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[[Image:Spice TV.jpg|thumb|The logo of Spice Networks]]
The '''Spice Networks''' are a group of [[television channel]]s operated on a [[pay-per-view]] basis that broadcast [[pornographic]] content. The channels are owned by the adult entertainment conglomerate [[Aylo]], but they were originally launched by [[Playboy Enterprises]] in March 1994. They are available via [[cable television|cable]], [[IPTV]], and [[satellite television|satellite]] in over 72 countries including the [[United States]] and formerly [[New Zealand]].

==History==
The channels first launched in November 1994. By 2005, there were seven channels in the group: Spice, Spice 2, The Hot Network, The Hot Zone, Spice Hot, Spice Live, and Spice Platinum. There were several international networks in the group as well, which included Private Spice in Europe, Spice TV Korea, Spice and Spice 2 in New Zealand, and The Adult Channel, Playboy TV UK, [[Playboy One]], and Spice Extreme in the United Kingdom.

On November 1, 2006, the US channels were renamed Fresh!, Shorteez, [[ClubJenna]] and Spice Xcess. The other three networks were shut down. The New Zealand network was renamed Spice Xcess around the same time. In late 2009, Shorteez was renamed to SKiN TV. In the UK, Spice Extreme was removed from the Sky EPG in March 2010,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://en.kingofsat.net/channelhistory.php?ch=2706 | title=Change Log: Spice Extreme | website= KingOfSat }}</ref> while Playboy One later saw a rebranding to Paul Raymond TV, Top Shelf TV and My Ex-Girlfriends.

In November 2011, Playboy Enterprises sold the Spice Networks, along with the [[Playboy TV]] channel, and the operating rights to Playboy's websites (excluding the Playboy Cyber Club, which was later shut down) to Manwin (later [[MindGeek]], now [[Aylo]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Playboy CEO: Nudity Could Completely Vanish From the Brand|url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/240346|access-date=14 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517042900/http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/240346|archive-date=17 May 2015|date=2 December 2014|url-status=live|website=Entrepreneur|first=Kim Lachance|last=Shandrow}}</ref> In January 2013, the US networks were rebranded with the names of brands owned by MindGeek – [[Brazzers|Brazzers TV]], BangU, RKTV and Mofos. The international networks were later rebranded as well, with Private Spice becoming Brazzers TV Europe and RKTV, My Ex-Girlfriends becoming [[Babes and Brazzers]], and Spice Xcess in New Zealand rebranded as Brazzers TV which later ceased broadcasting. The South Korean version of [[Spice TV (South Korea)|Spice TV]] remains the only Spice Networks channel that still broadcasts under the name.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060326060657/http://www.playboyenterprises.com/home/content.cfm?content=t_template&packet=00077802-06C6-1C74-8FEA8304E50A010D&artTypeID=000A2BE7-0596-1C74-8FEA8304E50A010D Playboy Enterprises Inc.: Corporate Overview] archived 26 March 2006
* [https://www.ultimatetvguide.com/brazzers-tv-europe.htm Brazzers TV Europe Program Guide]
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