piracy
Technology
Atomos enables 5.9K Apple ProRes RAW recording for Panasonic and more
TVBEurope rounds up the top tech stories of the day
TVBEverywhere
LaLiga to lend its anti-piracy services to MotoGP and WorldSBK
Will eliminate illegal audiovisual content hosted on social networks, digital platforms and mobile apps
Media Consumption
BT and ATEME partner to combat piracy
BT will employ ATEME's encryption technologies to protect satellite uplinked content
TVBEverywhere
Game of Thrones was 2019’s most-torrented TV show
The Mandalorian entered the chart at number three
TVBEverywhere
BBC Studios’ content security director to head fight against piracy
Alex Pickering elected chair of the Content Delivery and Security Association
Data Centre
EU piracy falls by 15 per cent
Still €1 billion collected by illegal IPTV providers in the EU each year
TVBEverywhere
The Mandalorian pirated “within three hours” of launch
Disney Plus is unavailable in Western Europe until March 2020
TVBEverywhere
How does the Disney empire strike back against space piracy?
Analysts assess the risk of fans pirating the new Star Wars TV series
TVBEverywhere
New streamers ‘could drive up piracy’
Amount of viewers watching content illegally could double according to research
News Releases
Synamedia shines spotlight on live streaming
Showcases Smart Rate Control, OpSec and Infinite at IBC
Business
Pay-TV Innovation Forum prioritises sports rights and data
Pay-TV providers forecast a wider range of pricing and packaging options
Business
Bundesliga invests in anti-piracy company
Will monitor all illegal streaming of games from the Bundesliga
Business
La Liga, Pro League renew anti-piracy agreement
Two leagues have extended their agreement for a further season
Business
NAGRA: tier-one sports rights “mission critical” for pay-TV companies
Emphasises need to limit impact of sports streaming piracy
Data Centre
Password sharing, piracy will cost $12.5 billion by 2024
Impact on revenues will grow by 38 per cent from its current $9.1 billion
TVBEverywhere
Illegal streaming costs Premier League clubs ‘£1 million per game’
The UK is 11th on the list of big markets for digital piracy
Data Centre
Streaming piracy decreases with SVoD rise
"Users no longer need to turn to illegitimate sources to get their viewing fix"
TVBEverywhere
80 per cent of SVoD customers “feel they pay too much”
Muso reports rising "streaming fatigue"
Business
La Liga fined over mobile phone ‘spying’
App used microphones on smartphones to detect unauthorised broadcasts of matches
TVBEverywhere
Game of Thrones premiere pirated 54 million times
First episode had three times more illegal views than legal ones
Business
NAGRA and MTM launch 2019 Pay-TV Innovation Forum
Programme will research the challenges facing pay-TV service providers
TVBEverywhere
PSG illegally stream Champions League match on Facebook
A reported 1.4 million viewers were able to watch the team's victory over Manchester United
Business
TAG combats ad-supported piracy in Europe
Project Brand Integrity will alert marketers when their ads appear on unauthorised websites
Technology
LaLiga teams with Microsoft GSIC on global technology start-up competition
Competition includes media category looking at innovation in OTT, broadcasting, second screens, graphics, analysis and piracy
TVBEverywhere
Synamedia launches solution to combat password-sharing
Credentials Sharing Insight aims to help streaming service providers create revenue-generating opportunity
Technology
NAGRA and NOS team up to tackle piracy of Benfica matches
NAGRA's anti-piracy services include monitoring, takedowns and legal and investigative support
TVBEverywhere
Friend MTS to protect Canelo vs GGG2
Protection specialist will work with FITE TV across multiple territories
Features
Protecting valuable content using a dedicated video distribution platform
Imagen's Kerry Freeman weighs in on the company's latest white paper, 'The Future of Premium Video Distribution'
Videos
Technology
Friend MTS pairs with AWS on anti-piracy watermarking
Provides an added layer of security against streaming piracy for on-demand video
Data Centre
Irdeto: Web video piracy growth adds to P2P piracy
New research shows that P2P piracy is still dominant for movies and TV
Content
UK sees drop in piracy among 16-24 year olds
Infringement levels within the age group are down seven per cent since 2015 according to Online Copyright Infringement tracker
Content
French piracy falls, still costs €1.18 billion
Number of people accessing illegal audiovisual content in France each month fell to 10.6 million in 2017
Business
Irdeto launches new Android TV security solution
Irdeto Armor lets operators manage content piracy and block unauthorised software on the pay-tv platform
Content
La Liga ‘uses its app to spy on illegal broadcasts’
App reportedly uses mics on smartphones to detect unauthorised broadcasts of matches
Business
castLabs joins ASiD watermarking program to protect OTT devices
ASiD service can stop streaming piracy “within minutes”
TVBEverywhere
Over 200,000 viewers watched Champions League final via illegal streams
Irdeto detected 427 unique illegal streams during Saturday's game
Business
Amazon, Netflix join forces to sue IPTV service, Set TV
Streamers file lawsuit alongside major film studios
Data Centre
Forensic watermarking ‘could halve losses from online piracy’
A new report has been released by YouGov and Edgeware
Technology
Canal Digital employs Conax to secure new 4K service
Marks first delivery of Conax Lynx separation technology to protect content from "pirate in the box" attacks