Brazzers

Brazzers (/ˈbræzərz/, company name: MG Premium Ltd.) is a Canadian pornographic video production company with headquarters in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and legal domicile in Nicosia, Cyprus. With an online network consisting of thirty-one hardcore pornography websites, the company's slogan is "World's Best HD Porn Site!".^[2] The site contains 10,036 videos, which were published by 33 different sites (December 2020).^[2][3] Their network of sites features 2,340 pornstar models (December 2020).^[3]

Brazzers

Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Pornography
Genre	All
Founded	June 22, 2005; 17 years ago (2005-06-22) Montreal, Quebec^[1]
Headquarters	Montreal, Quebec , Canada
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Fabian Thylmann
Products	Pornographic films
Owner	MG Premium Ltd.
Parent	MindGeek (2010–present)
Website	Official website

History

Founded in 2005 by a group of Montreal investors, Brazzers became part of a larger group of pornographic sites under the corporate name of Mansef. In 2010, Mansef was sold to Fabian Thylmann and rebranded as Manwin Inc.^[4][5] In December 2012, Thylmann was extradited from Belgium to Germany on suspicion of tax evasion.^[6]

In October 2013, Thylmann sold Manwin's assets, including Brazzers, to an internal management group, Mindgeek, headed by CEO Thylmann and shareholder David Tassilo.^[7]

In 2014, Brazzers celebrated its 10th anniversary with a billboard in Times Square in New York City. The digital billboard was located at the corner of 47th and 7th and viewable for the entire month of August.^[8] In 2010, Brazzers had used a Times Square billboard to promote its safe sex campaign and to announce its "Get Rubber!" slogan and website.^[9]

In September 2016, Vigilante broke the news of a database breach suffered by Brazzers, which affected almost 1 million users after the site was hacked in April 2013.^{[10][11][12][13][14]}

Logo

The Brazzers logo has changed a few times, however still maintaining the yellow and black coloring and placing an emphasis on the double z letters for branding.^[15]

Operations

Brazzers is currently headed by CEO Feras Antoon, and owned and operated by Mindgeek, a multinational officially registered in Luxembourg.^[16]

Brazzers came under industry criticism for associating with streaming media sites like Pornhub. In response, in 2009 the company initiated an anti-piracy campaign.^[17]

Litigation

In 2008, after being fired, producer Bobby Manila sued Brazzers for fraud and violation of the terms of his contract. The lawsuit was eventually settled out of court.^[18]

In February 2010, Pink Visual Studio sued Brazzers' parent company, Manwin, for copyright infringement by distributing unlicensed video content on its free video-sharing sites. Brazzers' network has been accused of benefiting from unlicensed content by indirectly benefiting from traffic from sharing sites, but this was the first time a well-known studio had filed a lawsuit. A class action lawsuit was considered by other studios.^[19]

In 2018, the Government of India banned Brazzers, among other porn websites, after a Uttarakhand High Court court order demanding the same in a rape case where the perpetrators stated they were motivated to do so after watching online pornography.^[20]

Awards

• 2009 AVN Awards – Best Adult Website^[21]
• 2009 AVN Award – Best New Video Production Company^{[citation needed]}
• 2009 AVN Award – Best Big Bust Release (Big Tits at School)^{[citation needed]}
• 2009 XBIZ Award – Affiliate Program of the Year^[22]
• 2010 AVN Award – Best Big Bust Series (Big Tits at School)^[23]
• 2011 AVN Award – Best Membership Site Network^[24]
• 2011 AVN Award – Best Big Bust Series (Big Tits at School)^[24]
• 2011 AVN Award – Best Vignette Release (Pornstar Punishment)^[25]
• 2012 AVN Award – Best Big Bust Series^[26]
• 2012 AVN Award  – Best Membership Website^[26]
• 2013 XBIZ Award nominee – Vignette Release of the Year (Big Tits in Sports Vol 9 and Day With a H3R); Vignette Series of the Year (Big Tits in Sports and MILFs Like it Big); All-Girl Series of the Year (Hot and Mean)^[27]
• 2014 XBIZ Award – Studio Site of the Year (Brazzers.com)^[28]
• 2015 XBIZ Award – Adult Site of the Year – Multi-Genre (Brazzers.com)^[29]
• 2016 XBIZ Award – Adult Site of the Year – Video (Brazzers.com)^[29]
• 2016 AVN Award – Best Foreign Feature - The Doctor^[30]
• 2016 AVN Award – Best Director (Foreign Feature) - Dick Bush, The Doctor^[30]
• 2016 AVN Award – Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-shot Production - Victoria Summers & Danny D., The Doctor^[30]
• 2017 XBIZ Award – Best Art Direction for Storm of Kings^[29]
• 2018 AVN Award – Best Membership Site Network^[31]
• 2019 XBIZ Award - Marketing Campaign of the Year for Brazzers House^[32]
• 2020 PornHub Award – Most Popular Channel^[33]

Ranking

As of July 2021, Brazzers.com has an Alexa traffic ranking of 3,576.^[34]

References

1. "Brazzers.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools". WHOIS. 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
2. "Brazzers". Brazzers. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
3. "Brazzers". Fapnado HD Porn Reviews. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
4. Pardon, Rhett (July 15, 2010). "Brazzers, Mofos, Tube Sites Acquired by Manwin". XBIZ Newswire. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
5. . CNBC. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2012.
6. . Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
7. "Fabian Thylmann Sells Stake in Manwin to Company Management". Retrieved December 17, 2012.
8. Smithberg, Allen. "Brazzers Marks 10th With Times Square Billboard". AVN.com. Adult Vide News. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
9. Javors, Steve. "Brazzers Unveils Massive New York City Billboard". AVN.com. Adult Video News. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
10. Breach of Brazzers Forum (BBC) – https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37285715
11. Breach of Brazzers Forum (HIBP) – https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Brazzers
12. Breach of Brazzers Forum (MyBroadband) – http://mybroadband.co.za/news/security/178474-the-south-african-government-departments-exposed-in-the-brazzers-porn-forum-hack.html
13. Breach of Brazzers Forum (TheNextWeb) – https://thenextweb.com/insider/2016/09/05/hackers-ejaculate-800000-brazzers-accounts-onto-the-dark-web/
14. Breach of Brazzers Forum (LifeHacker) – http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2016/09/brazzers-porn-site-forum-hack-lead-to-80000-accounts-exposed/
15. "History of Brazzers". Discountedporn.com. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
16. . Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
17. . XBIZ. Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
18. . XBIZ. Archived from the original on September 24, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
19. "Adult studio tackles 'tube sites'". AfterDawn.com. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
20. "Here is the full list of 827 porn websites blocked by DoT". The Indian Express. October 29, 2018.
21. . Archived from the original on June 8, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
22. "2009 XBIZ Award winners". XBIZ. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
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24. "2011 AVN Award winners". Retrieved July 25, 2011.
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26. "2012 Award winners". Retrieved November 21, 2012.
27. XBIZ Nominees 2013 January 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, XBIZ, January 2013
28. Dan Miller (January 24, 2014). "2014 XBIZ Award Winners Announced". XBIZ. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
29. "XBIZ Award Winners". Adnet Media. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
30. "2016 Award winners".
31. "2018 AVN Award winners". Retrieved January 27, 2018.
32. XBIZ Award Winners, XBIZ, January, 2019
33. "PornHub Awards 2020: Das sind die Gewinner! - eroklick.com" (in German). Retrieved January 8, 2021.
34. . Alexa.com. Archived from the original on August 5, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2021.

External links

• Official website  
• Brazzers at the Internet Adult Film Database