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Jail for Manchester TV pirate

June 3, 2020 12.00 Europe/London By Julian Clover

A man who sold illegal devices designed to receive subscription TV channels without paying has been jailed.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: FACT, Piracy Edited: June 3, 2020 12:00

Landlord fined £18,000 for illegal Sky screening

January 22, 2020 11.40 Europe/London By Julian Clover

The owner of a Watford pub has been ordered to pay £18,000 for illegally screening Sky Sports on his premises.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: FACT, Piracy, Sky Edited: January 22, 2020 11:40

Cornwall man admits sale of illegal TV streaming

November 25, 2019 10.58 Europe/London By Julian Clover

A Cornwall man will be sentenced next month after admitting the sale of £400,000 worth of illegal streaming subscriptions.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: FACT Edited: November 25, 2019 10:58

More arrests as police step up action against streaming IPTV pirates

September 23, 2018 10.16 Europe/London By Robert Briel

After a year-long complex investigation coordinated by Europol, authorities in Hampshire, south east England, Scotland and Ireland have arrested six, suspected of illicitly distributing premium TV channels by using IPTV technology.

Filed Under: Newsline, Regulation/Legal Tagged With: AAPA, Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance, FACT, Federation Against Copyright Theft, Piracy, Sheila Cassells Edited: September 24, 2018 10:53

Record fine for illegal Sky use

July 19, 2018 11.09 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Two pub directors and licensees have been ordered to pay a record £327,405 for the illegal use of Sky transmissions.

Filed Under: Channels, Newsline, Top Story Tagged With: FACT, Sky Edited: July 19, 2018 15:02

Report: Illicit streaming devices are fire risk

November 16, 2017 00.01 Europe/London By Julian Clover

A new report from Electrical Safety First and FACT claims the majority of power supplies for illicit streaming devices pose substantial fire and electrical risks.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: Electrical Safety First, FACT, Kodi Edited: November 16, 2017 10:37

First Scottish conviction for illegal card sharing

March 7, 2017 09.43 Europe/London By Julian Clover

A 25 year-old has become the first man in Scotland to be convicted of offences related to card sharing.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline Tagged With: FACT, Police Scotland Edited: March 8, 2017 10:57

Leeds pub fined for illegal Sky Sports screening

September 26, 2016 10.48 Europe/London By Julian Clover

A supervisor at a Leeds hotel has been ordered to pay over £10,000 in fines after being convicted of illegally showing Sky Sports on the premises.

Filed Under: Channels, Newsline Tagged With: FACT, Sky Sports Edited: September 26, 2016 10:48

Three arrests in set-top box probe

August 11, 2016 11.11 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Police have arrested three people suspected of being behind the distribution and transmission of thousands of illegally modified TV set-top boxes to people worldwide.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: City of London Police, FACT Edited: August 11, 2016 11:11

Police raid Glasgow properties in illegal set-top probe

June 3, 2016 09.40 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Police Scotland have raided two properties in Glasgow as part of an investigation into the sale of illegal TV boxes to the UK licensed trade.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Technology Tagged With: BT, FACT, Police Scotland, Sky Edited: June 6, 2016 11:12

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