A series of product safety tests on popular illicit streaming devices entering the UK have found that 100 per cent fail to meet national electrical safety regulations. The findings are a result of a joint initiative between UK intellectual property protection organisation FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) and safety awareness body Electrical Safety First which […]
Independent research commissioned by anti-piracy organisation Creative Content Australia (CCA) shows the growth of online screen content theft has been arrested and remains static, with 21 per cent of adults 18–64 admitting some form of piracy. CCA Executive Director Lori Flekser released the organisation’s ninth wave of independent research to delegates at the Screen Producers’ […]
Digital platform security specialist Irdeto has extended its long-standing security partnership with Foxtel, Australia’s leading pay-TV operator, with the aim of providing Foxtel with a reliable and stable security partner that will ensure premium content is securely delivered across any device, minimising revenue leakage from all forms of piracy. Irdeto Cloaked CA will now securely […]
An international joint operation against online piracy criminal groups supported by Eurojust – the EU’s Judicial Cooperation Unit which supports judicial coordination and cooperation between national authorities – has resulted in two arrests, one of which was based on a European Arrest Warrant, 73 searches and the seizure of several websites, servers, computers and electronic […]
Video piracy – the copying and selling copyrighted content – has been around since the advent of the VHS tape and home video recording in 1979, notes market intelligence firm ABI Research. Today, video piracy has shifted from pirated set-top boxes to content redistribution over broadband networks. The most common forms of piracy today include […]
Seven people have been arrested across Spain for the illegal broadcasting of football matches, offering the pirated content in different formats: direct download, streaming and P2P distribution. The arrests were carried out in an operation undertaken by Spain’s Policía Nacional (National Police) in Madrid, Alicante, Albacete, Antequera (Málaga) and in the Valencian cities of Gandía […]
Members and supporters of the newly-established Coalition Against Piracy gathered at the annual CASBAA Convention in Macau on November 7th to mark the initiation of joint work in southeast Asia against Illicit Streaming Devices (ISDs) and the app networks that underpin them. In toasting the launch, Birathon Kasemsri, Chief Commercial Officer, True Visions Group, described […]
Consumer data released from the Australian Home Entertainment Distributors Association (AHEDA) indicates that in-home consumption of video has benefited from industry efforts to combat film and TV piracy. New research by GfK shows that in Q3 2017 (July – September), just 16 per cent of Australians claimed to have watched pirated content in the previous […]
According to Global Internet Phenomena Spotlight, a report focusing on paid subscription television piracy services from network intelligence specialist Sandvine, reveals that 6.5 per cent of households in North America are accessing pirated live television services each month, an adoption rate that may cost Communication Service Providers (CSPs) over $4 billion in revenue in 2017. […]
Revenues lost to online piracy will nearly double between 2016 and 2022 to $51.6 billion (€44.5bn), according to the Online TV Piracy Forecasts report from Digital TV Research. Covering 138 countries, these forecasts include revenues lost to TV episodes and movies – but not other sectors such as sports or pay-TV. “Piracy will never be […]