Portugal’s audiovisual industry is losing at least €200 million a year due to piracy. The estimate comes from the director general of the Portuguese Association for the Protection of Audiovisual Works (FEVIPE), Paulo Santos. According to Santos, the estimates are on the low side and the figure includes the amount that the Portuguese State loses […]
Online criminals who offer stolen movies, TV shows, games, and live events through websites and apps are reaping $1.34 billion (€1.14bn) in annual advertising revenues – including from some of the most iconic global companies, according to new research from Internet security education body the Digital Citizens Alliance and piracy risk data and protection, brand […]
Verve Group, a privacy-first omnichannel ad platform, today announced the addition of Pixalate’s Analytics tool to its ad fraud detection and measurement mechanisms. This is an extension of a long-standing business relationship between the two companies, with Verve Group having previously implemented Pixalate’s MRC-accredited invalid traffic (IVT) detection solutions across its platform. Today’s announcement cements Verve Group’s […]
Ahead of a busy weekend for televised sport, with not all events available free-to-air in the UK, Kieron Sharp, CEO of intellectual property protection body FACT has warned on the danger fans face if they choose to illegal stream the events. “With the inaugural Hundred tournament beginning, the Lions kicking off the first of three […]
After a sharp increase of audiovisual piracy during lockdown, Italy has now seen a significant drop in such acts that are in line with pre-Covid data. According to a study by Ipsos for the Federation for the Protection of Audiovisual and Media Content (FAPAV), around 243 million acts of piracy were recorded during the first […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the global coalition dedicated to reducing online piracy and protecting the creative marketplace, has successfully completed its first action in Serbia, resulting in the closure of Premiumcccam. Premiumcccam (.net) was a card-sharing and IPTV subscription service. It provided access to more than 6,000 TV channels and content from […]
A UK man who ran an operation offering illegal access to Premier League football has been jailed for 16 months. Paul Faulkner appeared in front of Liverpool Crown Court in the northwest of England on July 6th after pleading guilty to multiple copyright and fraud offences, including accessing pirate content for his own use. Faulkner […]
Mediavision’s latest study on piracy in the Nordics concludes that illegal streaming and downloading of films and TV series is widespread in the region. There are around 3 million who watch pirate TV content in the Nordics and most of them are Swedish. Sweden is not only the biggest country in the region, but also […]
For the last six days Cox subscribers have been without any live streamed content as US press speculates it has been a victim of a ransom attack. Cox is not commenting. Cox Media owns 33 TV stations in 20 markets, 65 radio stations in 11 markets and several multi-platform streaming video and digital platforms. According […]
Italy’s Financial Police, based in Milan, have identified and seized two illegal IPTV transmission centres located in Switzerland and Sicily. Some 22 Italians and two Swiss citizens have been accused of criminal association with a transnational character. Their activities consisted of the sale and distribution of decrypted audio/video streams to about 900 resellers whose proceeds […]