By Nick Thexton, CTO, Synamedia and Simon Brydon, senior director, security business development – sports, Synamedia In the seminal ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ we found an answer to Life, the Universe and Everything. However, fans will recall that the enigmatic answer (’42’) wasn’t quite what we were expecting or needed. Frequently, this is exactly […] More
By Simon Brydon, senior director, security business development – sports, Synamedia It’s the season to dust off the boxes, roll up your sleeves, and get down to the serious sport of board-games. A personal favourite is the quiz Linkee; you win by working out what the answers to the questions have in common. For example, […] More
By Geoffrey Crespin, senior solutions architect, live video production security, EVS The industry today is facing more security threats than ever before, and the sophistication of cyberattacks has increased in recent years. Sports broadcasters especially, are prime targets for hackers as they produce highly valuable and publicised content. And, with rising geopolitical tensions, the organisation […] More
Service providers and rights holders can unlock up to $28.3 billion in new revenue each year by reducing sports piracy, according to a new report from Synamedia in partnership with Ampere Analysis. The research reveals the true cost of sports piracy for the first time using a new model that evaluates how different illegal viewers […] More
The illegal Mobdro streaming application, which had more than 100 million users, has been shut down following a Europol investigation supported by the Spanish National Police. The intervention, which also involved law enforcement authorities from Andorra and Portugal, resulted in the dismantling of a criminal group distributing illegal video streams. The investigation started in October […] More
By Simon Brydon, senior director, sports rights anti-piracy, Synamedia While stadiums in large parts of the world ring empty, the cheering seems to be reserved for the end of 2020. What the sports world need right now is a shot in the arm, literally and metaphorically! But even the most optimistic person has to agree […] More
The biggest deterrents for viewers of pirate sports streams are the fear of disruption to their viewing, and the risk of legal and social consequences, according to a new report. Viewers of illegal sports broadcast streams fear being arrested or fined, with 84% of sports fans who watch illegal streams citing those as reasons to […] More
By Avigail Gutman, vice president of intelligence and security operations, Synamedia When Europe went into a COVID-19-induced lockdown in March and called time on live sport, many streaming pirates found themselves all at sea. While both legal and illegal streaming hit new highs because so many people were stuck at home, the absence of lucrative […] More
UEFA has issued a request for proposals (RFP) as it looks to combat the illegal streaming of its matches around the world. In a publicly available document, European football’s governing body acknowledged that its matches and competition-related branding and marks are “unlawfully acquired and made available by means of the Internet by unauthorised persons and […] More
Following a collaboration between LaLiga and the Danish Rights Alliance, the high court of Denmark has ratified that the live sports service Rojadirecta is illegal and must be blocked by Danish ISPs. The Spanish company that administers Rojadirecta, Puerto 80 Projects SLU, appealed the district court’s ruling claiming that the site is not illegal, as […] More
