Digital Playground Inc. is an American independent pornographic film studio, headquartered in Burbank, California. It has been called one of the five biggest porn studios and, in 2006, was described by Reuters as one of the handful of studios that dominate the U.S. porn industry.
History
thumb|250x250px|Pornographic actresses for the studio Digital Playground. From left to right: [[Jesse Jane, Céline Tran, Raven Alexis, Riley Steele, Janie Summers, Kayden Kross, at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo (2010)]]
thumb|250x250px|Digital Playground Girls: [[Riley Steele, Stoya, BiBi Jones, Kayden Kross, and Jesse Jane, at the AVN Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada on January 18, 2012]]
Adult director Joone founded the company The company became an innovator in making pornography available on personal computers.
In 2003, DP began working with a company specializing in hologram technology, with the aim of bringing the actress "into the viewer's living room". In January 2006 the company chose Blu-ray Disc over rival format HD DVD because Joone felt Blu-ray Disc was more future-proofed. The company has claimed that "many technology brands have used the adult industry (and DP, in particular), to test new markets" because of "the sheer scale of the porn industry".
In 2018, the Government of India banned the websites of Digital Playground, 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.
Innovation
Digital Playground introduced the virtual sex genre of CD-ROMs and DVDs, in which the viewer can control a famous pornographic actress by selecting from a menu of explicit scenes. The first film in the series was released in 1998.
The membership page on that date stated that their member services were "temporarily unavailable" and that "We are currently verifying the security parameters on this site and upgrading the entire system in order to better safeguard your information."
Directors
Digital Playground's production team is led by director Robby D. and producer/director Joone who directed the Virtual Sex series.
- XBIZ Award Nominee: 2013 Studio of the Year
Individual Awards and Recognition
- 2013 XBIZ Award Nomination – Robby D. for 'Director of the Year – Body of Work', 'Director of the Year – Feature Release' for Nurses 2 and 'Director of the Year – Non-Feature Release' for Bad Girls 7
- 2006 AVN Award – Best Video Feature (Pirates)
- 2008 AVN Award – 'Best Vignette Release' for Babysitters
- 2009 AVN Award – 'Best POV Release' for Jack's POV 9
- 2012 XBIZ Award – 'All-Girl Release of the Year' for Cherry
- 2017 AVN Award – 'Best Foreign Feature' for Sherlock XXX
- 2018 AVN Award – 'Best Foreign Feature' for Bulldogs
Ranking
As of January 2020, Digital Playground has a traffic ranking of 53,832.