In November 2011, Manwin became an operating partner of Playboy, managing the brand's online and entertainment business Playboy Plus Entertainment, which operates a number of television channels and online services based in the UK and Benelux.
Manwin also created 3DXSTAR in a partnership with Funky Monkey Productions. In June 2011, Manwin bought all adult related assets of Carsed Marketing Incorporated, including Twistys, Twistys Cash Affiliate Program, GayTube, SexTube, and TrannyTube. In May 2011, Manwin acquired the pornographic video sharing website YouPorn. In 2011, the company raised US$362 million in financing from 125 secret investors, including Fortress Investment Group, JPMorgan Chase, and Cornell University. The 2010 Manwin purchases accounted for US$130 million in debt. In December 2010, Manwin entered into a partnership with Wicked Pictures to manage Wicked Pictures' paysites.
In November 2010, Manwin introduced celebrity news website (now defunct). In September 2010, Manwin acquired EuroRevenue, which owned various niche pornography sites. In June 2010, Manwin opened non-adult video sharing website (now defunct). Manwin went on an acquisition spree of other popular pornographic entities. Thylmann also bought in a separate deal during the same period. In March 2010, Thylmann bought the assets of Mansef and Interhub, and merged the properties into a new entity called Manwin. The domain name was first registered in August 2007. Between 20, Thylmann bought three more websites: MyDirtyHobby, Webcams, and Xtube. Mansef was run as a familial business with several of the company managers being related to each other Manos, Youssef and Keezer later wanted to sell the companies, looking to move onto other ventures. Matt Keezer started Pornhub in 2007 under Interhub in which Mansef was also a partner. In 2006, Thylmann sold his shares in the company that controlled NATS and used the proceeds to purchase the Privat Amateure website. It later launched Brazzers and a porn production company among various other pay sites. Mansef was funded by Concordia University graduates Stephane Manos and Ouissam Youssef (Mansef a portmanteau of the two's surnames) in 2004 as the holding company for various "thumbnail gallery post" websites and an affiliate network. In the late 1990s, Canadian Fabian Thylmann created NATS (Next-Generation Affiliate Tracking Software), which was used for marketing pornography across different websites. On December 21, 2023, Aylo agreed to pay a fine of $1.8 million plus additional compensation to GirlsDoPorn victims, and to have an independent party assess their content moderation processes for three years. In February 2021, a U.S.-based civil class action lawsuit was launched against the company on behalf of child sex trafficking victims whose child sexual abuse material was uploaded to Pornhub. The lawsuit stated that the company knowingly did not "investigate or question its business partner regarding the mounting evidence of sex trafficking". In January 2021, a class action lawsuit making similar claims was launched in Montreal for anyone who had pornography photos and videos, some of which may have been taken when they were underage, shared on its websites without their consent, since 2007. They were sued in California for hosting non-consensual pornography produced by GirlsDoPorn, which coerced women into appearing in their videos under false pretenses.
The company has been subject to a number of lawsuits and filed litigation against its competitors. In 2013, a spokesperson for the company stated that its properties were among the top five users of internet bandwidth in the world. The company is one of the largest distributors of online pornography, to the extent that it has been accused of having a monopoly position (with 3 out of the 10 most popular online pornography sites being owned by the company). Aylo's headquarters are located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, but the company's corporate structure is divided among entities domiciled in a number of other countries (including tax havens such as Curaçao and Luxembourg).
It is primarily involved in internet pornography, operating a number of video sharing websites (including platforms such as Pornhub, RedTube, and YouPorn), and pornographic film studios such as Brazzers, Digital Playground, Men.com, Reality Kings, Sean Cody, and, among others. Aylo Global Entertainment (Europe) Limited Īylo (formerly MindGeek and Manwin) is a Canadian multinational adult entertainment conglomerate owned by Canadian private equity firm Ethical Capital Partners.