Charles Rivkin, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association, has confirmed the body will work with Members of Congress to enact judicial site-blocking legislation in the US. Delivering a State of the Industry address at CinemaCon 2024 in Las Vegas, Rivkin noted that in 2023, box office was up 20 per cent from the […]
In advance of the 2024 NAB Show, NAGRA, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and media and entertainment solutions, and Content Fabric pioneer, Eluvio, have announced the commercial launch of the industry’s first integration of NAGRA NexGuard forensic watermarking for secure, just-in-time, ultra-low latency live streaming via decentralised networking using the […]
Denuvo by Irdeto, a provider of security solutions for the gaming industry, has announced the launch of its new product, TraceMark for Gaming, during the Game Developers Conference (GDC). This watermarking solution, part of the Irdeto anti-piracy suite and the first of its kind to be tailored specifically for the gaming industry, leverages the core […]
Agile Content, a provider of Internet television and video solutions, has deployed its Agile CDN Director solution at Telenor Sweden, one of the largest telcos in the country. This new product adoption continues a decade-long partnership to drive efficiencies and better manage utilisation of Agile Content subsidiary Edgeware’s content delivery network. Taking into account the […]
TAG (Trustworthy Accountability Group), the global certification programme to strengthen safety and transparency in digital advertising, has launched Project Brand Integrity 2.0 (PBI 2.0), an expansion of TAG’s anti-piracy initiative to defund the criminals who profit from stolen content while protecting advertisers from unintentional exposure to unsafe websites. Through PBI 2.0, TAG will leverage new […]
Piracy Shield, a new system designed to combat online piracy in Italy, became operational earlier this month and has since managed to block 528 IP addresses and 114 illegal sites. According to estimates by Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom), this move has prevented around 100,000 households from illegally watching premium content. The system aims to protect […]
A man from London who made £247,552 by illegally streaming sports and movie channels, as well as other premium television content, has been sentenced. Riki Adal, 43, of Allerton Road, Hackney, promoted streams branded as Mighty Plex, Mighty TV and Mighty Flex on Facebook and Telegram between 2017 and 2022. Adal pleaded guilty at the […]
IP protection body FACT has reported that, on January 10th, Jordan Longbottom, a 42-year-old man from Manchester, received a 22-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to charges of advertising and selling unauthorised decoders. The decoders were designed for fraudulent use, allowing users to access pay-TV services without remunerating legitimate providers, significantly undermining their commercial interests. […]
Data from global consultancy Kearney, and MUSO, a London-based data company providing anti-piracy solutions and market analytics, shows that global video piracy site visits will have risen to an estimated 141 billion in 2023, increasing by 12% since 2019. The study conducted by Kearney and MUSO is based on the measurement of both unlicensed downloading […]
Reports from South Africa say that pirate streaming services like 123Movies and Fmovies not only steal revenue from local broadcasters such as MultiChoice but also significantly impact the creative industry as a whole. Moreover, the fines for pirates found guilty are miniscule. The pirate services depend on advertising for their income stream. This inevitably appeals […]