EU Court rules fully loaded IPTV devices illegal
Read More →This week the European Court of Justice ruled that selling pre-configured multimedia devices allowing access to copyright infringing content is illegal.
Police & FACT raid illegal set-top box operation in Belfast
Read More →Detectives from Reactive and Organised Crime Branch have seized a range of TV and computer equipment, as well as a substantial amount of money following searches in North and West Belfast yesterday.
Suppliers of IPTV boxes ordered to pay £267,000 to the Premier League
Read More →Three suppliers of pre-loaded IPTV boxes that facilitate mass piracy of Premier League football broadcasts have been ordered to pay a total of £267,000 by the Courts for infringing copyright.
Multi-agency crackdown on illegal TV set-top boxes results in five arrests
Read More →Five people have been arrested today (Wed 8 February) in a crackdown on the sale and distribution of illegal TV set-top devices in the North West of England and Wales.
Illegal IPTV box supplier jailed for four years
Read More →Following the first legal case involving illegal IPTV boxes a man has been jailed for four years. Terry O’Reilly was sentenced to four years in prison and a second supplier Will O’Leary pleaded guilty and received a two-year suspended sentence.
Six men sentenced for Virgin Media set-top box piracy ring
Read More →Six men have been handed prison sentences for their part in a multi-million pound piracy ring which allowed thousands of people to watch Virgin Media’s pay-TV service free of charge.
Three arrested in illegal TV set-top boxes raid
Read More →A police operation has led to the arrest of three people who are suspected to have orchestrated the distribution and transmission of thousands of illegally modified TV set-top boxes.
FACT and Police Scotland crack down on UK wide illegal TV stream scam
Read More →Officers from FACT and Police Scotland executed two search warrants at addresses in Glasgow as part of an ongoing investigation into the sale of illegal TV boxes to hundreds of licensed premises.
Surrey Pub Company found guilty of illegally showing Sky Sports and ordered to pay out over £120,000
Read More →A Surrey pub company has been found guilty of illegally airing Sky Sports and ordered to pay a record £120,600 in fines following an investigation by FACT.
Multi Agency Operation Against Pirated TV Set Top Boxes Leads to Six Arrests
Read More →FACT was involved in a day of action to disrupt the sales of TV boxes which have been illegally modified to stream pirated movies and sports.
FACT secures record fine for illegal Sky broadcasts
Read More →Pub company Sheldon Inns Ltd has been ordered to pay a record £23,907 in fines and costs for illegally showing Sky Sports following a prosecution by FACT.
Man jailed for more than two and half years for selling illegal TV set-top boxes
Read More →A man has been jailed for over two years after FACT and Leicestershire Police discovered he was selling hundreds of illegal TV boxes online.
