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Green Streams, Swisscom partnership

IPTV/OTT platform provider Green Streams and Swisscom have entered into a strategic partnership for the Swiss market. Green Streams has integrated Swisscom’s TV and video backend and content delivery network (CDN) with the Green Streams ‘Media Integration Platform’ and the Green Streams white-label frontend applications. This creates a flexible TV and entertainment service for network […]

October 29, 2024

ACE welcomes Germany illicit IPTV conviction

Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) says it applauds the criminal court in Stuttgart, Germany for sentencing the four operators of a pirate IPTV service for copyright infringement and commercial gang fraud. ACE also commends the Esslingen police for its investigation. ACE had filed a claim to support the ongoing criminal prosecution […]

October 23, 2024By Colin Mann

Argentina anti-piracy success

The Argentine Judiciary has issued what is thought to be an unprecedented ruling in Latin America sentencing the blocking of all domains related to the illegal Internet television service Magis TV and ordered Google to prevent the application from being used in its Android operating system. The judicial decision was made within the framework of […]

September 20, 2024By Colin Mann

DirecTV Inflight launches IPTV service

DirecTV Inflight, a distributor of content in the commercial aviation industry, has launched an IPTV service for business aviation in collaboration with Satcom Direct (SD), the business aviation solutions provider. This media streaming technology offers business aviation customers access to live TV programming, including a comprehensive sports lineup. The solution is completely hardware-free, allowing passengers […]

August 28, 2024

ACE wins $2m IPTV compensation

Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has reached settlements with three US-based illegal IPTV operators. As part of the settlements, the operators are required to pay over $2 million (€1.8m) in financial compensation to ACE. Working with its studio members, last year ACE identified the operators of the services that were illegally […]

August 15, 2024By Colin Mann

ACE hails Spanish anti-piracy action

Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has applauded the Spanish National Police for their decisive action against the large-scale illegal IPTV service TVMucho (also known as Teeveeing), the first criminal action in Spain against an operation of this size and scope. The targeted operation was triggered by a criminal referral from ACE […]

June 3, 2024By Colin Mann

Research: Streaming piracy growing in Nordics

Piracy has been a challenge for the Nordic media market for many years. Despite efforts to limit piracy, illegal consumption of films, series and live sports is growing in most Nordic markets, according to data from Mediavision. Currently, 25 per cent of all 15-74-year-olds in the Nordics say they have downloaded or illegally streamed content […]

May 28, 2024

Ofcom: ‘DTT at risk’

UK broadcast regulator Ofcom has provided the Government with a report on the future of TV distribution. This is in response to a request from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in 2022 for Ofcom to carry out an early review of market changes that may affect the way content reaches audiences on Digital […]

May 9, 2024By Colin Mann

StreamVue, DigiBox UK distribution partnership

StreamVue, a specialist in IPTV and digital signage solutions, has announced an exclusive distribution partnership with DigiBox, a UK distributors of technologies for the broadcast, video and ProAV industries. Mark Kinsell, Sales Director of StreamVue, commented: “The decision to offer DigiBox an exclusive distribution agreement for the UK was a simple one. DigiBox has a […]

May 7, 2024

Illegal TV streaming service convictions

Two men from Worcester in the UK’s West Midlands who operated a business selling illegal subscriptions to watch sports online have been sentenced at Worcester Crown Court. The court sentenced Benjamin Yates and Lewis Finch to 20 months imprisonment suspended for 18 months and 250 hours of unpaid work. Both men, who were trading under […]

April 29, 2024By Colin Mann