Sportlive24.tv is seeking compensation of over half a million crowns from a 19-year-old man from the Český Krumlov area who, in May, filmed and subsequently shared the company’s martial arts broadcast on his Facebook profile.
A major international law enforcement operation has dismantled 9 organised crime groups behind illegal streaming services. Operation KRATOS 2, coordinated by Bulgaria with support from Europol, ran from September 2025 to April 2026 and targeted criminal networks distributing unauthorised access to premium sports, film and television content. The operation resulted in 29 arrests, 86 suspects ... Continue reading
City of London Police have seized more than £1.2 million worth of equipment after shutting down a major illegal streaming data centre in Farnborough.
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment has welcomed a ruling by the Paris Judicial Court against subscription-sharing platform Spliiit.
Illegal access to free-TV or pay-TV livestreams caused an estimated €2.4bn in economic damage in Germany last year,.
The fight against TV pirates in the online environment should become significantly easier in the UK.
Italian authorities have dismantled a major streaming piracy operation centred on an application known as CINEMAGOAL.
French regulator Arcom has published new guidance and model agreements designed to strengthen the fight against online piracy.
The 21st edition of the DIGIMEDIA 2026 conference, taking place on Wednesday 3 June 2026 in the Congress Hall of Czech Television in Prague’s Kavčí Hory district.
Associations representing the entire media market jointly prepared comments on the submitted draft Act on Public Service Media, drawing attention to major shortcomings in the proposed amendment.
ACE, the world’s leading anti-piracy coalition, today announced that Central European Media Enterprises (CME) has joined the coalition, strengthening ACE’s global network.
German football association DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga and sports streaming service DAZN have obtained a court injunction ordering the blocking of illegal streaming site livetv.sx in Germany.
Spain’s Guardia Civil has dismantled Kodispain, one of the main platforms accused of providing unauthorised access to live LaLiga football matches.
This spring marked the ninth anniversary of the Association of Commercial Television, which, during its existence, has become a respected voice for commercial broadcasters.
One of Europe’s largest illegal IPTV operations has been dealt a major blow after Spain’s National Court convicted the operators of an international piracy network.
The number of cybercrime cases rose by 37 per cent year-on-year in March.
New rules on the transparency of so-called artificial intelligence will come into force in the European Union on 2 August this year. The aim is to reduce the risk of misuse of this technology, manipulation, misleading content, fraud and so on.
Fastly and LaLiga have teamed up to develop new technology aimed at tackling illegal streaming of live sports.
The 21st edition of the DIGIMEDIA 2026 conference on media, advertising and digitalisation will take place on Wednesday 3 June 2026.
The Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) says 2 million people in France are watching Ligue 1 through illegal streams, as new figures highlight the growing scale of sports piracy in the market.
Undersigned organisations wish to reiterate their request to designate relevant connected TV operating systems and virtual assistant platform operators as gatekeepers to better reflect their increasingly significant role as well as evolving market realities.
A 2025 study found that 69% of sports fans in the United States and Europe have turned to illegal streams as the subscription cost of their platforms rise.
The pirate service Bitplay, which, among other things, illegally provided access to premium sports television channels, live broadcasts of sports matches and selected series content, has been shut down.
Jan Maxa, Director of the Content and Production Division at the Prima Group, describes how he plans to integrate the development of programs for linear broadcasting with the prima+ platform.
