• Plymouth licensee fined £14,000 for illegally screening Sky Sports

    Plymouth Premiere Bar and Grill licensee fined £14,000 for illegally screening Sky Sports

    On Thursday, 27 March 2025, Vahid Babolhavaeji the licensee of the Premiere Bar and Grill in Plymouth, Devon, was found guilty of three charges related to the dishonest broadcast of [...]

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    Thousands of subscribers to illegal streaming service warned by police

    More than 7000 residents, believed to have been using an illegal TV streaming service, are set to receive warning notices this week from Lancashire Police. The Police cyber-crime unit is [...]

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  • Licensee ordered to pay over £18,000 for illegally screening Sky Sports

    On Monday 20th January 2020, Mr. Thomas Conneely of the Dick Whittington[1] was convicted in his absence of three offences of dishonest reception of a television transmission, in this case, [...]

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  • Kent licensees ordered to pay over £10,000 for illegally screening Sky Sports

    On Friday 13th September, Mr. Jared Macdonnchadha, Mr. Richard Rodal and Ms. Karen Turner of the Red Bull were convicted in their absence of three offences each of dishonest reception [...]

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    Licensee ordered to pay over £2,500 for illegally screening Sky Sports in their pub

    On Friday 2nd August, Mr Thomas John Holland of the Goat Inn[1] was convicted of three offences of dishonest reception of a television transmission, in this case, Sky televised football [...]

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  • Licensee ordered to pay £6,000 for illegal Sky Sports

    Mark Clennell was convicted in his absence of two offences of dishonest reception of a television transmission, with the intent to avoid payment of the applicable charge. FACT brought the criminal prosecution at Sunderland Magistrates Court.

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    Licensees ordered to pay over £10,000 in fines & costs for Sky Sports infringements

    Two licensees have been found guilty of ten offences of dishonest reception of a television transmission by showing Sky Sports to customers without a commercial agreement from Sky.

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    Bootle Licensee Ordered to Pay Over £15,000 for Illegal Sky Use

    A Merseyside licensee has been found guilty of two offences of dishonest reception of a television transmission by showing Sky Sports football matches to customers without a commercial agreement from Sky.

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    Licensees in Merseyside and Rochdale Ordered to Pay More Than £39,000 for Illegal Sky Use

    Six licensees have been found guilty of dishonest reception of a television transmission by showing Sky Sports to customers without a commercial agreement from Sky. In the first of three [...]

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  • Men watching football on the TV in pub

    Watford Pub Company Ordered to Pay Nearly £6,000 For Illegal Sky Use

    A Watford pub company has been ordered to pay nearly £6,000 for illegal broadcasting Sky Sports in its pubs following an investigation by FACT.

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    Licensee In Uxbridge Ordered To Pay Nearly £6,000 For Illegal Sky Use

    A licensee in Uxbridge has been ordered to pay nearly £6,000 in fines and costs for illegally broadcasting Sky Sports in his pub the Crown.

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  • Man with a pint of beer watching the football on TV in a pub

    Licensees of pub in Bolton ordered to pay over £6,500 for illegal Sky use

    Following a successful prosecution by The Federation Against Copyright Theft (‘FACT’), Janet and Eric Ashton of the Rose & Crown  in Westhoughton have been convicted and ordered to pay more [...]

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