Anti-piracy coalition the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) has confirmed the addition of DirecTV, a leading video distribution company in the US, as its newest member. While IBCAP remains focused on anti-piracy efforts for the multicultural video market, the addition of DirecTV will permit IBCAP to broaden its scope as it works with DirecTV […]
Following a landmark case in Lebanon, the operator of a platform responsible for supplying illegal streams to pirate services around the world, has been convicted and sentenced to 11 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $90,000 (€83,000) in penalties and damages. Following a joint criminal complaint by the Premier League, Sky and […]
MotoGP has extended its long-term partnership with Sportian, the sports division of Globant. As the collective fightback against sports piracy continues, the partnership has achieved breakthrough results in removing illegal content. Since beginning its anti-piracy partnership with La Liga, co-founder of Sportian, over five years ago, MotoGP has been successful in tracking and removing illegal […]
A criminal family group in Malaga, in the south of Spain, dedicated to TV piracy, has been dismantled with the arrest of nine people who have defrauded an estimated €5 million+ in illegally distributing pay-TV signals. The group operated a chain of companies that was receiving and managing illegal payments from users to gain heavily-discounted […]
An individual has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the Western District of Tennessee for stealing and selling pre-release DVDs, copies of which were re-distributed tens of millions of times on pirate sites and networks before any legitimate release date. These federal charges stem from an investigation and a referral from antipiracy coalition […]
The second report published by Grant Thornton, carried out in partnership with the Live Content Coalition – a group of representatives of leading European live content producers, broadcasters, and exhibitors – demonstrates no discernible impact of the European Commission’s Recommendation of May 4th 2023 on combating of sports and other live events. It clearly indicates […]
Irdeto, a specialist in digital video platform experiences and security, has announced a live content security solution in partnership with M2A Media, designed to protect intellectual property (IP) and revenue for content owners. This collaboration embeds a forensic digital watermark on live video streams, delivering an effective solution to broadcasters and rights owners for combating […]
Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has filed two separate federal lawsuits against individuals in California and Pennsylvania, each accused of operating illegal internet protocol television (IPTV) services. The first lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California, targets Zachary DeBarr of Murrieta, California, the alleged operator […]
La Liga’s crackdown on pirate streaming platforms is an unwanted impact on Movistar Plus+ and several Spanish football teams’ websites that are facing outages preventing fans from accessing services and buying game tickets. The websites of both Valencia and Girona football club experienced outages for several hours that in the latter case made it impossible […]
Google could be made to compensate La Liga, Telefónica and Mediapro as a result of La Liga football matches broadcast via illegal app, New Play, which sells advertising. Representatives of Google Ireland and Google Commerce Limited have been summoned to testify in court as Google is alleged to make a share of the ad revenue […]