{{Short description|Video streaming platform founded by OnlyFans}} {{Distinguish|OF TV}} {{Infobox website | name = | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | screenshot = | caption = | collapsible = | collapsetext = | type = OTT streaming platform | language = English | language_count = | location = | country_of_origin = United Kingdom | area_served = | industry = {{hlist|Entertainment|mass media}} | products = {{flatlist| * Streaming media * video on demand * digital distribution }} | services = {{flatlist| * Film production * film distribution * television production * television distribution }} | parent = | url = | commercial = Yes | registration = | num_users = | launch_date = | current_status = Active | module = }} '''OFTV''' is an on-demand streaming service founded by the social media platform OnlyFans. Soft launched in January 2021 but announced in August 2021, the service differed from its parent firm as it made no attempt to monetise or run advertising. Its creators include large numbers of OnlyFans creators and alumni of ''Love Island'' and ''Married at First Sight'' and its works include the interview series ''In Real Life'', fashion and comedy editions of ''OnlyFans Creative Fund'', the agriculture shows ''Model Farmers'' and ''There's a Catch'', the documentary series ''House of Sims'', and the game shows ''This is Fire'' and ''The Quiet Games''. Reviewers disagreed on the content's safeness for work and its quality.
== Background == The social media platform OnlyFans was founded in 2016 by Tim Stokely.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2021-08-17 |title=OnlyFans Launches Free Streaming Service That Does Not Include NSFW Content |url=https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/onlyfans-free-streaming-no-nudity-1235043120/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> While not intended to house adult content, its permissibility towards such content meant that it became known for it;<ref name="People1" /> Lucas Shaw of ''Bloomberg News'' wrote in August 2021 that the last time he wrote about the firm, "a few people criticized OnlyFans for trying to distance itself from the women that made it a success".<ref name=":3" /> In March 2021, OnlyFans announced a Creative Fund,<ref name=":5" /> which awarded four prizes of $20,000 each to aspiring musicians.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gutelle |first=Sam |date=2022-03-04 |title=OnlyFans opens Creator Fund contest for aspiring fashionistas |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2022/03/04/onlyfans-creator-fund-fashion/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US}}</ref> By August 2021, the platform had around 130,000,000 subscribers<ref name=":3" /> and its most popular creators included Bhad Bhabie, Cardi B, Jordyn Woods, Bella Thorne, Tyga, Amber Rose, Blac Chyna, Rubi Rose, Tana Mongeau, and Trey Songz.<ref name=":1" />
== History == OnlyFans soft launched OFTV in January 2021,<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |title=OnlyFans Creates Its First App With a Twist: No Nudity, No Cost |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-08-15/onlyfans-creates-its-first-app-with-a-twist-no-nudity-no-cost |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117201449/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-08-15/onlyfans-creates-its-first-app-with-a-twist-no-nudity-no-cost |archive-date=2025-01-17 |access-date=2025-03-05 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref> though did not promote it until August 2021. The service differed from OnlyFans in that it did not allow pornographic content as neither Google Play nor Apple Inc.'s App Store allowed adult content, though this did not stop the latter from assigning the service a 17+ rating for among other things "infrequent/mild sexual content and nudity" and "frequent/intense mature/suggestive themes".<ref name=":1" /> OFTV made no attempt to monetise and did not run advertising.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Stenberg |first=Mark |date=2021-08-17 |title=OnlyFans Launches a Free Streaming Platform, OFTV |website=Adweek |url=https://www.adweek.com/media/onlyfans-free-streaming-platform/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |language=en-US}}</ref> The announcement came in conjunction with the premiere of the second series of ''Unlocked'', a series in which Casey Boonstra interviewed creators while they took part in mini-challenges<ref name=":1" /> such as making margaritas.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Nick |date=2021-08-20 |title=OnlyFans Launches OFTV, a Surprisingly SFW Streaming Service |url=https://manofmany.com/entertainment/onlyfans-oftv-streaming-service |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=Man of Many |language=en}}</ref> Participants included Mia Khalifa, Holly Madison and Bella Thorne.<ref name=":3" /> Boonstra would later present ''In Real Life'' for the channel, a show with a similar premise featuring Kerry Katona, Sarah Jayne Dunn, Lottie Moss, Elle Brooke, Ebanie Bridges, and Eliza Watson.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shaw |first=Neil |date=2024-02-09 |title=Sarah-Jayne Dunn and Lottie Moss among stars of new OnlyFans show |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/sarah-jayne-dunnandlottie-moss-among-28599081 |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=Wales Online |language=en}}</ref> By the time of its announcement, the service hosted more than 800 videos from more than 100 channels.<ref name=":3" />
OFTV aired ''OnlyFans Creative Fund: Fashion Edition'', a fashion competition featuring Rebecca Minkoff and judged by Law Roach, Sir John, and Maeve Reilly. Francesca Farago was initially announced as sole host,<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |title=OnlyFans announces creative fashion fund with $50,000 prize |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/onlyfans-fashion-fund-prize-apply-b2027488.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905223925/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/onlyfans-fashion-fund-prize-apply-b2027488.html |archive-date=2022-09-05 |access-date=2025-03-06 |work=The Independent |language=en-GB |url-status=live }}</ref> though Grace Bukunmi was later hired as well;<ref>{{Cite web |title=OnlyFans Creative Fund: Fashion Edition - The Shorty Awards |url=https://shortyawards.com/7th-impact/onlyfans-creative-fund-fashion-edition |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=shortyawards.com}}</ref> the winner received $50,000 and second and third place were awarded $25,000.<ref name="People1">{{cite news |last1=Patterson |first1=Charmaine |date=March 5, 2022 |title=OnlyFans Announces Fund for Aspiring Fashion Creators and Taps Top Celeb Stylists to Help |url=https://people.com/style/onlyfans-announces-fund-for-aspiring-fashion-creators-and-stylists/ |accessdate=August 3, 2022 |work=People}}</ref> OnlyFans had previously announced a similar competition for musicians with an £80,000 prize.<ref name=":5" /> OFTV also aired a four-part ''Comedy Edition'' of the programme, which sported a similar prize fund; judged by London Hughes, Jamali Maddix and Mae Martin, the programme was hosted by Jack Guinness<ref name=":4">{{cite web |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |date=27 September 2022 |title=OnlyFans Launches $100,000 Comedy Competition for Its Non-Porn Streaming Service |url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/onlyfans-comedy-competition-non-porn-streaming-1235384916/ |access-date=17 November 2022 |website=Variety}}</ref> and recorded in November 2022.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Steve |title=Mary O'Connell wins the biggest prize in comedy : News 2023 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2023/02/22/52580/mary_o%E2%80%99connell_wins_the_biggest_prize_in_comedy |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=www.chortle.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> The contestants were mentored by Sofie Hagen<ref name=":4" /> and included Mary O'Connell, who won the series.<ref name=":6" /> From September 2023, OFTV aired LMAOF, a series of standup comedy sets, some of which were recorded at Hoxton Hall in London<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Steve |title=LMAOF recording : Reviews 2023 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2023/09/13/54144/lmaof_recording |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=www.chortle.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> and some of which were recorded in America;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seabaugh |first=Julie |date=2023-09-29 |title=Will OnlyFans prove a new hub for comedy? |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-09-29/will-onlyfans-prove-a-new-hub-for-comedy |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> some episodes recorded in August 2024 were filmed at Monkey Barrel at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Steve |title=Only Fans films at the Edinburgh Fringe : Other news 2024 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/other-news/2024/08/01/56187/only_fans_films_at_the_edinburgh_fringe |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=www.chortle.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> Other comedic content to have appeared on the platform included ribaldry from Whitney Cummings, who joined in November 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2022-11-03 |title=Whitney Cummings Joins OnlyFans — but for Subscriber-Only 'Dirty Jokes,' Not Nude Pics (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/whitney-cummings-joins-onlyfans-comedy-roast-no-nudity-1235421120/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> roasts of Cummings and Bert Kreischer, and comedy shows by Cummings<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2023-10-23 |title=Whitney Cummings to Release Her First Stand-Up Comedy Special for OnlyFans' SFW Free Streaming Service |url=https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/whitney-cummings-onlyfans-first-stand-up-comedy-special-free-oftv-1235765150/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> and Hannah Stocking, who joined after hosting Cummings's roast.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hale |first=James |date=2024-07-11 |title=Millionaires: Hannah Stocking is ready to "ramp it up" on OnlyFans |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2024/07/11/millionaires-hannah-stocking/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US}}</ref> thumb|''Model Farmers'' trailer In June 2022, OFTV announced ''Model Farmers'',<ref name=":0" /> a show featuring six OnlyFans creators<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Gutelle |first=Sam |date=2023-04-21 |title=OnlyFans is ready for its push into reality TV. Welcome to the 'House of Sims'. |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2023/04/21/only-fans-reality-shows-house-of-sims-towie-model-farmers-oftv/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US}}</ref> including the ''Love Island'' alumni Danielle Sellers, Jessie Wynter, and Shannon Singh putting in shifts at Becky Houzé's dairy farm in St Saviour, Jersey.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=8 June 2022 |title=Jersey farmer Becky Houzé to star in new reality show featuring models and Love Island contestants |url=https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2022/06/08/jersey-farmer-becky-houz-to-star-in-new-reality-show-featuring-models-and-love-island-contestants/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608235439/https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2022/06/08/jersey-farmer-becky-houz-to-star-in-new-reality-show-featuring-models-and-love-island-contestants/ |archive-date=8 June 2022 |accessdate=28 January 2025 |website=Jersey Evening Post}}</ref> The show was reviewed by ''Boots and Heels''<ref name=":10" /> and was recommissioned for a second series set in a sheep farm in the Outback, which premiered in April 2023.<ref name=":10" /> Participants for the second series featured ''Love Island'' alumni Phoebe Thompson and Millie Fuller and ''Married at First Sight Australia'' bride Kate Laidlaw.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Corbett |first=Isabella |date=2023-04-20 |title=Several Aussie Reality Stars/OnlyFans Creators Have Been Recruited For A Simple Life-Esque Show |url=https://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/model-farmers-season-two-onlyfans/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=PEDESTRIAN.TV |language=en-US}}</ref> In July 2022, Chloe, Frankie, and Demi Sims of ''The Only Way Is Essex'' were signed for ''House of Sims'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=TOWIE's Chloe Sims and family sign up for docuseries with OnlyFans {{!}} Radio Times |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/reality-tv/chloe-sims-towie-onlyfans-newsupdate/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=www.radiotimes.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> a ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians''-style documentary series<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2023-04-21 |title=British Reality Star Chloe Sims on Joining OnlyFans, Moving to L.A. for Upcoming 'House of Sims' Show on OFTV |url=https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/chloe-sims-onlyfans-house-of-sims-free-oftv-1235590986/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> that also featured their brother Charlie Sims and his girlfriend and their manager Georgia Shults. The first episode aired in May 2023, with subsequent episodes airing weekly<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-04 |title=11 thoughts we had while watching House of Sims episode one |url=https://closeronline.co.uk/entertainment/tv-movies/house-of-sims-review/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Closer |language=en}}</ref> and a second series airing in March 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-08 |title=House of Sims: everything you need to know about season two |url=https://closeronline.co.uk/entertainment/tv-movies/house-of-sims/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Closer |language=en}}</ref> In April 2024, Ben Pulsford of ''Closer'' wrote that the second series "somehow went from a wholesome postcard from LA to ''Big Brother'''s Fight Night"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-10 |title=Frankie and Demi Sims reunite with TOWIE co-star amid House of Sims feud |url=https://closeronline.co.uk/entertainment/towie/frankie-demi-sims-frankie-essex/ |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=Closer |language=en}}</ref> and Netflix aired the first series;<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-26 |title=Demi Sims shares update on Kardashian-style reality show House of Sims |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a61707661/demi-sims-update-house-of-sims/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref> Mike Piggott of ''Mediacat.uk'' wrote that the latter "effectively legitimis[ed OFTV] as a bona fide streamer".<ref name=":9" /> Chloe stated in March 2025 that there would not be a third series.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-27 |title=Chloe Sims CONFIRMS House of Sims future amid feud with sisters |url=https://closeronline.co.uk/entertainment/towie/house-of-sims-future/ |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=Closer |language=en}}</ref>
OFTV announced the second series of cooking competition ''This is Fire'' in January 2023, having released the first in 2022; the two series were hosted by Grandmaster Chef Jojo<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gutelle |first=Sam |date=2023-01-05 |title=OnlyFans boosts its safe-for-work platform with a second round of cook-offs |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2023/01/05/onlyfans-oftv-cooking-series-this-is-fire-season-two/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US}}</ref> and won by Kazumi and Nathan Webb.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gelb |first=Sydney |date=2023-03-23 |title=Exclusive: Too Hot to Handle Alum Nathan Webb Takes Home the Gold On 'This Is Fire' Season 2 |url=https://www.thethings.com/too-hot-to-handle-netflix-star-nathan-webb-this-is-fire-onlyfans-oftv/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=TheThings |language=en |archive-date=2024-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903201137/https://www.thethings.com/too-hot-to-handle-netflix-star-nathan-webb-this-is-fire-onlyfans-oftv/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> By the following month, London Hughes and Tyler Posey had filmed for OFTV.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OnlyFans TV Launching New Original Shows With Whitney Cummings & More |url=https://www.pride.com/gay-tv/onlyfans-oftv-streaming-service-shows |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=www.pride.com |language=en}}</ref> By November, Amouranth had aired four episodes of ''The Quiet Games'', a game show where OnlyFans creators had to compete challenges in a nursing home without disturbing its residents, and was in discussion to make other shows on the platform such as a cookery show and a take on ''American Ninja Warrior''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gutelle |first=Sam |date=2023-11-01 |title=Amouranth is developing multiple "game show-type concepts" for OnlyFans' safe-for-work hub |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2023/11/01/amouranth-the-quiet-games-game-show-onlyfans-oftv-safe-for-work/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US}}</ref> They released ''There's a Catch'' in January 2024, which involved creators such as ''Love Island'' alumnus Rebecca Gormley and ''Married at First Sight'' alumnus Whitney Hughes working on traditional fishing boats,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gutelle |first=Sam |date=2024-01-19 |title=OnlyFans stars look to hook big ones in fishing series 'There's A Catch' |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2024/01/19/only-fans-original-fishing-series-theres-a-catch-oftv/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Tubefilter |language=en-US}}</ref> and which had previously been known as ''Off the Hook''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OFTV gets Off the Hook in OnlyFans Spanish island-set reality TV series |url=https://www.c21media.net/news/oftv-gets-off-the-hook-in-onlyfans-spanish-island-set-reality-tv-series/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=C21media |language=en-us}}</ref> From April 2025, OFTV aired Hannah Elizabeth's eight-episode series "Cooking with Hannah Elizabeth",<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-11 |title=Love Island star Hannah Elizabeth shows different side on Only Fans |url=https://www.liverpoolworld.uk/news/people/hannah-elizabeth-onlyfans-5078926 |access-date=2025-05-01 |website=LiverpoolWorld |language=en}}</ref> which later changed its name to "Hans Scrans"{{Sic}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fridge raider - 24 Jun 2025 - Closer UK Magazine - Readly |url=https://gb.readly.com/magazines/closer-uk/2025-06-24/68590d8714bbabb1be168167 |access-date=2025-11-17 |website=gb.readly.com |language=en}}</ref>
== Reception == Writing in August 2021 Lucas Shaw of ''Bloomberg News'' wrote that many of its creators left "little to the imagination in their videos"<ref name=":3" /> and Mark Stenburg of Adweek opined that the service was not particularly family friendly due to the presence of adult creators and series such as "Coffee and Cleavage", describing the latter as halfway between "talk show and peep show".<ref name=":7" /> Carly Tennes of Cracked.com wrote that "the old adage of “I can change him” may actually come true for the first time in all of recorded history" in OnlyFans entertaining "the pious overlords at Google and Apple",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tennes |first=Carly |date=2021-08-17 |title=OnlyFans Tries to Pretend It's Not OnlyFans To Appease App Store Overlords |url=https://www.cracked.com/article_31026_onlyfans-tries-to-pretend-its-not-onlyfans-to-appease-app-store-overlords.html |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Cracked.com |language=en}}</ref> while Nick Hall of ''Man of Many'' described it as "surprisingly safe for work".<ref name=":8" /> Jyoti Mann of ''Business Insider'' reviewed the service's content in February 2023 and was unimpressed, describing the content as "chaotic and mediocre at best",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mann |first=Jyoti |title=I watched videos for 2 hours on OnlyFans' OFTV — but they didn't make me a fan. YouTube has nothing to worry about. |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/i-watched-onlyfans-streaming-oftv-chaotic-no-fan-2023-2 |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> though Piggott described the service in April 2024 as a "superb marketing exercise" and wrote that the site was "dominated by OF creators".<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=2024-04-02 |title=OFTV: OnlyFans extends brand to become a streamer |website=MediaCat UK |url=https://mediacat.uk/oftv-onlyfans-extends-its-brand-to-become-a-streaming-platform/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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