the second largest video site in the world after YouTube....

 videos page http://www.dailymotion.com/sex_station
Presumedly no longer running
http://www.sexstation.fr/
(old?)

Germany

Channel Satellite Format Website
Red Lips TV Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

 
3A TV (Astra 1H), DHD24
Broadcast first on internet, and occasionally TV
Features some former eUrotic TV models
http://www.redlipstv.de/

Italy

Channel Satellite Format Website
SexyChannel TV Hot Bird
Hot Bird
Hot Bird is the name of a popular family of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13°E over the Equator and with a transmitting footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East....

See http://www.sexysat-tv.com/en/Liveshow-Channels/SexyChannel-TV
Sensuality TV Hot Bird
Hot Bird
Hot Bird is the name of a popular family of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13°E over the Equator and with a transmitting footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East....

See http://www.sexysat-tv.com/en/Liveshow-Channels/Sensuality-TV
Diva Futura
Diva Futura
Diva Futura is an Italian pornography and erotica film studio. When founded in 1983 by porn star Ilona Staller and photographer and talent scout Riccardo Schicchi, it was the first casting agency in Italy to specialize in pornography...

 
Diva Futura Plus
Hot Bird
Hot Bird
Hot Bird is the name of a popular family of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13°E over the Equator and with a transmitting footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East....

Company has existed since 1983
Founded by Ilona Staller
Ilona Staller
Ilona Staller , also known by her stage name la Cicciolina, is a Hungarian-born Italian porn star, politician, and singer. She continued to make hardcore pornographic films while in office. She is famous for delivering political speeches with one breast exposed.-Early life:Anna Ilona was born in...

 & Riccardo Schicchi
Riccardo Schicchi
Riccardo Schicchi is an Italian pornographer who became famous with his photography and films featuring Ilona Staller and Moana Pozzi in the 1980s...

 
Original channel began August 2004
Diva Futura Plus began 1 September 2006
http://divafutura.tv/

Netherlands

Channel Satellite Format Website
FullX4Free Hot Bird
Hot Bird
Hot Bird is the name of a popular family of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13°E over the Equator and with a transmitting footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East....

Began August 2005, see http://www.sat-erotik.de/full_x4.php & http://www.sexysat-tv.com/en/Liveshow-Channels/FullX4Free
Broadcast from Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 via Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...


  • Defunct:
    Channel Satellite When active Format Website
    SexySat TV
    SexySat TV
    SexySat TV is a network of two softcore televised sex lines, broadcasting on the Astra 1H, Hot Bird 3 satellites.-History:Sexysat was one of the first European erotic Liveshow-channels. Different sources state that it was first broadcast in 2001 or February 2002...

    Hot Bird
    Hot Bird
    Hot Bird is the name of a popular family of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13°E over the Equator and with a transmitting footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East....

    c 2001 – 4 August 2004
    Moved to Prague
    Prague
    Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

    See http://www.sexysat-tv.com/en/Liveshow-Channels/SexySat-TV & de.wikipedia http://www.sexysat.tv

Spain

Channel Satellite Format Website
Putos Putos TV Cannal Nou 1 or 2 girls rotating, presenting
Split-screen.
Thursdays 1 or 2 boys rotating, presenting
split screen
http://www.putosputos.com

United Kingdom

  • On Sky Digital:
    Channel (no.) Show title Format Website
    Adult Channel (901) Chat Girl TV 6am-10pm, 3 or 4 girls rotating, presenting
    varied sets with themes
    http://www.chatgirltv.com
    Babestation
    Babestation
    Babestation is a British soft porn TV programme aired since 2002. The first and most well-known show of its kind in the UK, it allows viewers to communicate live with female presenters via a premium-rate telephone number or text messaging...

     (906)
    Babestation
    Babestation
    Babestation is a British soft porn TV programme aired since 2002. The first and most well-known show of its kind in the UK, it allows viewers to communicate live with female presenters via a premium-rate telephone number or text messaging...

    1 or 2 girls rotating, presenting
    Split-screen
    http://www.babestation.tv
    Friendly TV
    Friendly TV
    Friendly TV was a British television station, owned by Telecoms TV Limited . Much of the channels output is made up of interactive programmes and games which allow the viewer to phone in or send an SMS message to take part in the programme....

     (907)
    Bang Babes As Babestation http://www.babecast.tv
    Babeworld TV (908)
    Babeworld XXXtra
    Babeworld
    Babeworld was a British televised sex line broadcast on Sky — both the channel and programme were named Babeworld. As of 2008, it is also responsible for the channel House Of Fun TV...

     (949)
    Babeworld
    Babeworld
    Babeworld was a British televised sex line broadcast on Sky — both the channel and programme were named Babeworld. As of 2008, it is also responsible for the channel House Of Fun TV...

    3 or 4 girls presenting
    All on same bed
    http://www.babeworld.tv
    Get Lucky TV (909) Babestation 2 As Babestation
    Lucky Star (910) Sex Station
    Sex Station
    Sex Station is a British pornographic television programme, a televised sex line broadcast 24 Hours a day on the internet at www.sexstationtv.com. It was previously aired at nights on Lucky Star and Live XXX.-History:...


    (formerly
    LiveXXX
    Live XXX Tv
    Live XXX TV was an interactive televised sex line aired in many western European nations on Sky Digital. The channel was shown between the hours of 21:00 and 05:30 each night, with a subscription required after 23:30.-History:...

    )
    2 or 3 girls taking calls on same bed
    Rotating with XXX 4 U
    Sometimes features "strips
    Striptease
    A striptease is an erotic or exotic dance in which the performer gradually undresses, either partly or completely, in a seductive and sexually suggestive manner...

    " if enough viewers text
    Short message service
    Short Message Service is a text messaging service component of phone, web, or mobile communication systems, using standardized communications protocols that allow the exchange of short text messages between fixed line or mobile phone devices...

    http://www.sexstationtv.com
    Tease Me (912)
    Tease Me 2 (948)
    Bangbabes 2 girls taking calls on same bed http://www.bangbabes.tv/
    Television X4
    Television X
    Television X is the name of a series of adult television channels in the UK, produced by Portland TV, a subsidiary of Northern & Shell owned by Richard Desmond, the proprietor of the Daily Express...

     (913)
    Dirty Talk (964)
    TVX Callgirls 2 girls taking calls on same bed http://www.televisionx.co.uk/televisionxlive.html
    Over 18 TV (914) Hotel Voyeur
    (formerly McQueen's Angels)
    4 girls taking calls on same bed
    sportXXXbabes (918)
    Northern Birds (954)
    Live & European 2 or 3 girls taking calls
    Formerly featured sex (pixelised) and was encrypted at 0:00
    (old)
    Live XXX Babes (950)
    Blue Kiss TV (951)
    The Other Side (952)
    Babe Central (953)
    Essex Babes (955)
    Live XXX Babes,
    Real Wives Live, etc.
    Female presenters taking calls
    HappyHourGirlsTV (956) Happy Hour Girls http://happyhourgirls.squarespace.com/
    Elite TV (914, 965) Elite Nights http://www.elitetvgirls.com


On Freeview:
Channel Show title Format Website
Smile TV2 (94) Babestation "TV dating/chat line", runs 0:00-5:00
Features non-sexual content
Viewers can talk to presenter(s)
Previously, callers apparently arranged dates
http://www.smiletelevision.co.uk/
Smile TV3 (95) Partyland Live "TV dating/chat line", runs 01:00-5:30
Features non-sexual content
Viewers can talk to presenter(s)
http://www.partyland.tv/
Babestation (96) Partyland Live "TV dating/chat line", runs 01:00-5:30
Features non-sexual content
Viewers can talk to presenter(s)
http://www.partyland.tv/
Partyland (97) Partyland Live "TV dating/chat line", runs 01:00-5:30
Features non-sexual content
Viewers can talk to presenter(s)
http://www.partyland.tv/
Bang Babes (98) "TV dating/chat line", runs 03:00-09:00
features non-sexual content
viewers can talk to presenter(s)
http://www.teasemetv.tv/


Daytime chat lines:
Channel (no.) Show title Website
Babestation
Babestation
Babestation is a British soft porn TV programme aired since 2002. The first and most well-known show of its kind in the UK, it allows viewers to communicate live with female presenters via a premium-rate telephone number or text messaging...

 (906)
Friendly TV
Friendly TV
Friendly TV was a British television station, owned by Telecoms TV Limited . Much of the channels output is made up of interactive programmes and games which allow the viewer to phone in or send an SMS message to take part in the programme....

 (907)
Get Lucky TV (909)
Babestation Daytime,
Party People
http://bsdaytime.com/
Babeworld TV (908)
SportxxxBabes (918)
House Of Fun (949)
The Chat Lounge,
The Basement
Turn On TV (912) Early Bird,
The Pad
Elite TV (914,965) Elite Days http://www.elitetvgirls.com


Defunct televised sex lines:
Channel (no.) Show title When active Format Website
Motors TV
Motors TV
Motors TV is a television channel dedicated to news, documentaries and coverage of motorsport and automobiles, and to a lesser extent motorbikes, boats, aircraft and models. It is available in many countries via satellite and cable, with audio in English, French, German and Serbian...

 (now 413)
Fast Girls 2003
2003 in television
The year 2003 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2003.For the American TV schedule, see: 2003-04 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-1940s:...

Operated from same studio as Babestation
2 girls took calls, 1 presented
Split-screen (plus text-messages)
Television X 3
Television X
Television X is the name of a series of adult television channels in the UK, produced by Portland TV, a subsidiary of Northern & Shell owned by Richard Desmond, the proprietor of the Daily Express...

 (905)
TVX Callgirls Live
TVX Callgirls Live
TVX Callgirls Live was a British televised sex line broadcast on Television X 3 from 2005.As of 2008 the show runs on Television X 2 and 4 from 9pm - 11pm . The show continues on TVX4 for 15 minutes at 11pm when it becomes hardcore...


(first incarnation)
2006
2006 in television
2006 in television may refer to:*2006 in American television*2006 in Australian television*2006 in British television*2006 in Canadian television*2006 in Japanese television...

2 girls took calls, 2 presented
Featured 1 male presenter on Fridays
After 23:10 encryption, they had sex
Still exists on encrypted Television X (as TVX Callgirls)
http://www.televisionx.co.uk/televisionxlive.html
Gay TV (940) 2005-06
2005 in television
The year 2005 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2005.For the American TV schedule, see: 2005–06 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-Miniseries:...

2 boys presented and took calls
Encrypted at 22:00
Adult Channel (901)
Spice Extreme (902)
SX:TV Live 2001-? On encrypted channels
Featuring already-famous porn stars (usually all girls)
More explicit content, see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0358876/
Released on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

 as SXTV Live Volume 1
You TV 2 (913) XXX 4 U 2006-07 1 girl from Sex Station
Sex Station
Sex Station is a British pornographic television programme, a televised sex line broadcast 24 Hours a day on the internet at www.sexstationtv.com. It was previously aired at nights on Lucky Star and Live XXX.-History:...

taking calls
Not to be confused with DVD retailer XXX4U
http://www.livexxx.tv
You TV 2 Extra (914) XXX 4 U 2006-07 Always simulcast with You TV 2
The channel no longer exists
Babestar+ (960) Babestar XXX c 2006-07 2 girls taking calls on same bed http://www.babestar.tv/
House Of Fun TV (949) Just Girly,
Boys Next Door
c 2007-08 2 or 3 presenters (all female or all male) taking calls
Also featured sex and masturbation (pixelised)
http://www.houseoffun.tv

External links

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