Football and other premium TV being pirated at 'industrial scale'

Football and other premium TV being pirated at 'industrial scale' 16 minutes ago Share Save Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Share Save Getty Images Liverpool won the English Premier League this season, and live football is the focus on many illegal streams A lack of action by big tech firms is enabling the "industrial scale theft" of premium video services, especially live sport, a new report says. The research by Enders Analysis accuses Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft of "ambivalence and inertia" over a problem it says costs broadcasters revenue and puts users at an increased risk of cyber-crime. Gareth Sutcliffe and Ollie Meir, who authored the research, described the Amazon Fire Stick - which they argue is the device many people use to access illegal streams - as "a piracy enabler". BBC News has contacted Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft for comment. The piracy problem Sports broadcasting is big business, with the total value of media rights across the world passing the ... Read full article.