A business led by Europol, involving police forces from Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria and the Netherlands, targeted one of IPTV's largest piracy companies in the world.
At least three people were arrested, and servers in Bulgaria and the Netherlands that served content to around 500.000 subscribers worldwide were seized, with annual income which according to the Authorities, amounted to approximately five million euros.
Live TV or IPTV offers access σε περιεχόμενο αλλά είναι μια εξαιρετικά δαπανηρή πρόταση, αφού τα παραδοσιακά μονοπώλια απαιτούν μεγάλες συνδρομές. IPTV προσφέρει και η γνωστή σε όλους μας εφαρμογή Kodi με διάφορα πρόσθετα.
So there are pirated IPTVs, which provide thousands of different subscription channels for a few bucks, euros or pounds a month.
This week, however, police forces across Europe have been tuned to hit one of the largest IPTV illegal companies in the world, Torrentfreak says. The survey was launched last February by IPTV and coordinated actions took place on Tuesday in Cyprus, Bulgaria, Greece and the Netherlands.
Three suspects were arrested in Cyprus, two in Limassol (43 and 44 years) and one in Larnaca (aged 53 years). They all appear to be part of an international circuit that illegally transmits approximately 1.200 pirate content worldwide.
According to initial reports, its range services IPTV that offered the network it was huge. The illegal ring reportedly had more than 500.000 subscribers, each paying around 10 euros a month.
Police authorities, under the guidance of Europol, have carried out at least nine raids worldwide.
The main servers of the IPTV service were located at Petrich, a small town in the Blagoevgrad Province of southwestern Bulgaria.
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