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Govt ‘putting pressure’ on providers of illicit streaming boxes

October 23, 2018 10.23 Europe/London By Julian Clover

A government review has found current laws are effective in combating illicit streaming.

Filed Under: Newsline, Tech Tagged With: Android, Kodi, pirate Edited: 23 October 2018 10:23

Dish Network settles Kodi Addon lawsuit

August 27, 2018 10.20 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The lawsuit that Dish Network brought against TVAddons with regards to the ZemTV addon for Kodi has officially been settled and is now over.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Regulation Tagged With: DISH Network, Kodi, TV Addons, US Edited: 29 August 2018 20:41

Brein orders Kodi repository XvBMC-NL to close

August 8, 2018 11.32 Europe/London By Robert Briel

At the end of July, the Dutch developer/manager Z ceased his Kodi repository XvBMC-NL after the bailiff served a summons from Brein.

Filed Under: Newsline, Regulation Tagged With: Kodi, Piracy, Stichting Brein, The Netherlands Edited: 8 August 2018 11:32

UEFA Champions League final piracy revealed

May 29, 2018 09.23 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Following the news that nearly five million illegal streamers were detected during Champions League knockout stages, Irdeto is now able to reveal data on piracy activity around the UEFA Champions League final.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline Tagged With: Champions League, irdeto, Kodi, Piracy, UEFA Edited: 30 May 2018 10:59

Pirate eBay seller pays Premier League £18,000

February 10, 2018 19.10 Europe/London By Robert Briel

An eBay seller of pre-loaded Kodi boxes has agreed to pay the Premier League £18,000 and stop selling the pirate devices.

Filed Under: Newsline, Regulation Tagged With: eBay, Kevin Plumb., Kodi, Piracy, Premier League Edited: 12 February 2018 12:39

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: 16 November 2017 10:37

TV Addons exposes ‘fake news’ in British tabloids

September 25, 2017 10.45 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The TV Addons website has exposed twelve instances of ‘fake news’ published about Kodi, and Kodi addons, in British and Irish tabloids.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Top Story Tagged With: Kodi, tabloid, TV Addons, UK Edited: 26 September 2017 11:37

Canadian rights holders fight TVAddons

August 3, 2017 09.13 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Rights holders in Canada, including cablers Bell Canada, TVA, Videotron, and Rogers are stepping up the battle against illegal viewing and are now targeting Kodi add-on repository TVAddons.

Filed Under: Newsline, Regulation Tagged With: Android TV, Canada, Kodi, Piracy, TVAddons Edited: 17 August 2017 11:07

Brein chases pre-installed Kodi player sellers

June 16, 2017 08.53 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Dutch anti-piracy organisation Brein is stepping up action against Dutch sellers of pre-installed Kodi mediaplayers.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Regulation, Top Story Tagged With: Brein, European Court of Justice, F, Kodi, Piracy, The Netherlands Edited: 18 June 2017 21:45

Kodi library offline as content providers form new alliance

June 13, 2017 19.47 Europe/London By Julian Clover

A major add on to the Kodi streaming devices has been taken offline. The website of TVAddons is no longer available and its Facebook and Twitter sites have also been removed.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Top Story Tagged With: ACE, Kodi, TVAddons Edited: 15 June 2017 07:42

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