HOLLYWOOD, Calif. —XBIZ is pleased to announce dates for XBIZ LA 2010, an annual business-to-business trade event that explores current and emerging market trends, technologies and business solutions for the adult entertainment industry.

Every year, industry decision-makers from around the globe attend XBIZ LA for three days of unparalleled presentations and deal-making opportunities at the epicenter of the multibillion-dollar adult entertainment industry.

XBIZ LA 2010 will be held at the Sofitel Hotel in Hollywood, Calif., Feb. 9-11.

XBIZ founder and Publisher Alec Helmy said the conference’s theme, “Uncover and Seize: The Future of Adult Entertainment,” was chosen because industry professionals must capitalize on new techniques, technologies and business methods in order to best position their businesses for the coming future.

“The conference, like the business itself, is in constant motion,” Helmy said. “This year, the stage is set with exciting new show features as well as new venues for both XBIZ LA and the annual XBIZ Awards show.”

XBIZ Associate Publisher Kristen Kaye said that the Sofitel hotel lends itself perfectly to the new focus and scope of the show.

“By design, the purpose of this conference is to gain invaluable insight into business today and well beyond tomorrow as well as to connect with the movers and shakers of the biz,” she said.

XBIZ LA consists of 3 days of workshops, technology demo sessions, networking lunches and the wildly popular XBIZ Speed Networking. It also includes the annual XBIZ Golf Tournament, presented by X2K and Netbilling, and the 10th annual Cybersocket Awards among other exclusive special events to be announced in the coming weeks.

The conference will also host the annual FSC meeting featuring special guest keynote speakers and the highly anticipated 8th annual XBIZ Awards.

XBIZ LA is attended by web professionals (webmasters), Internet service providers, traffic buyers and sellers, content producers and licensors, technology/software providers, adult business consultants, legal advisors, creative professionals, performers/talent ad members of the media among others.

For more information on XBIZ LA 2010, click here.

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — Adam & Eve’s affiliate program, AdamEveCash.com, has been revamped.

Among the new features is a product data feed for more than 4,000 adult products available online. The affiliate program also now offers affiliate-training programs for all levels of experience with PDF training documents, graphics and charts.

Affiliate promo tools, including multiple options for banners and text links, also have been added.

“AdamAndEve.com is pleased to offer these upgrades and additions to our affiliate program, and we feel sure our affiliates — old and new — will appreciate these efforts as well,” AdamAndEve.com affiliate manager Dana Shirlen said.

The program offers 20 percent commissions on first-time web purchases, 25 percent commissions on all web-based rebuys and 5 percent second tier web-based commissions for webmasters.

“We feel AdamAndEve.com is clearly setting the standard in the adult web market.” Shirlen said. “In addition, we offer a $5 webmaster signup bonus.”

For additional information regarding the Adam & Eve affiliate program, contact Shirlen at (919) 644-3336, or email dshirlen@adameve.com.

NEWTON, Mass. — A federal bankruptcy judge on Monday scheduled the auction of substantially all the assets of the parent company of Adult Entertainment Expo.

Questex Media filed for bankruptcy earlier this month in order to restructure its ballooning debt. In its Chapter 11 filing Questex listed assets of $299 million against liabilities of $321 million.

Questex acquired AEE when it purchased various divisions of Advanstar for $185 million in 2005, of which Home Entertainment Events — managers of the show — was a part of.

U.S. Judge Mary Walrath scheduled the auction on Nov. 20 and a sale hearing on Nov 24.

Questex filed a motion earlier this month saying it had received a bid of $120 million from QMG Acquisition LLC — its senior lenders — and sought the sale of all its assets through a court-supervised 363 sale.

With a 363 sale, assets are conveyed to the purchaser free and clear of any liens. Those liens will then be attached to the net proceeds of the sale and paid as ordered by the bankruptcy court.

Walrath, in her motion to approve the bulk sale auction, ordered the company to publish bidding procedure notices in the Wall Street Journal no later than Friday.

AEE spokesman Sean Devlin told XBIZ that the 2010 show is in full-production mode and that Questex’s Chapter 11 filing “will have no impact on the daily operations of the company at the operating level, and thus no impact at all on AEE.”

“Rather than having any adverse impact on future expos, this will only serve to strengthen the event’s position in the marketplace.”

Questex publishes 23 print magazines and sponsors 28 conferences. It also has more than 150 trade websites.

CYBERSPACE — Adult affiliate program directory Signbucks Daily has announced the completion of its listing of all currently active CCBill programs.

According to Daizzzy of Signbucks Daily, the listing examines 12,000 paysites across nearly 2,800 programs on different platforms, and sets a new record for “explored” adult affiliate sponsors. The project took almost a year to complete and focused on CCBill programs because “CCBill is the most stable affiliate platform and most trusted adult billing [company].”

“Over that time we have checked each of 40,000 CCBill clients accounts (CA) which are set for each separate program, processed active ones and listed them into the directory,” Daizzzy said. “We got nearly 2,400 active programs with 4500 paysites. We will continue to monitor that system for new sponsors and sites to promote as well as changes in current ones.”

“We listed all active programs, no matter if have they commission for referring other webmasters (called a “partner bonus program” in the CCBill AP), or not,” Daizzzy added. “The current ratio is 30 to 70 percent, accordingly.”

The study found that most of the CCBill based programs were not saturated, and offer frequent exclusive content updates; which makes them a great substitute for oversaturated programs promoted on adult boards.

“Nowadays many of these well-know programs are into phony marketing on a very huge scale,” Daizzzy said. “By getting a big list of quality programs (trusted because of CCBill) it gives all of us a chance to move the industry to business based on common sense — So a customer gets what he’s promised without being charged for services he hasn’t acknowledged and didn’t purchase.”

For owners of these lesser-known programs, a listing in the Signbucks Daily directory is an easy way to build a stronger affiliate base, while affiliates will find the listing useful in today’s competitive environment.

“By exploring paysites in each niche we give webmasters an opportunity to go deeper into it, which is a great long-term business model strategy in this tube-era,” Daizzzy concluded. “It’s obvious that tubes, warez sites and other illegal sites won’t be able to cover a micro niche as well as a specialized site.”

Signbucks Daily is now focusing on a similar listing of all EpochStats programs; with Affiliate-Cash, Verotel and DhDRevX to follow. A selection of data modules will soon be added into the site’s “Marketing Lab” section, along with the Top 100 affiliate programs based on Alexa ratings; list of blog directories; link lists; expiring domains; and more.

CHATSWORTH, Calif. — Metro Content’s affiliate program, Metro Money, has added the mega content site MetroXXX.com to its growing site portfolio.

The site “features an extensive tour, a streamlined members area and high-quality content” from Metro’s extensive adult library.

“After over 40 years in the adult business Metro has shot some of the biggest names in the industry and created an extensive library of often award-winning content.” Metro CEO Ben Jelloun said. “Metro is putting it all together in a member site that will be ever changing in order to cater to the unique needs of today’s consumers.”

Some of the stars featured on the site include Alexis Texas, Eva Angelina, Jenna Haze, Shawna Lenee, Gianna and Jenny Hendrix.

MetroXXX.com contains hundreds of photos, hours of video, in-depth star biographies and more. Users also can access bonus sites, a blog, user messaging and different video delivery formats.

For more site information, email Elise Easom at eeasom@metromoney.com.