(31-12-2016 13:08 )Robot Devil Wrote: ^The problem is that a new channel would just hire the same old faces that have clogged up the babe channels for years. A new channel really wouldn't have any effect.
Mostly what doodle said (competition in any industry is always good for its consumers) except that "no room" at the channels is always a relative term isn't it. They think they have the best girls that they can get at any particular time is what it comes down to.
In terms of their survival on the shows, well known babes will always have the huge advantage of being able to draw on their established fan bases. This seems ever more crucial to the industry. It encourages its babes to build these loyal crowds for what must be good reasons. It recruits established porn stars not only because they are accustomed to aspects of the work but because they also offer a short cut to this process - already having a following of sorts. This emphasis may well speak to a relatively small customer base in general for the channels; one that they draw on heavily time and again. Anyway, regardless of its size, this faction of fans is obviously seen as important to the operators and 'marquee' names, no matter how old hat they may seem to some of us on here, likely just tap that source with a consistency and reliabilty that is hard to counter.
Also, although there does seem to be this element of playing safe in terms of developing new talent, I'm not at all sure that there is a huge slew of exciting nubiles queuing round the block to be on the channels! The poor rate of new faces that appear could be more to do with a recruitment problem than anything else. I'm talking about the real top talent here; ones that would stand a good chance of breaking the existing cartel...
Xpanded do seem to do the best at it but even there it's hardly a rotating door. Three main operators and this is all we see? You have to ask yourself how the industry is being viewed by it's prospective employees these days. Is it seen as an attractive and vibrant prospect with as much to offer any more? This has always been a niche industry producing socially awkward content, there may be less to compensate against being part of that for newcomers now.
In addition, the associated businesses that used to pull talent towards the shows have faultered and dwindled over the last decade or so.
I think we have to reconcile ourselves to the thought that perhaps the glamour industry simply no longer holds the level of cache for a fit young lass wanting a bit of exposure that it once did. There is surely less add on work to be had and maybe just less reason to come to it afresh than there once was.