Another popular segment is Naked in the Streets, where a reporter will go topless in the street and ask the public about topics. == History == Naked News was conceived by Fernando Pereira and Kirby Stasyna and debuted in December 1999 as a web-based news service featuring an all-female cast.
It was initially broadcast on Viewers Choice in Canada in 2001, and was first broadcast in the United States a few months later by the iN DEMAND cable TV service on its Too Much for TV pay-per-view network that also included Girls Gone Wild.
In 2007, the Japanese government changed broadcasting guidelines to prevent the show receiving a subsidy for the section delivered in sign language. A male version of the show ran from 2001 until 2007.
By 2002, only one news segment could be viewed freely, and by 2004, no free content remained on the website.
In 2002, it was broadcast in Australia on The Comedy Channel via cable and satellite television platforms Foxtel and Austar.
The site closed in February 2010. In June 2014, a very similar show was released in Venezuela called Desnudando la Noticia (Stripping the News) which is a variant of Naked News. In Portugal, a five-minute news bulletin fronted by a naked woman, titled Nutícias, premiered on 22 April 2002 on cable station SIC Radical.
The show got canceled in 2003. A Finnish copy of the Naked News concept was broadcast on the country's Aluetelevisio cable television channel.
By 2002, only one news segment could be viewed freely, and by 2004, no free content remained on the website.
Beginning in 2005, a nudity-free version of Naked News was available to non-subscribers.
The British channel Sumo TV briefly showed episodes of Naked News, while the free-to-view Playboy One broadcast the show at 9:30pm Mondays-Fridays until its closure in 2008. Naked News launched a Japanese version of the show in 2006.
In 2007, the Japanese government changed broadcasting guidelines to prevent the show receiving a subsidy for the section delivered in sign language. A male version of the show ran from 2001 until 2007.
This was discontinued after several years and returned as web-only in February 2007.
Beginning in June 2008, two news segments could be viewed freely.
The British channel Sumo TV briefly showed episodes of Naked News, while the free-to-view Playboy One broadcast the show at 9:30pm Mondays-Fridays until its closure in 2008. Naked News launched a Japanese version of the show in 2006.
When Nova launched a new online portal in May 2008, it included a "Red News" section causing controversy; asked about the Naked News, they denied securing license and stressed Počasíčko's primacy. In June 2009, plans for Naked News Korea were announced.
However, this ended in December 2009. Following the success of The Naked Truth, a similar show on Russian television, Naked News launched Naked News TV!, the first Internet news program to successfully transfer from website to cable television.
When Nova launched a new online portal in May 2008, it included a "Red News" section causing controversy; asked about the Naked News, they denied securing license and stressed Počasíčko's primacy. In June 2009, plans for Naked News Korea were announced.
Although Chau bought the naming rights from the Naked News, it was never an official subsidiary of the Toronto-based Canadian company. In March 2010, students at the University of Cambridge presented a news segment on Cambridge University Television in the nude. French spoof news site Les Graves Infos (Serious News) was launched in mid-2009 with a stripping weather girl.
The site closed in February 2010. In June 2014, a very similar show was released in Venezuela called Desnudando la Noticia (Stripping the News) which is a variant of Naked News. In Portugal, a five-minute news bulletin fronted by a naked woman, titled Nutícias, premiered on 22 April 2002 on cable station SIC Radical.
The site closed in February 2010. In June 2014, a very similar show was released in Venezuela called Desnudando la Noticia (Stripping the News) which is a variant of Naked News. In Portugal, a five-minute news bulletin fronted by a naked woman, titled Nutícias, premiered on 22 April 2002 on cable station SIC Radical.
It began with only one anchor, Victoria Sinclair, who worked for the program until 2015.
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