Latest news of piracy

Piracy in Saudi Arabia fell from 52% to 43% in late 2024 but remains among the highest in EMEA; account sharing has climbed to 35% despite streaming costs 16% below the regional average, putting pressure on revenue per subscriber across 530+ available services.

Illegal IPTV subscriptions in the Nordics surge to 1.5 million households—up 16% year-over-year—signaling escalating risks for media stakeholders as piracy grows across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

The companies claim that these operators are enabling illegal IPTV services to access their copyrighted content. The widespread use of illegal TV services poses a major challenge for the Swedish media market. Mediavision's data shows that at the end of 2024, over 700,000 households in Sweden were paying for such services—a new record and a significant increase compared to spring 2024.

Film piracy increased by 38.6% and visits to piracy websites for TV content grew by 8.8% in 2022 when compared with 2021, according to Muso’s latest report.

Almost one-fourth of US internet households agree that pirating content is acceptable, up from 14% in 2019, according to Parks Associates’ latest consumer data on video habits.