A new integrated campaign sees social media star GK Barry star in a three-part vodcast series, A Foot in the Door, to support young creatives trying to break into the film, TV and music industries. The series will see Barry, with three special guests, go best foot forward into careers in the creative industries in […]
Digital content security specialist castLabs says it is poised to disrupt the content protection market with its single-frame forensic watermarking technology. The solution embeds hidden information within each frame of a video or other digital assets such as static images and documents. Then, it retrieves it with a single picture, offering unparalleled authentication, copyright protection, […]
Sky has obtained a UK High Court order that will make ISPs responsible for blocking piracy services illegally streaming sports and entertainment it owns rights to. The blocking order, granted last week, will require UK online platforms to stop people from illegally accessing streams across a range of linear channels — where viewers must tune […]
Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom) has approved changes to the Regulation on online copyright concerning the fight against illegal access to live sports content. The amended anti-piracy regulations provide the Italian regulator with the power to issue “dynamic injunctions,” on the basis of the provisions of the Recommendation of the European Commission on the fight against […]
Following successful legal action taken by Sky, represented by Elizabeth-Jane Walsh BL, a licensee in Callan Co Kilkenny in the Republic of Ireland has been ordered to pay €32,538 in damages for infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports programming illegally in their premises. An Order for costs has also been awarded against the licensee. […]
Anti-fraud and geolocation solutions provider GeoComply Solutions has attracted sports streaming and entertainment platform DAZN as a new client, utilising GeoGuard, which provides advanced protection against usage of VPNs, Tors, Proxies, and other advanced location spoofing techniques. With over 20 million premium paying subscribers across 200 markets, DAZN’s business model depends on ensuring price differentiation […]
Trade body the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) has achieved what it describes as “significant” piracy takedown success for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 tournament. IBCAP’s monitoring and protection efforts played an instrumental role in mitigating the piracy of live cricket matches not only in IBCAP member markets, such as the United States, […]
Sports marketing agency Pitch International has partnered with innovative sports broadcasting company Recast to host the Hopman Cup tennis event, organised by Tennium, on the microtransaction pay-per-view platform which will allow fans in dark markets to watch the event. The partnership will also increase their global exposure and monetise the rights in territories where broadcasters […]
With Carlos Alcaraz ending the reign of Novak Djokovic as Wimbledon Men’s Singles Champion, organisers of the tournament strengthened their ability quickly to remove illegal broadcasts through a global agreement with LaLiga Tech, the joint venture between technology company Globant and Spain’s premier football league LaLiga. Content Protection services carried out continuous monitoring and elimination […]
Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has shut down Latin America’s most notorious illegal streaming service, Cuevana3. The shutdown comes after ACE identified the operator in the Piura District of Perú. Cuevana3, formerly known as cuevana3.io, is the largest Spanish-language piracy streaming service in the LatAm region and ranked number one for […]