The Swedish government is preparing legislation that would make it an offence for consumers to use illegal IPTV services, extending current rules that primarily target distributors.

An elderly couple from Bavaria is standing trial in Landshut, accused of orchestrating a large-scale piracy scheme that allegedly defrauded pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland of more than €4.4 million.

FACT have conducted an enforcement operation addressing Irish retail outlets involved in providing access to illegal TV streaming services.

iNTERVIEW WITH Jan Maxa, head of the streaming platform prima+ about media market development as well as about the prima+ strategy.

A new study released by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), has found consumers are up to 65 times more likely to be infected with malware when using piracy sites as compared to legitimate websites.

German investigators have struck a significant blow against illegal IPTV operations, arresting suspects, seizing servers, and confiscating assets worth around €500,000.

A man who pocketed £300,000 through the operation of an illegal streaming service before he fled the country, has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Spanish LALIGA clubs are losing between €600 and €700 million a year as a result of online piracy, according to LALIGA president Javier Tebas. 

Piracy has become normalised for four out of ten adult Italians who now consume unlicensed services.

MultiChoice has run a four-day anti-piracy training and enforcement operation in Malawi, the first stage of a long-term initiative to combat piracy and protect the creative economy in the South East Africa country.

Didier Stoessel of PPF will soon be one of the two heads of the entire group. In an interview with CNBC, he described his future plans for Nova and other stations.

Piracy remains a significant problem within the Nordic market with an increasing number of households taken in by the unauthorised distributors.