Mark Mulready, VP, Cybersecurity Services at digital platform security specialist Irdeto, has called on payment platforms to support legitimate media organisations, following research that suggests pirates depend heavily on leading payment platforms to help them gather subscription and pay-per-view revenue. In an Irdeto Perspective blog post, Mulready notes that investigators often get told to ‘follow […]
The non-profit Sports Fans Coalition NY (SFCNY) has launched Locast.org, a free local broadcast video streaming service currently available in New York City, to the people of Dallas, TX, and announced the expansion of Locast.org in the coming weeks to three other top-10 markets. Locast.org has also premiered a new and improved user interface and […]
The number of Britons that are illegally downloading music is decreasing, according to new custom research from YouGov. YouGov’s Music Report reveals that one in ten Britons (10 per cent) download music illegally, down from 18 per cent five years ago. This number looks set to decrease. While 63 per cent of those that illegally […]
The Streaming Video Alliance (the Alliance), an industry forum solving challenges to improve the video experience, has published a technical document that provides considerations for implementing forensic watermarking as a tactic for combatting the piracy of online video content. The document – Forensic Watermarking Implementation Considerations for Streaming Media – was developed by the Alliance’s […]
Findings from the 2018 Pay-TV Innovation Forum, the survey of pay-TV industry executives globally carried out by content protection and TV solutions specialist NAGRA, and MTM, an international research and strategy consultancy, suggest that the pay-TV industry in Asia Pacific is experiencing significant challenges, driven by the proliferation of high-quality OTT services and widespread piracy. […]
The English Premier League has been granted what it describes as a “significant” High Court Order that will enable it to disrupt and block illegal streams of its content across the whole of the next football season. On July 19th 2018, Justice Arnold granted an Order that will require the UK’s major Internet Service Providers […]
Following a successful prosecution by UK intellectual property protection organisation FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft), the licensees and company directors responsible for the running of three pubs in the Midlands have been convicted of 64 offences and ordered to pay a combined total of £327,405 (€367,530) in fines and costs for showing Sky Sports illegally […]
Arabsat president and CEO Khalid Balkheyour firmly denies that his satellite operation is involved in the distribution of pirated signals from beoutQ over the Middle East. Various recent statements from FIFA and other sports bodies have formally complained about the pirated signals, but Arabsat is now demanding an apology from FIFA. Arabsat says it wrote […]
Friend MTS, the content and revenue protection specialist, has been selected by the World Boxing Super Series to provide security against streaming piracy for the upcoming Cruiserweight final, which will take place in Moscow on July 21st. Simon Williamson, Chief Commercial Officer at Friend MTScommented: “Friend MTS has deep experience of working alongside rights holders […]
The owner and operator of a major pirate streaming service, and mass supplier of illicit streaming devices that provided illegal access to Premier League football, has been jailed for five years and three months. John Haggerty, the owner of Evolution Trading, appeared in Newcastle Crown Court in the north-east of England for sentencing after pleading […]