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

    Two Leeds pubs convicted and ordered to pay more than £8,500 for illegal Sky use

    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.

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    Surrey Pub Company found guilty of illegally showing Sky Sports and ordered to pay out over £120,000

    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.

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  • FACT secures record fine for illegal Sky broadcasts

    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.

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

    Man fined more than £22,000 for illegally showing BT Sport & Sky Sports football

    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 [...]

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    COURTS CONVICT LICENSEES IN STOCKPORT AND RUTLAND FOR ILLEGAL SKY USE

    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 [...]

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  • Aylesbury Pub Licensee Ordered To Pay Over £6,000 For Illegal Sky Use

    Following a successful prosecution by The Federation Against Copyright Theft (‘FACT’), the Premises Licence Holder and Designated Premises Supervisor of LJ’s[1] in Aylesbury has been convicted and ordered to pay [...]

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  • Publicans Speak Out Against Unauthorised Screening of Live Sport

    Pubs show frustration towards unscrupulous licensees and support action taken against them Landlords and licensees have spoken out against the unauthorised screening of live sport, claiming that it goes against [...]

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    Licensees of Corby pub ordered to pay over £17,000 for illegal Sky use

    Following a successful prosecution by The Federation Against Copyright Theft (‘FACT’), the licensees of the Domino Inn in Corby have been convicted and ordered to pay in excess of £17,000 in [...]

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  • Islington landlord ordered to pay over £4,800 for illegal Sky use

    Following a successful prosecution by The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), the licensee of The Halfway House Bar in Islington has been convicted and fined for showing Sky Sports illegally [...]

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  • London pub ordered to pay over £5,000 for illegal Sky use

    Following a successful prosecution by The Federation Against Copyright Theft (‘FACT’), the licensee of The Acorn on Queensbridge Road in East London has been convicted and fined for showing Sky [...]

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