LOS ANGELES—Chick Media CEO Kelly Holland will attend MIPCOM to launch several new initiatives. Chick Media, her female-centric company, explores a variety of fresh perspectives on erotica. Holland, former owner and CEO of Penthouse Global Media, will be bringing two finished shows that are concurrently in production on new episodes. She will also be at the market to discuss the upcoming launch of The Chick Channel, which will consist of erotica created by women, targeting a broad, diverse audience. Chick Media is also in discussions with technology companies to launch a unique platform delivering programming, interactive entertainment and informational services.
The Chick Channel, launching in the first quarter of 2019, brings together women directors, writers, and producers of erotica. The channel’s mission is to facilitate new views and voices for erotic programming. Programming will include full features, shot in 4K, available in both erotic and explicit formats, multiple reality series, and talk shows. The channel will launch with a library of original Chick Media programming as well as licensed content with monthly refreshes of 10 hours.
The Sexperts will be a candid talk show hosted by a panel of renowned sex therapists. Each episode will feature one couple and the challenges they face in their intimate lives. The panel of Sexperts offer creative, practical and sexy strategies to get their sex lives back on track.
Also on the horizon: Naked Hollywood, an up-close-and-personal backstage program that will take viewers on set and into the lives of the stars of the adult business. This behind-the-scenes, between-the-sheets, half-hour show is shot in 4K and is available in multiple formats including explicit, erotic and R-rated. The series was first produced in 2011 and aired around the world on several platforms including Bravo UK, Virgin TV, SBS Holland and Direct TV in the U.S. A new season is currently in production.
Chick Media was launched in 2011 by Kelly Holland. She acted as the Executive Producer and spokesperson for adult-themed company Playgirl until 2007 when she moved to Penthouse where she became President and CEO. Holland launched Penthouse’s Global Broadcast operations in 2009, growing it to the largest adult broadcaster in the world and acquired Penthouse Global Broadcasting in 2016. Chick Media, a media and technology company, targets projects focusing on sexuality, women’s issues, and cultural change.
Holland stated, “I am excited to bring all of Chick Media’s hot properties to MIPCOM. There is a growing demand for female positive, erotic programming. We live in a world of almost limitless free pornography; fungible, interchangeable and indistinguishable. We have the opportunity to entertain, educate and excite discriminating viewers around the world. I think it’s about time. We’re looking forward to meeting with licensees and partners as we prepare to launch The Chick Channel next year.”
MIPCOM is an annual trade show held in the French town of Cannes, October 15-18. The event is geared towards the television industry, primarily attended by representatives of television studios and broadcasters, who use the event as a marketplace to buy and sell new programmes and formats for international distribution, as well as celebrities to promote programming.
