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 […]
Collaboration between multiplay operator VodafoneZiggo, the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) and Dutch Police has seen the closure of a card sharing piracy network, with the operator of the illegal network being convicted and sentenced to 240 hours community service and fined over €45,000 at a court in Groningen. The man was convicted of criminal offences […]
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has reached an agreement with digital sports content and media group Perform for the broadcasting of selected Serie A football games and the entire Serie B championship. This is the first distribution deal signed after the assigning of the Italian TV rights to the Serie A for the seasons 2018-2021. Perform Group’s […]
Vodafone Spain has finally refused to pay the asking price for football rights from Telefónica and will rely on TV series and movies to capture subscribers. The General Director of Vodafone Spain, Andres Vicente, has explained that the current model (of football TV rights) “is not the best option” as it means the acquisition of […]
Australia’s film, television and music industries have united to call on the Government to evolve Australian content rules to make them fit for purpose in the digital environment. In a joint submission to a Senate inquiry into Australian content on broadcast, radio and streaming services, APRA AMCOS and Screen Producers Australia lent their weight to […]
In light of the continued illegal use of the World Cup football broadcast signal by pirate operation beoutQ, the game’s governing body FIFA has engaged counsel to take legal action in Saudi Arabia and is working alongside other sports rights owners that have also been affected to protect its interest. “FIFA urges the authorities of […]
Orange Spain will pay-up for Telefónica’s TV football rights so it can offer its subscribers La Liga and Champions League football. Vodafone has indicated it will wait and see the prices set by Telefónica to resell them. “Telefónica has the football rights and we will have them [too] but we think that this operator has […]
Ascot Racecourse and At The Races have announced that from March 2019, Ascot will be broadcast on Sky Sports Racing, with At The Races also managing UK streaming for betting rights for the racecourse. The agreement, which will run until at least 2021, will see Ascot join Sky Sports Racing’s strong global rights portfolio, which […]
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Media has rejected as “baseless” accusations made by The Championships, Wimbledon regarding the broadcast pirate entity known as beoutQ. “Wimbledon’s press release baselessly claims that beoutQ is based in Saudi Arabia and suggests that Saudi Arabia is somehow complicit in beoutQ’s broadcasts,” says the Ministry. The response follows a call from […]
Members of the European Parliament, gathered in plenary session in Strasbourg, have rejected the negotiation mandate on the copyright directive. This mandate was to bring the text proposal (as drafted by the relevant committee (JURI ) at a final negotiation stage. French-speaking authors’ society LaScam, along with the whole creative industry throughout Europe, it claims, […]