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Winners Named for 2005 XBiz Awards

LAS VEGAS – The third annual XBiz Awards were handed out to ten adult businesses Wednesday night at the House of Blues in the Mandalay Hotel & Resort, after judges sifted through a record number of award nominees during this year's decision-making process.

To a packed house of adult webmasters, honorary emcee Jim Holio and a full lineup of adult industry luminaries presented awards to companies nominated for their excellence and innovation in various sectors of the adult business.

Those companies named as honorary XBiz Awards recipients for 2005 include:

Affiliate Company of the Year: SilverCash

Billing Provider of the Year: Paycom

Content Provider of the Year: Matrix Content

Design Company of the Year: Dickmans Design

GLBT Company of the Year: Cybersocket

Web Host of the Year: SplitInfinity

Online Community of the Year: JBM

Innovative Product of the Year: MAS

Web Radio/TV Show of the Year: RainMaker

Solution Provider of the Year: PlayaDRM

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