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Babes and Brazzers

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Babes and Brazzers
Ownership
OwnerAylo Global Entertainment (Europe) Limited
Sister channelsAdult Channel
Climax
Television X
TVX 40+
XXX Girl Girl
History
Launched1 October 2008
ReplacedPlayboy One
Former namesPaul Raymond TV
Top Shelf TV (to 2011)
My Ex-Girlfriends (until 30 November 2017)

Babes and Brazzers is an adult pay-per-view television channel owned by Aylo Global Entertainment (Europe) Limited, a subsidiary of the international adult entertainment conglomerate Aylo. Babes and Brazzers broadcasts pornographic content, and is part of the international division of the Spice Networks owned by Aylo. The network originally launched as Paul Raymond TV in October 2008, and has since changed its name multiple times.

History

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Logo as Top Shelf TV
Logo as Top Shelf TV

The channel launched on 1 October 2008 as Paul Raymond TV, replacing the free-to-air network Playboy One. In contrast to its predecessor, Paul Raymond TV was an encrypted station which broadcast hard core pornographic video, namely those from the Paul Raymond website, paulraymond.com. Encrypted content was broadcast from 10:00pm to 5:30am, with ten-minute free views appearing every top of the hour. The pre-watershed slot aired an adult chat programme and broadcast content from Elite TV during the first watershed hour of 9:00pm.

In August 2009, the channel was renamed Top Shelf TV, with no changes in its programming. On 2 September 2009, Top Shelf TV was added to Virgin Media channel 478, replacing Spice Extreme.[citation needed] On 4 March 2011, the channel was rebranded again as My Ex-Girlfriends.

On 30 November 2017, as part of a re-shuffle of the adult channels on Sky UK, the channel was renamed again, becoming Babes and Brazzers, becoming a UK version of MindGeek's existing brands Babes TV and Brazzers TV.

On 30 September 2020, following the sale of Portland TV's assets to MG Global Entertainment,[1] the channel moved to 903 on the Sky EPG, with all the adult networks becoming part of one bundle on Sky.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "New Television X and Adult Channel Sky subscription bundle". 5 October 2020.