Hot Choice is a pay-per-view

Pay-per-view

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 service that mainly airs softcore pornographic films

Pornography

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. It is owned by iN DEMAND Networks

IN DEMAND

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 (under a joint venture between Comcast

Comcast

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, Cox Enterprises

Cox Enterprises

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, and Time Warner

Time Warner

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) and can be seen through most cable television

Cable television

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 systems.

History

In 1988, it was formerly known as Viewer's Choice II until February 1993 when it made its transformation to "Hot Choice". It has aired a diverse mix of comedy

Comedy

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 and action

Action film

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/adventure

Adventure

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 movies geared towards mainly teenagers and older viewers (in other words movies rated "PG-13" and higher) that were carried over from its sister network Viewer's Choice/iN DEMAND

IN DEMAND

In Demand is a provider of pay-per-view and subscription video-on-demand services, jointly owned by Comcast, Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks...

; and adult-oriented programming at night.

In late 1999, Hot Choice leans more into "R" rated films and more adult programming is distributed throughout their daily schedule until 2000 when Hot Choice became an all-adult channel. Some of the cable systems moved this channel to their digital cable tiers or removed it from their listings altogether. In September 2001, Hot Choice had changed their format to featuring only softcore adult programming.