Cable TV provider Adelphia is ading hard core porn movies on their VOD service in Southern California.

The move is a radical departure for Adelphia, the largest cable provider in Southern California and the nation’s fifth biggest. Five years ago, Adelphia stirred a local controversy by dropping Spice – a popular soft-porn channel – from newly acquired cable systems here because Adelphia founder John Rigas considered X-rated programming immoral.

Today, the 80-year-old Rigas and one of his sons are facing prison terms after being convicted last summer for looting the company and engaging in fraudulent accounting.

Adelphia also filed for bankruptcy in 2002, and this is likely an attempt at making them a more viable option for somebody to purchase.