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VPNs and streaming: more capacity, less buffer

Video streaming now dominates global internet traffic, accounting for the majority of all downstream bandwidth. With major services counting subscribers in the hundreds of millions, consumer habits have firmly shifted toward on-demand digital content. However, this landscape is highly fragmented. In a typical multi-device household, ensuring stable, private connections for every screen—from the living room […]

June 10, 2026

Aruba launches VPN

Aruba, one of Italy’s leading companies in the cloud, data center, and digital services sectors, has launched HakunaVPN, a new Virtual Private Network solution designed for users and professionals who want to browse the internet in a simple, secure, and private way. Today, much of our lives revolve around an internet connection: remote work, travel, […]

June 10, 2026

France: Piracy down, but sports sector still hit hard

Illegal streaming and downloading of sports and entertainment content declined slightly in France in 2025, despite the progressive rise of new ways of piracy through VPNs and IPTV, according to a report from Arcom. The French TV and digital regulatory body noted a 4 per cent year-on-year decrease in viewership for illegal treams, and this […]

March 24, 2026From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Research: Data breaches down, password theft up

Data breaches have long been the most visible measure of cybercrime. But while breach numbers appear to be trending in the right direction, a quieter and more personal threat has been growing in the background. Infostealers are a type of malware that silently harvests everything stored on a victim’s device. Research from cybersecurity company NordVPN, […]

March 18, 2026

LALIGA granted precautionary measures against VPNs

LALIGA, the Spanish football governing body, and Telefónica Audiovisual Digital (TAD) report that they have been notified of several orders from Commercial Court No. 1 of Córdoba by which the ‘inaudita parte’ precautionary measures requested against NordVPN and ProtonVPN are granted, recognising the responsibility of these technological intermediaries in the process of piracy of LALIGA […]

February 17, 2026

Cross-border content access in the digital entertainment era

The digital entertainment environment continues to evolve with increasingly complicated access restrictions across borders. Media companies and online platforms now routinely implement region-based blocking tools to comply with regional regulations and licensing agreements. These digital boundaries create varied accessibility depending on geographic location, often leaving consumers confused when unexpected access limitations appear. The technical structure […]

September 26, 2025

France: Court orders VPNs to block illegal sports streaming

Canal+ has secured a ruling from the Paris Judicial Court ordering the blocking of over 200 domain names associated with illegal sports streaming sites by five VPN providers. In accordance with the ruling, a legal first, VPN providers NordVPN, CyberGhost, Surfshark, ExpressVPN, and Proton are now required to block access to 203 domain names used […]

May 16, 2025

Onestream announces partnership with NordVPN

Onestream, a provider of high-speed broadband services in the UK, has announced a partnership with NordVPN, a global player in virtual private networks (VPNs). Through this partnership, Onestream customers will gain access to NordVPN’s industry-leading VPN service at a discounted rate, allowing them to browse the internet securely and privately. “At Onestream, we prioritise our […]

August 14, 2024

Study: VPNs boosting piracy in France

Between 2021 and 2023, the total audience of illegal cultural and sporting content websites in France has been reduced by 27 per cent, passing from 11.7 million monthly Internet users to 8.5 million users, according to French regulatory body Arcom. According to its 2023 roundup on cultural and sport content, streaming and direct downloads remain […]

May 3, 2024From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Enhancing your online privacy: Top benefits of using Cloud VPN services

In an era marked by escalating threats to online privacy, the imperative for robust data protection methods has reached unprecedented levels. The ascent of cloud VPN services is a pivotal development, providing individuals and businesses with a secure bastion to fortify their online privacy and security. Beyond mere anonymity, these services establish a secure tunnel, […]

February 15, 2024