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Premier League mounts rear guard piracy crackdown to halt illegal streaming

on Mar 30, 2017 | 0 comments

By John Glenday

Faced with dwindling official TV audiences Premier League chiefs have been jolted into action in a bid to shut down illegal streaming sites which fans are increasingly turning to.

The sporting body is enlisting the help of police forces within the UK and abroad, as well as working with ISP’s to curb access in the midst of growing concern that the sport’s lucrative TV rights deals could now be imperiled.

Piracy has grown from a niche concern to a mainstream headache for authorities with the proliferation of apps and set top boxes capable of hijacking feeds from matches, Read full story ›

Source: The Drum