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Piracy
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Broadcasters celebrate US$25m piracy case win
A US court case ordered the providers of set-top boxes Cres TV and Shava to…
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Piracy now a serious competitor to pay TV, says Irdeto
Piracy is emerging as a serious competitor to legitimate pay TV, with increasingly effective marketing…
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Sky Deutschland sees pirates condemned
Sky Deutschland has secured a victory in its battle against piracy with the conviction of…
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UK government: streaming services up, piracy down
A “steep rise” in the use of streaming services like Netflix and Spotify has coincided…
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Sky hails German court’s card-sharing sentence
A German regional court has sentenced a 53-year old man to one year’s imprisonment for…
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OSN hails ‘milestone’ in antipiracy fight
Middle East pay TV provider OSN has hailed the jailing of a dealer in pirated…
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Mediaset secures fresh court ruling to counter piracy
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has secured a ruling from a court in Milan ordering “a major…
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Drama the most-pirated genre of content, says Irdeto
Drama titles like House of Cards and Mad Men accounted for 30% of all illegal…
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Canal+ faces big piracy problem in Senegal, says chief
Up to 400,000 homes in the West African state of Senegal are viewing Canal+ content…
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OSN hails Ajman piracy crackdown
Officials in the UAE Emirate of Ajman have conducted a series of raids on retail…
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iPlayer accounts for 62% of UK TV streaming, says government
Some 15 million UK internet users have now accessed a TV programme online, with the…
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OTT account sharing a ‘lingering challenge,’ says Parks
Some 11% of all US broadband households rely exclusively on shared accounts when using subscription…
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Illegal downloads of Game of Thrones up 45%
Illegal downloads of episodes of Game of Thrones increase more than 45% year-on-year in the…
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Russians making massive use of pirated content
Seven in 10 respondents to a Russian market survey carried out by content security provider…
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Most UK and US consumers unlikely to watch pirated content
Some 70% of US and 72% of UK consumers are unlikely to watch pirated content,…
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Google must do more to stop piracy, says UK IP advisor
Google “must do more” to help combat piracy in the UK, according to a new…
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CTC Media backs Russian anti-piracy legislation
Russian broadcaster CTC Media is the latest media firm to throw its support behind legislation…
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Ofcom highlights changing pattern of online piracy
About 18% of UK internet users over the age of 12 who accessed digital entertainment…