Star TV has filed official complaints against dozens of cable operators with allegations of piracy and signal theft of its pay-TV transmissions. Police have raided certain cable operators and seized re-transmissions equipment. Typical actions, and reported by IndianTelevision.com, is operator RST Digital in Karnataka with around 2500 subscribers which is alleged to have been accessing […]
A number of broadcast industry trade bodies and observers have commented on the European Commission’s Digital Single Market proposals. Cable Europe welcomed the proposal to amend the Audiovisual Media Services Directive. The proposal, which forms a part of the Digital Single Market Strategy, reflects the changing nature of audiovisual services, of market players, technology and […]
The European Commission has proposed an update of EU audiovisual rules to create a fairer environment for all players, promote European films, protect children and tackle hate speech better, as well as presenting a new approach to online platforms. The proposals are part of a three-pronged plan to boost e-commerce by tackling geoblocking, making cross-border […]
The changing UK film and TV piracy landscape is revealed in new figures released to coincide with the CREATe Industry Copyright Education & Awareness Symposium May 24th, where key stakeholders from across the creative industries will join representatives from government and academia to discuss industry best practice in winning the hearts and minds of consumers […]
A report from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) shows that €170 million, or 5.2 per cent of all music sales, were lost in the EU in 2014 as a result of music piracy. Overall, in music sales, €57 million was lost in physical formats (e.g. CDs) and €113 million in digital formats. This […]
The Spanish police has carried out a crackdown operation on TV pirates in 10 provinces arresting 30 people for pirating the signal of the country’s main pay-TV platforms: Movistar TV, Vodafone TV and Orange TV. The pirates manipulated STBs to give illegal access to pay-TV services. They used the card-sharing model whereby one of them […]
Research from external threat management specialist RiskIQ has identified over 450 pirate content sites serving Malware to people trying to download or stream illegal versions of Game of Thrones. This reinforces recent RiskIQ research showing that 6 in 10 consumers access pirated content and 75 per cent of this pirated content is often used as […]
The UK Government is to introduce legislation designed to create the right for every household to access high speed broadband, as well as protecting Intellectual Property. The proposals were outlined in the Queen’s Speech summarising the administration’s legislative proposals for the coming parliamentary session. The purpose of the Digital Economy Bill is to make the […]
Marking the launch of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office’s IP Enforcement Strategy, Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) and the IPO organised jointly a seminar on illegal streaming and the sale of illicit devices and to explore possible solutions. With a focus on the supply chain the scale, scope and impact of this growing form of […]
Marking the second agreement of its kind and the first with a registry based outside the United States, domain name registry operator Radix and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) are cooperating to help ensure that websites using domains operated by Radix are not engaged in large-scale commercial piracy. Under the terms of the […]