NAGRAVISION LAUNCHES AI-POWERED ANTI-PIRACY PLATFORM AS STREAMING THREATS INTENSIFY
22. 6. 2026

Nagravision has unveiled NAGRA Venturi, a new intelligence-led streaming security platform designed to help broadcasters, streaming services and rights holders combat increasingly sophisticated piracy operations.

THEY TOLD HIM NOT TO DO IT. YET THE YOUNG MAN FROM THE ČESKOKRUMLOV AREA SHARED THE SPORTS MATCH
10. 6. 2026

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.

POLICE SHUT DOWN UK ILLEGAL STREAMING DATA CENTRE
2. 6. 2026

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.

ACE WINS FRENCH RULING AGAINST SPLIIIT PASSWORD-SELLING SERVICE
2. 6. 2026

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment has welcomed a ruling by the Paris Judicial Court against subscription-sharing platform Spliiit.

TV PIRACY IN GERMANY RISES SHARPLY, HITTING €2.4BN IN ANNUAL LOSSES
28. 5. 2026

Illegal access to free-TV or pay-TV livestreams caused an estimated €2.4bn in economic damage in Germany last year,.

UK HIGH COURT INTRODUCES BROADER “OMNIBUS” PIRACY BLOCKING ORDER
27. 5. 2026

The fight against TV pirates in the online environment should become significantly easier in the UK.

ITALY DISMANTLES €300 MILLION STREAMING PIRACY NETWORK
22. 5. 2026

Italian authorities have dismantled a major streaming piracy operation centred on an application known as CINEMAGOAL.

ARCOM STEPS UP ACTION AGAINST SPORTS PIRACY
22. 5. 2026

French regulator Arcom has published new guidance and model agreements designed to strengthen the fight against online piracy.

ACE CONTINUES GLOBAL EXPANSION, WELCOMES CME AS NEWEST MEMBER
14. 5. 2026

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.

DFL AND DAZN TAKE DOWN MAJOR PIRACY HUB LIVETV.SX
6. 5. 2026

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.

SPANISH POLICE DISMANTLE KODISPAIN PIRACY NETWORK
30. 4. 2026

Spain’s Guardia Civil has dismantled Kodispain, one of the main platforms accused of providing unauthorised access to live LaLiga football matches.

THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISIONS HAS ENTERED ITS TENTH YEAR OF EXISTENCE; MAREK SINGER REMAINS AS PRESIDENT
28. 4. 2026

This spring marked the ninth anniversary of the Association of Commercial Television, which, during its existence, has become a respected voice for commercial broadcasters.

SPANISH COURT STRIKES RECORD BLOW TO MAJOR ILLEGAL IPTV NETWORK
22. 4. 2026

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.

FASTLY AND LALIGA PARTNER ON AI ANTI-PIRACY SOLUTION
10. 4. 2026

Fastly and LaLiga have teamed up to develop new technology aimed at tackling illegal streaming of live sports.

ILLEGAL LIVE SPORTS STREAMING FLOURISHING DESPITE INDUSTRY CRACKDOWNS
6. 3. 2026

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 ILLEGAL STREAMING SERVICE BITPLAY HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN
27. 2. 2026

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.

SPANISH COURT ORDERS NORDVPN AND PROTONVPN TO BLOCK LALIGA PIRATE STREAMS
17. 2. 2026

NordVPN and ProtonVPN are required to prevent access from Spain to IP addresses where illegal transmissions of LaLiga matches have been verified. 

CLOUDFLARE AND ONLINE PIRACY: THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DIGITAL INTERMEDIARIES UNDER SCRUTINY
4. 2. 2026

The Tokyo District Court ruled that technology intermediaries can be held directly liable if they fail to respond to clear and timely requests to remove illegal content.

FOUR ARRESTED AS PIPCU SHUT DOWN £750K ILLEGAL IPTV OPERATION
2. 2. 2026

Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at City of London Police has arrested 4 people and seized 10 servers in Manchester as part of an investigation into a large-scale illegal IPTV streaming service.

US SEIZES DOMAINS LINKED TO BULGARIAN PIRACY SITES ZAMUNDA, ARENABG AND ZELKA
2. 2. 2026

The US Department of Justice has issued seizure warrants against three US-registered internet domains tied to commercial websites allegedly operated from Bulgaria and accused of distributing copyrighted content without authorisation.

OPERATION SWITCH OFF TAKES MAJOR ILLEGAL IPTV PLATFORMS OFFLINE
30. 1. 2026

A coordinated international law-enforcement operation has targeted an industrial-scale illegal IPTV network, with investigators naming 31 suspects following raids in 11 Italian cities and 14 countries. 

THOUSANDS OF FILMS AND TV SERIES SHARED WITHOUT PERMISSION: SLOVAK POLICE CHARGE MAN WITH MASSIVE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
26. 1. 2026

Police in Humenné charged a 32-year-old man who had been illegally making protected content available for many years. The damage exceeded tens of thousands of EUROS.

SPAIN: LANDMARK RULING AGAINST TV PIRACY
20. 1. 2026

A Spanish court has set a new benchmark in the fight against TV piracy by imposing prison sentences of up to three years on those responsible for illegally distributing the signal of Movistar+ and other pay-TV operators.

FACT WARNS ILLEGAL STREAMERS FOLLOWING JOINT INVESTIGATION WITH POLICE
28. 12. 2025

The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) has contacted more than 1,000 people across the UK, warning them to stop using illegal TV streaming services or risk prosecution.