The latest news from the industry is that DVD sales are down 30% and that the annual slowdown is looming. Comments on the message boards say that some studios have stopped production. The root cause is oversaturization.
When well run companies oversaturate their market, they expand into other markets. Yet despite a vast untapped market for porn, i have yet to see any company in the adult entertainment industry release any spanish language titles.
There is such a vast market of spanish speaking americans that they are becoming the most sought after demographic for american businesses. They have their own television stations such as Telemundo and Univision. Why not Teleporno and Univivid. If you have ever seen a spanish language news cast or variety show or novela, their cultural predisposition to scantily clad ladies is aparent. Many of us gringos watch Telemundo with the sound off and our pants down.
By many estimates there are over 20 Million illegal aliens in this country. Many speak little english and would presumably jump at the opportunity to hear “mas duro papi” in their native language. As of 2004, the US census showed that there are over 40 Million spanish speaking legal residents in the United States. Why the adult industry is not marketing a product to this population in its native language with native performers is beyond me.
Then of course there is the Central and South American customers who would presumably be interested in American Porn marketed to them. I first checked out SinRespeto.com which is a Spanish Porn blog run by XPT poster El Glorioso. It features nothing but American Porn stars. This says to me that American porn has established its brand and that market is ripe for the picking. Ay Papi.
I asked El Glorioso whether any American companies were marketing porn to the Spanish Speaking market. His response was “No LOL!!!.. in directv have a argentinian based channel named Venus and Playboy in spanish.”
The writing is on the peep show both wall. A fertile market exists for American porn companies to expand into exists.
Well, one thing they could do is distribute porn made in spain (IFG), Argentina (argentinaxxx) and the ocasional mexican, costarican and colombian productions. One problem they could have is that prostitution is legal in many spanish speaking countries and I asked a lot, most of the real good looking girls seem to prefer being escorts or bordello whores than do porn. A casting could take several months for this reason unles you pay real good. Porn have been legal in most Latin countries since the 70s and 80s but the casting problems have keep the prodution to a minimum. Also is a cultural predilection for condom only scenes. The girls demand it, local prostitution laws demand it and the public also seem to like it. For example if you see a brazilian, mexican or argentian porn dvd for a local audience, is condom only, but the films made for american or euro audiences are condom less. That also might be a problem, many girls are comdom only. Then is a etnic question. Mexicans who take pride in their native heritage would like metizo looking girls. Central american and colombian girls would be form all colors and shape, and argentinian girls, like cubans seems to be mostly white. But some people are listening. Fred Salaff is quietly shooting porn here in Panama with mostly colombian girls who are the best in my opinion. And there are rumours that other people from South Florida like Bang Bros are shooting here too. Another problem is that americans who shoot latina porn them to shoot just gonzo versions with latinas instead of trying to do features with a telenovela feel. The spaniard pornographer Sandra Uve have done experiments on this for IFG. But the cast have been mostly european. Now the are using more Venezuelan, Colombian, Paraguayan and Argentinian girls.
So why not try, but avoid any exceses, the law down here can be rutless if you overstep some unmarked boundary.
I guess Spanish speaking peoples did understand that “sex” is about “fucking”…not about looking to others fucking on screen 🙂