Tag: IPTV
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The IPTV Streamzz Service Gets Shutdown By ACE
Today the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, which is run in partnership with over 50 media and entertainment companies like Comcast, Disney, Fox, Discovery, and more, announced a victory against the IPTV and File hosting service Streamzz. First launched in 2019, Streamzz hosted more than 75,000 movies and 15,000 TV series episodes. The service was…
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The Owner of The IPTV Service Gears TV Gets a Long Jail Sentence & $30 Million in Fines
The owner of what was once one of the largest IPTV services, Gears Reloaded, this week learned that he will spend five and a half years in jail and must forfeit $30 million to pay back the cable TV companies. Bill Omar Carrasquillo, also known as “Omni in a Hellcat” on YouTube, was once the…
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DISH Wins $32 Million From Illegal IPTV Owners
DISH, for years, has been a leader in going after owners of illegal IPTV services that sell live TV for a fraction of the cost. Now DISH has won again, and this time against Advanced TV Network. ATN, like other IPTV services, claimed to be legal but received its contents illegally. The service was reportedly…
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The War on Illegal IPTV Streaming Services is Heating Up As Content Owners Crackdown
For years those who used IPTV services and sold them did so without any real fear of legal action. The few IPTV services that faced any trouble in the US mostly faced civil lawsuits. Overseas the news was different as a growing number of IPTV sellers face jail time. That all changed back in 2020…
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DISH Tries to Seize a House From The Owner of The IPTV Service Nitro TV
Back in June 2022, DISH went after the owners of the pirate IPTV service Nitro TV. DISH ended up winning $100 million in damages. Now DISH wants the court to seize the house of the owner. After winning the $100 million in damages, DISH started going through the Galindo’s family assets to find ways to…
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IPTV Service Nitro TV Being Sued by a Disney, Amazon, Paramount & More
Entertainment companies including Universal, Paramount, Columbia, Disney and Amazon have come together to fight ‘pirate’ IPTV service Nitro TV. TorrentFreak first reported that the companies are going after the IPTV service with a lawsuit filed in California, alleging that Nitro TV is offering subscribers thousands of “live and title-curated television channels” which it does not have…
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IPTV Sellers Could Now Facing Jail Time in the United States
For years those who used IPTV services and sold them did so without any real fear of legal action. The few IPTV services that faced any trouble in the US mostly faced civil lawsuits. Overseas the news was different as a growing number of IPTV sellers face jail time. Increasingly IPTV sellers have set up…
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Are IPTV Services Legal? Should Cord Cutters Be Worried? We Explain…
It seems like you can’t go on social media without seeing a flood of ads promoting IPTV services. These services often promise thousands of channels including premium channels like HBO and Showtime for a crazy low price like $19.99. These ads have left many cord cutters to wonder if these deals are real and legal.…
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The War on IPTV Is Intensifying
For over a year now the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), which represents some of the largest names in entertainment including Netflix and Amazon, has fought IPTV services. Now they are targeting companies that help make IPTV possible according to a report from TorrentFreak. After successfully shutting down a growing number of IPTV services,…
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ACE Shuts Down The IPTV Service UlangoTV
Today it was announced that ACE the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment has successfully shutdown one more IPTV service. Earlier today the IPTV service website was redirected to ACE’s anti-piracy page according to a report from TorrentFreak. UlangoTV joins a growing list of IPTV services that have recently been shut down. ACE’s first major victory…