Pirate Subscription IPTV $1B US Business, Say DCA, Nagra
Pirate subscription IPTV services generate $1 billion in annual revenue in the U.S. in subscriptions, and feature a "sophisticated supply chain and cutting-edge marketing and distribution techniques," Digital Citizens Alliance and digital media monetization security firm Nagra said Thursday. There's…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations.
an estimated 9 million U.S. users of pirate IPTV, and they're targeted by 3,500 storefront websites, social media pages and stores within online marketplaces that sell pirate subscription IPTV services to the U.S. market target, it said. How much legitimate players such hosting services, payment processors and social media are aware of their role in this black market isn't clear, it said: The services also get revenue from ads shown before or during viewing or by partnering with hackers to install malware within free apps.