Plymouth Premiere Bar and Grill licensee fined £14,000 for illegally screening Sky Sports
Read More →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 [...]
Thousands of subscribers to illegal streaming service warned by police
Read More →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 [...]
Licensee ordered to pay over £18,000 for illegally screening Sky Sports
Read More →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, [...]
Kent licensees ordered to pay over £10,000 for illegally screening Sky Sports
Read More →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 [...]
Licensee ordered to pay over £2,500 for illegally screening Sky Sports in their pub
Read More →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 [...]
Licensee ordered to pay £6,000 for illegal Sky Sports
Read More →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.
Licensees ordered to pay over £10,000 in fines & costs for Sky Sports infringements
Read More →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.
Bootle Licensee Ordered to Pay Over £15,000 for Illegal Sky Use
Read More →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.
Licensees in Merseyside and Rochdale Ordered to Pay More Than £39,000 for Illegal Sky Use
Read More →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 [...]
Watford Pub Company Ordered to Pay Nearly £6,000 For Illegal Sky Use
Read More →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.
Licensee In Uxbridge Ordered To Pay Nearly £6,000 For Illegal Sky Use
Read More →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.
Licensees of pub in Bolton ordered to pay over £6,500 for illegal Sky use
Read More →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 [...]









