http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/waiwai/0307/0710paradise.html
Sacrificial virgins open new channel on interactive
TV
Paradise TV has garnered fans not only among unmarried men, but
also guys who sneak out and turn on the idiot box while they're
wives are asleep, according to Shukan Post .
Little wonder, Japan's best-selling weekly magazine says, because
the eroticism provided by Paradise has made it stand out above the
pack in the hundreds of channels available on terrestrial TV and
other versions offered by various types of satellite and
cable.
"Multi-channel television has already reached maturity in the
United States, the most advanced country in the world. Adult
television there remains as popular as ever and Japan seems poised
to go the same way," broadcast commentator Mitsuo Sanuka tells
Shukan Post.
Paradise TV started airing in 1998, providing 24 hour broadcasts of
its own exclusive adult material. It has steadily gained support
throughout its existence and now boasts of over 100,000
subscribers.
"It makes programs that show youth and sex exactly as they are
without coming across as preaching in any way," raunchy manga
artist Mimei Sakamoto, who has appeared on Paradise TV shows, tells
Shukan Post. "It places great emphasis on servicing customers by
providing unique programs. It's far more interesting than what the
normal networks produce, so it's no wonder that it's as popular as
it is."
At first glance, Paradise TV's scheduling appears more hard-boiled
and heavy than lowbrow and lighthearted, packed as it is with news
and English conversation programs. It's only when the
viewers learn that newscasters and language teachers are all nubile
young women who perform naked that Paradise TV's attractiveness is
evident.
Also leading to the station's appeal are its incredibly raunchy
programs, with titles unprintable even here. Some of the softer
shows include "Shojo Atetara, Soshitsu Night! (Pick the
Virgin, Watch the Night She Loses Her Virginity)"
Currently the most watched show on Paradise, it pits three women
against each other as they undergo a series of tests to determine
who has yet to be initiated into the world of sex. Viewers are
encouraged to determine which of the three remains chaste. If the
viewer poll correctly picks out the virgin, she is obliged to
sacrifice her charity on screen.
Also expected to work hard on the job are the performers in "Nagara
Sekkusu (Sex and Something Else), where naked housewives are
expected to perform their daily tasks while an aroused young man
distracts her by caressing her from the rear.
Another favorite is "Ero tekku jiji (Sex Technique Grandpa)," where
a 65-year-old retired salarymen is sent to brothels with the order
to use his wealth of knowledge to bring workers to a climax. He has
already performed at about 30 cathouses across the country.
"If the only guys romping around with naked young women are
good-looking, our male viewers will get sick of us," a Paradise
spin doctor tells Shukan Post. "That's how this show was
born."