Tag: IPTV
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Police Have Shut Down Another Illegal IPTV Service & Are Investigating Its Subscribers As Global Anti-Piracy Efforts Continue
Another illegal IPTV operation has been shut down after multiple raids in Greece. The country’s law enforcement have filed criminal cases against a dozen members of the organization and are investigating 43 of the services’ customers, according to Torrent Freak. The raids — carried out in areas of Attica, Ilia, Thessaloniki, Kozani, and Crete —…
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The War on IPTV Continues as Pirates Are Slapped With $3.5 Million Tax Bill
Eighty illegal IPTV sellers have been hit with a $3.5 million tax bill after authorities in Sweden caught on to their piracy operation, according to Torrent Freak. One of the reasons illegal streaming services are so popular is because they cut out taxes that might otherwise be added to a customer’s bill when using a…
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Over 600 Illegal IPTV Services, and Other Websites Shut Down By A Massive Ongoing Anti-Piracy Campaign
This week, international law enforcement agencies behind Operation 404, a global anti-piracy initiative, reported the latest results of the campaign’s sixth wave. The ongoing campaign saw 24 search warrants executed across Brazil, Argentina, and the U.S, 606 sites and apps seized, suspended, or blocked, and arrests underway, according to Torrent Freak. Operation 404’s sixth wave…
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DISH Sues Popular IPTV Reseller As It Declares War on IPTV
A former ‘Top 10’ Beast TV reseller was allegedly still selling subscriptions for the popular illegal IPTV service, according to a lawsuit filed by DISH and Sling TV last week. DISH and Sling’s lawsuit accuses John Gwaka Magembe and Joyce Berry of operating websites Channels4Cheap and Purchase-IPTV to continue selling subscriptions to Beast TV. Gwaka…
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Disney, Paramount, Warner Bros. & More Shutdown One of The Largest IPTV Sports Piracy Services
Today the Alliance For Creativity and Entertainment or ACE, which represents major media companies like Disney, Warner Bros. and Paramount, announced that it shut down one of the largest IPTV. This website Watchwrestlign.ai had over 253 million visits, mostly from the United States, United Kingdom, India, and Canada. Now it is no more as these…
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The War On IPTV Continues As Twenty Arrested in Major IPTV Network Shutdown
Austrian law enforcement said it took down a large illegal IPTV operation that amassed up to 11 million euros, or about $11.6 million, over the last three years. Investigators followed up on a complaint from a TV company from 2022 that resulted in 20 arrests as well as the seizure of 1.6 million euros (almost…
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A Massive IPTV Service Was Shut Down by Law Enforcement
Law enforcement in Indonesia took down a massive illegal IPTV operation last week. The ringleader has been arrested and faces up to eight years in prison in addition a fine of up to two billion Rupiahs, or $126,000. West Java Regional Police apprehended the operator of pirate sites PaseoTV and OkStream on October 16 after…
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Major Studios Target 47 Illegal IPTV Services to Shut Down
Anti-piracy group FACT, a group of major Hollywood studios dedicated to stopping piracy and British telecom company Sky identified almost 50 illegal IPTV services in the United Kingdom with the help of regional law enforcement. The operators had been providing its users illegal access to premium TV and movies — some from Sky, according to…
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A Massive Illegal IPTV Service Was Shut Down and Its Owner Sent to Jail As The War On IPTV Piracy Grows
A man was put behind bars last Thursday for operating an illegal streaming service that provided over 30,000 subscribers with pirated entertainment and sports content, like Premier League matches. Steven Mills, a resident of Shrewsbury, a town in Shropshire, England, ran an organization through a closed Facebook group that sold “Firesticks,” according to the Premier…
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A Massive IPTV Service Shuts Down As The Owners Are Sent to Prison & Ordered to Pay $18 Million In Damages
The war on IPTV continues as two men have been sentenced to 36 months in prison and ordered to pay $18 million in damages. IPTV services often look like legal services but sell access to live TV channels like ESPN and HBO without paying for the rights. This allows them to sell access to these…