Though digital piracy has experienced a slight decrease in Spain in terms of absolute figures, the percentage of citizens accessing pirate content has remained the same or even increased for some sectors such as music and leisure books (e-readers). In 2016, there were 4.128 billion illegal accesses to content, 4.2 per cent less that in […]
As part of the Moments Worth Paying For campaign from pro-copyright education body the Industry Trust for IP Awareness, British actor Charlie Hunnam has released a short video to encourage audiences to make the most of their movies and see them on the big screen. The exclusive 35” trailer features Hunnam in an exclusive piece […]
Just shy of five million people in the UK use pirated TV streaming services, according to YouGov. The research firm’s new study, Illegal Streaming, suggests that 10 per cent of the population (around 4.9 million adults) currently have access to platforms such as ‘illegal’ Kodi boxes (i.e., those with software that has been changed with […]
In another blow to peddlers of illicit video piracy services and a further success for US pay-TV operator DISH on the heels of forcing the closure of an illegal IPTV operation, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled to shut down unauthorised digital streaming and distribution by the providers of […]
A US federal court has ruled that the owners of the Lool IPTV service unlawfully streamed international television channels to users in the United States in violation of rights held by pay-TV operator DISH. As part of the ruling, the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas ordered a $1,050,000 (€980,000) judgement in […]
Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, has announced two additions to its forensic watermarking offerings with the availability of the Standalone VideoMark solution for IP and broadcast networks and the extended server-side watermarking capabilities of StreamMark to support adaptive bitrate (ABR) streaming. Through the […]
The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP), an alliance of leading international broadcasters committed to combatting unauthorised streaming and distribution of international television content in the United States, and content protection and multiscreen television solutions NAGRA, have entered into an expanded agreement to bring a new generation of anti-piracy technology and services to broadcasters and […]
The Spanish National Police and Europol have revealed the successful raid of one of the largest European illegal IPTV streaming businesses. In a collaborative operation with Europol, Eurojust, Spanish specialised computer crimes prosecutors, the English Premier League and digital platform security specialist Irdeto, 12 locations were raided in Spain and Bulgaria. Dubbed ‘Operation Casper’, eight […]
Illegal viewership and sharing of near-live content undermines subscription networks, and beIN intends to protect its platform and content effectively. “We have appointed TMG to monitor beIN streaming piracy on a global scale”, said Mohammad Al Subaie, Executive Director of Commercial Affairs at beIN. “We are confident that TMG’s cutting-edge technologies and infrastructure will enable […]
Ryan Baker, of Baker Marquart, the law firm acting for OTT streaming service FilmOn X, has filed a petition for rehearing en banc (a session in which a case is heard before all the judges of a court [before the entire bench] rather than by a panel of judges selected from them) in respect of […]