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Italy: €2.2bn pay-TV piracy losses in 2024

A Fapav/Ipsos study reveals that, despite anti-piracy laws, Italians are still heavily involved in illegally accessing content such as movies, TV series and sporting events. This has resulted in a €2.2 billion loss for the entertainment industry in 2024 and an estimated loss of €904 million in GDP, putting over 12,000 jobs at risk. While […]

June 19, 2025From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Data: Italian live sports piracy grows 26% YoY

Although the incidence of piracy among the adult population in Italy is stable at 42 per cent, the number of illegal acts of piracy has grown by 9 per cent in 2022 to around 345 million. The data comes from a survey on audiovisual and sports piracy, conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the Italian […]

June 29, 2023From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Study: Piracy cost Italy €1.1bn last year

Piracy cost the Italian economy €1.1 billion last year, according to an Ipsos study for the Italian Federation for the Protection of Audiovisual Content (FAPAV). The negative impact on GDP was almost €500 million, the

July 13, 2020From Branislav Pekic in Rome