On Wednesday 19th September, Mark Clennell, the Designated Premises Supervisor of The Wheatsheaf in Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear, [1], was convicted in his absence of two offences of dishonest reception of a television transmission, in this case, Sky televised football matches, with the intent to avoid payment of the applicable charge. Sky Sports … Continued
Two licensees have been found guilty of ten offices of dishonest reception of a television transmission by showing Sky Sports to customers without a commercial agreement from Sky. FACT brought the criminal prosecution on 29 August at Preston Magistrates Court against the licensees for showing Sky Sports to customers without having a valid commercial viewing agreement in place.
Following a successful prosecution by FACT, the licensees and company directors responsible for the running of the Prince of Wales in Stafford, the Beaufort Arms in Birmingham and the Pheasant Inn in Wolverhampton have been convicted of 64 offences and ordered to pay a combined total of £327,405 in fines and costs for showing Sky Sports illegally in their premises.
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.
Three licensees have been found guilty of six offences each of dishonest reception of a television transmission by showing Sky Sports to customers without a commercial agreement from Sky. Janet Ferguson, Lisa Kaye and Arnold Martin of The Mayflower[1] in Bootle, Merseyside, were found guilty in their absence of six offences and were each fined … Continued
Following successful prosecutions by FACT, two pubs in Leeds have each been convicted and ordered to pay a combined total of more than £8,500 in fines and costs for showing Sky Sports illegally in their premises.
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.
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.
Yesterday (24th September) a Liverpool pub supervisor was fined more than £22,000 for illegally showing BT Sport and Sky Sports football matches following a successful prosecution by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT). Anthony Tynan, the designated premise supervisor at the Mariner, Whitefield Drive, Liverpool was found guilty on 30th July at Liverpool Magistrates Court … Continued
Licensees in Stockport and Rutland have been convicted and fined for showing Sky Sports illegally in their premises following successful prosecutions by The Federation Against Copyright Theft (‘FACT’). In the first of the cases, Mr Michael Anthony McNally of The Emigration was convicted after trial at Stockport Magistrates Court of five offences of dishonest reception … Continued