“We are excited to have Comcast and Viacom join ACE – our leading global content protection organization,” said Charles Rivkin, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association. “As the parent companies of two of our original members, they have been supporters of our efforts and numerous successes, but now as members, they will strengthen the legal and operational work we’re able to do to reduce the threat of piracy and support creators.”
Over the last year, ACE has been aggressively suing a growing number of IPTV services and Kodi Box sellers like Vader Streams, SetTVNow, Tickbox, and Dragon Box.
First founded back in June of 2017 by 30 media companies, ACE members now include Amazon, AMC Networks, BBC Worldwide, Bell Canada and Bell Media, Canal+ Group, CBS Corporation, Channel 5, Comcast, Constantin Film, Discovery, Foxtel, Grupo Globo, HBO, Hulu, Lionsgate, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Millennium Media, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount Pictures, SF Studios, Sky, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Star India, Studio Babelsberg, STX Entertainment, Telefe, Telemundo, Televisa, Univision Communications Inc., Viacom, Village Roadshow, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
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