Amazon is taking a tough stance against vendors who sell fully-loaded Kodi boxes through its platform. The store now explicitly bans media players that “promote” or “suggest” the facilitation of piracy. Sellers who violate this policy, of which there are … Continue reading →
Five people have been arrested, accused of selling set-top boxes modified to stream subscription football matches, television channels and films for free. The sale of so-called “fully loaded Kodi boxes” has been called a “top priority” by the Federation Against … Continue reading →
UK Police Arrest For Selling ‘Pirate’ Kodi Devices A man who sold devices containing piracy-enabled custom builds of Kodi has been arrested in the UK. The 32-year-old company director from Norfolk was detained by police last week. Set-top Android devices … Continue reading →
Trader in UK first to be prosecuted for selling Fully Loaded Android Kodi boxes. A trader selling boxes which allow viewers to watch copyright material for free is set to be the first in the UK to face prosecution. The … Continue reading →
Police in Scotland say they are conducting the world’s biggest ‘pirate box’ crackdown. Together with the Federation Against Copyright Theft, police are targeting sellers of Android-style set-top boxes and believe that thousands of pubs could be customers. In addition, three … Continue reading →
A shortage of Android developers among the Kodi team is putting the future of Kodi on Android and the Fire TV in jeopardy. In a blog post, Nathan Betzen, president of the XBMC Foundation and a project manager on Kodi, … Continue reading →
The UK’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit is continuing its crackdown against sellers of piracy-enabled Android TV devices. In the latest raid, a 38-year-old man was arrested in London, and seized more than 500 alleged ‘pirate’ Android devices. PIPCU say … Continue reading →
The UK’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit has arrested six individuals suspected of being involved in the supply of ‘pirate’ Android boxes. The Android boxes are configured with legal software such as Kodi, which is modified by add ons to … Continue reading →
Popular torrent release group YIFY and its official YTS website have shut down permanently. The unexpected shutdown marks the end of an era that started at the turn of the decade. Ten days ago the popular movie torrent site YTS … Continue reading →
The UK Government has announced a new proposal to increase the maximum jail term for online piracy from two to ten years. According to the authorities longer prison sentences are needed to deter large-scale and commercial copyright infringement on the … Continue reading →
Officers from a UK-based Regional Organized Crime Unit (ROCU), the Government Agency Intelligence Network (GAIN) and the Federation Against Copyright Theft have carried out more raids in pursuit of ‘pirate’ Android TV boxes. More than a thousand devices were seized … Continue reading →
Trading standards officers and police are carrying out a crackdown across England, Wales and Northern Ireland against those who offer pirate and counterfeit products via Facebook. Interestingly, ‘pirate’ Android boxes have been targeted again, for streaming content illegally. Facebook accounts … Continue reading →
This weeks satellite TV news – 6 March 2015 Our weekly round up of the latest satellite TV news, including news about Sky TV in Spain, Freesat in Spain, UK TV in Spain, Spanish TV in Spain, and Internet IPTV … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →Astra 2G Launch Date update Astra 2G is the third and final new UK TV satellite. It was expected to be launched earlier in 2014, but this has been delayed by politics (Ukraine situation) and another Proton rocket failure. … Continue reading →