In 2023, 61 per cent of the French consumers – some 27.5 million individuals – paid to watch a sport or entertainment content online, spending an average of €38 per month. According to its barometer of non-linear OTT cultural and sport content, French TV regulator Arcom states that available access to OTT content increased by […]
The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) has confirmed the filing of a complaint in the Eastern District of New York against ten defendants operating the Glo TV service, as well as Massive Wireless, a New York retailer, its CEO and director, and Rays IPTV, a California distributor and retailer, and its CEO. The lawsuit […]
Two men thought to be behind an illegal operation selling illicit television subscription packages across the UK have been arrested. Simultaneous warrants at residential addresses in Harlow and Chigwell in Essex, Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire, and Lanarkshire in Scotland resulted in the men being arrested on suspicion of fraud, money laundering, and intellectual property offences. […]
A new anti-piracy platform, designed to block illegal streaming within 30 minutes of detection, will come into effect in Italy on January 31st 2024. The digital platform has been established by Lega Serie A and will be managed by Italy’s Communications Regulatory Authority (AgCom). Currently in the testing phase, the ‘Piracy Shield’ is expected to […]
According to a study by data destruction and information security experts Secureteam, Bridgerton is the most dangerous series to stream illegally, as fans eagerly await its return. The study curated a list of 2023 and 2024’s most popular series and returning shows and ran torrenting and streaming URLs through a malware detection program. Some 70 […]
Brazilian law enforcement authorities, together with authorities in Peru, have completed a further series of actions as part of the ongoing ‘Operation 404’, an initiative to tackle infringing services on the Internet, supported by IFPI and Pro-Música Brasil. Operation 404 continues to be one of the largest campaigns of its kind and involves a range […]
One of the largest piracy services in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region has been shut down in Egypt by the Egyptian police, in collaboration with the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the anti-piracy organisation. CimaClub enabled users to directly download or stream pirated content, offering a VoD library of nearly 50,000 movie and […]
The Johor Bahru Sessions Court in Malaysia has charged an individual, Lee Ah Moy, for selling TV boxes pre-loaded with unauthorised Astro content under Section 43AA (1)(c) of the Copyright Act 1987. He was fined RM16,000 (€3,140) in default three months imprisonment. The offence was committed on November 3rd 2022 in a retail outlet in […]
Anti-piracy body the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has shut down tt-torrent.com, a torrent website that was operated out of Thailand. The infringing site had been in operation since 2006, initially under the domain name Thailandtorrent.com and subsequently tt-square.com. TT-torrent.com was ranked the 156th most popular website in Thailand, according to Similarweb. The site […]
Illegal viewing is estimated to account for €500 million in revenue loss a year for French thematic channels. Trade body A.C.C.e.S suggest that some 5.1 per cent of the population use illegal streaming platforms and IP boxes to access thematic content. This represents a loss of €63 per year, per individual, according to the study […]