Sep 12 2017
Two in five people in Singapore are actively tuning in to pirated content, and many of them do so via media players that let them stream online content to their television sets. This finding comes from the latest study on piracy in Singapore, commissioned by the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa). Casbaa […]
Jun 15 2017
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that sites like The Pirate Bay still infringe copyright, despite not directly hosting pirated content. In a ruling made yesterday, the court said that even if copyrighted content is placed online by the users of the file-sharing platform, the operators of the service “play an […]
May 4 2017
Intelligent broadband network solutions provider Sandvine’s Global Internet Phenomena Spotlight report focusing on the ‘fully-loaded’ Kodi ecosystem in North America, suggests that 68.6 per cent of households with Kodi devices also have unofficial Add-ons configured to access unlicensed content. The report is based on data collected from multiple tier-1 fixed access networks in North America […]
Feb 28 2017
TV content piracy and illicit downloads caused French rights-holders a €1.35 billion loss in 2016, with 13 million Internet users involved in the practice, stabilising at 27 per cent of users. According to a study from consultancy EY consulting there was no reduction in piracy despite the growth of legitimate offerings. “Injecting back this loss […]
UKTV stays on satellite until the end of the decade
CITV: Children’s TV channel will close in September
That’s TV secures licence for That’s Cinema
BBC Radio 4 begins information campaign to transition listeners from Long Wave
Sky News launches international audio service
ITVX Kids launching in Summer 2023
CNN launches new FAST channel in Europe
More organisations join crusade to protect terrestrial television and radio
Channel launches and updates on Freeview
ITV announces closure of CITV
Oct 20 2017
Kodi: Brian Thompson given suspended prison sentence
A trader has been handed a suspended prison sentence after admitting two charges relating to selling TV boxes which allow free access to premium content such as sports channels and movies. Shop owner Brian Thompson, 55, had originally denied the offences , setting up the prospect of a landmark court case relating to the sale […]
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By Expat • Kodi • Tags: Content Piracy, Kodi