Latest news of piracy
5 MAR 2025
Markets
Sweden: Discovery, TV4, and Viaplay file lawsuit against operators
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.
9 JUN 2023
Data
Digital piracy for film and TV content kept increasing in 2022
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.
22 SEP 2022
Data
How many US consumers believe pirating content is acceptable?
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.
3 JUN 2022
Data
About 3.4 million consumers access to pirate content in the Nordics
Piracy still poses a problem to the video industry in the Nordics. In fact, according to new figures from Mediavision, the number of pirates in the region has even increased compared to last year.
10 JUN 2021
Data
PIRACY STILL IS A MAJOR CHALLENGE IN THE NORDIC REGION
14% of all people 15-74 years old in the Nordics have illegally streamed or downloaded films and TV episodes in the past month, according to research from Mediavision.