Italy’s telecoms regulator, the Communications Authority (AgCom), has fined the US Internet services company Cloudflare €14 million for violating anti-piracy regulations. The fine, set at 1 per cent of the company’s global turnover, was issued because Cloudflare failed to disable access to pirated content as ordered on February 18th 2025. Cloudflare was required to block […]
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has hired Andrew Elliott as Vice President, Content Policy Counsel to bolster its advocacy efforts at the US state and federal levels on issues involving the regulation of its members’ motion pictures, television programmes, and streaming services. Elliott joins the MPA from the law firm Jenner & Block LLP, where […]
Nagravision, a Kudelski Group company, has announced a partnership with the English Football League (EFL) to help detect, disrupt and deter live sports piracy across all matches of the 2025/6 football season. The partnership will utilise the live piracy monitoring and enforcement capabilities of the Nagra Streaming Security solution. Fighting live sports piracy is a […]
Friend MTS, the anti-piracy provider and video cybersecurity partner in entertainment, media and sports, has announced a partnership with Jasmine International Public Company Limited (JAS TV) to safeguard live sports across Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. This collaboration brings together Friend MTS’s advanced anti-piracy solutions including forensic watermarking and global monitoring services to protect English Premier […]
Sport streaming platform DAZN has been ordered to continue broadcasting Jupiler Pro League matches and to honour all contractual payments to the Pro League until the end of the 2025/26 season. This decision came from Belgian arbitration body Cepani following a dispute which arose in late November, which saw DAZN declare it was terminating its […]
The Asia Video Industry Association’s Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) has confirmed that a new site-blocking order has been granted by the Singapore High Court, targeting 22 major piracy website brands (covering 53 domains in total) facilitating illegal streaming and downloads of video content in Singapore. This latest order – obtained by BBC Studios, the Premier […]
UK IP protection organisation FACT has contacted over a thousand individuals across the UK via email and text, warning them to immediately cease using illegal TV streaming services or face the risk of prosecution. The campaign builds on investigations carried out in collaboration with police forces nationwide and forms part of FACT’s ongoing work to […]
The Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) and the Motion Picture Association (MPA), together with anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to bolster collaboration in the fight against illegal streaming and digital piracy across Latin America. The agreement strengthens the coordinated public–private enforcement framework. Under […]
People streaming movies, TV shows and sporting fixtures illegally over the festive period could be unknowingly gifting fraudsters access to their personal finances, warns a cyber security expert. The alert comes following new BeStreamWise research, a cross-industry initiative which aims to raise awareness of the dangers of illegal streaming. The research reveals that 38 per […]
Euroleague Basketball has announced a collaboration with the anti-piracy affiliate of Sportian to protect its competitions against piracy and boost the integrity of its international broadcast offering. Using Piracy Guard services, Euroleague Basketball will be able to automatically detect, report and remove illegal broadcasts across IPTV, web and mobile app platforms. By collaborating with Sportian, […]