Playboy keeps growing, but operators still resist. (Playboy at Night cable television pay-per-view network)
Multichannel News, November, 1990 by Umstead, R. Thomas
Playboy Keeps Growing, But Operators Still Resist New York -- One year after converting its pay subscription service to a pay-per-view network, Playboy at Night has added original programming and created a new on-air look that has resulted in nearly doubling its addressable PPV homes, according to Playboy executives.
But some operators said Playboy's programming might be "too soft" for the adult market and instead may look to Graff PPV's Spice service, which has mainly movies. The network, which had suffered a major decline as a premium channel over the last few years, nearly doubled its addressable household base since it introduced Playboy at Night as a PPV option last December, said Michael Fleming, senior vice president and general manager of...
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