predecessor anabolic diabolic founded 1998 founder gregg allan & christopher alexander headquarters chatsworth california united states area served worldwide key people gregg allan owner & president products pornographic films services pay per view video on demand video streaming website www.diabolicweb.com footnotes references 1 diabolic video productions is an american pornographic movie studio headquartered in chatsworth california . 2 the company was originally a sister studio of anabolic video . during their partnership the studios were a pioneer of gonzo pornography and are considered one of the most successful gonzo producers . 3 contents 1 history 2 directors 3 distribution deals 4 records inspection 5 awards 6 references 7 external links history edit anabolic and diabolic were originally headquartered in venice california for 10 years . 4 diabolic was founded as a separate label in 1998 by gregg allan 2 3 and anabolic video head christopher alexander . alan had previously run the two companies sales department for 15 years starting in 1992 . 5 6 on january 15 1998 diabolic video released its first video . in 2001 anabolic and diabolic moved their headquarters to chatsworth . 4 vouyer s exit to form red light district video in 2002 eventually led to the mass exodus of 2004 which saw everhard steele and mike john leave for red light and dough leave for devil s film where the directors were able to own their own movies . in may 2007 anabolic and diabolic announced they were ending their partnership and would operate as separate companies . 3 diabolic would be run and owned by gregg alan who left his post as head of sales at anabolic . 2 5 6 diabolic video updated their dvd packaging with a hologram of the diabolic logo to help establish themselves as a separate brand from anabolic . 5 they now feature new videos shot in high definition best of collections and blu ray . 5 by 2007 the company had produced more than 280 films . 7 in april 2008 diabolic released its first blu ray title top shelf starring amy ried courtney cummz jenna haze sarah vandella brianna love audrey bitoni and shawna lenee . it had begun filming in high definition several years earlier . 1 directors edit anabolic and diabolic originally used to share directors but with the split that arrangement ended . 6 current and former diabolic directors include sid knox . 1 in 2007 melissa lauren became the studio s first female director and directed a volume of the unnatural sex series . 5 the same year ricky d resigned from diabolic to sign a multi year exclusive contract with anabolic . 6 he had directed several film series for diabolic including incumming 2 on 1 ass for days and hot sauce . 6 distribution deals edit in june 2006 gamelink.com added the complete diabolic back catalogue to its video on demand library . 8 the same month it made its content available on aebn s vod service . 9 in march 2007 sugarvod began adding the complete diabolic library to its video on demand service . 10 in july 2007 the studio signed an exclusive agreement with hustler tv to bring worldwide digital distribution of the diabolic library via hustler s pay per view and video on demand services . 11 records inspection edit diabolic was the target of the first ever records keeping inspection authorized by the child protection and obscenity enforcement act . 12 in 2006 fbi agents visited the diabolic office to inspect the records of 23 movies and their performers . 12 producers of sexual content are mandated to keep specific records under 18 u.s.c. 2257 . it was the first ever inspection since the rules requiring records was put into effect in 1988 . the investigators did not require a search warrant . 13 diabolic passed its inspection . 14 awards edit the following is a selection of some of the major awards diabolic films have won . 2001 avn award for best ethnic themed release for panochitas 5 2 references edit a b c steve javors 2008 04 11 . diabolic releases first blu ray title . xbiz . retrieved 2009 04 11 . a b c d diabolic s gregg alan resigns at anabolic . business.avn.com . retrieved 2009 03 07 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name avn defined multiple times with different content see the help page . a b c john stuart 2007 09 18 . anabolic sees bright future . xbiz . retrieved 2009 04 11 . a b anabolic diabolic move to new building . avn . retrieved 2009 03 07 . a b c d e steve javors 2007 05 29 . diabolic owner addresses split with anabolic . xbiz . retrieved 2009 04 11 . a b c d e steve javors 2007 05 25 . diabolic owner gregg alan leaves anabolic director ricky d joins . xbiz . retrieved 2009 04 11 . diabolic video launches diabolic.com . business.avn.com . retrieved 2009 03 07 . steve javors 2006 06 22 . gamelink adds anabolic diabolic . xbiz . retrieved 2009 04 11 . steve javors 2006 06 04 . aebn inks anabolic diabolic library . xbiz . retrieved 2009 04 11 . anne winter 2007 03 23 . sugarvod adds diabolic anabolic to library . xbiz . retrieved 2009 04 11 . steve javors 2007 07 27 . hustler tv adds diabolic . xbiz . retrieved 2009 04 11 . a b matt o conner 2006 07 26 . diabolic investigation centered on specific performers . xbiz . retrieved 2008 03 26 . michael hayes 2006 11 08 . fbi 2257 inspections off to good start . free speech coalition . archived from the original on october 9 2008 . retrieved 2009 04 02 . rhett pardon 2006 07 31 . 1 week after 2257 inspection diabolic s business is back to usual . xbiz . retrieved 2008 03 26 . external links edit official website v t e american pornographic film studios active duty adam & eve anabolic video athletic model guild bang bros bijou video brazzers caballero home video catalina video clubjenna cobra video cockyboys colt studio group combat zone corbin fisher devil s film diabolic video digital playground elegant angel evil angel evolution erotica extreme associates girl candy films girlfriends films grooby productions helix studios homegrown video hot desert knights hot house entertainment hustler video jet set men jm productions juicy pink box kink.com larry flynt publications lightspeed media corporation lucas entertainment mantra films naughty america new sensations nova studios pink visual puppy productions raging stallion studios randy blue reality kings red light district video sean cody shane s world sin city smash pictures studio 2000 sx video third degree films third world media titan media treasure island media triangle films vca pictures vivid entertainment vivid superhero wicked pictures zero tolerance entertainment list category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title diabolic video & oldid 743513936 categories gonzo pornographyamerican pornographic film studiosfilm production companies of the united statescompanies based in los angelescompanies established in 1998pornography in los angeleshidden categories pages with reference errorspages with duplicate reference names navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages frysk edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 00 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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