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Gen Z Is Leading a New Wave of Internet Piracy

By Sandvine March 17, 2020

Between Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+, it seemed like streaming giants might have finally won. Gen Z is proving that piracy will never die.

Topics: Piracy, Global internet phenomena, Internet, Iptv, Gen z

Amazon Fire TV Stick is the Preferred Device for Pirate IPTV Subscribers

By Sandvine March 3, 2020

New data published by Canadian broadband management company Sandvine shows that pirate IPTV traffic is growing in the US and Canada. This translates to millions of 'pirate' subscriptions. A detailed analysis further reveals that Amazon Fire TV Sticks are the preferred tool to access pirate IPTV.

Topics: Piracy, Global internet phenomena, Internet, Iptv, Amazon fire tv

Study Shows that Pirates Prefer Using Amazon Fire TV for IPTV Services

By Sandvine March 3, 2020

More than a third of IPTV subscribers are using Amazon’s Fire TV, while another third uses MAG Boxes.
Piracy rates around the world have increased by about 3% on average, as people want to access content that is out of reach.
In the vast majority of cases, people engage in pirating activities to access regional, sports, and news content.

A study...

Topics: Piracy, Global internet phenomena, Internet, Iptv, Amazon fire tv

Netflix, Amazon and Co.: Illegal downloads of series are increasing

By Sandvine January 2, 2020

House of Money, The Crown or Stranger Things – only at Netflix. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel or Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan however, are exclusive content from Amazon Prime Video. Game of Thrones and Chernobyl, on the other hand, can only be seen on Sky. Apple TV + advertises exclusively with The Morning Show and The Handmaid's Tale can only be found on the...

Topics: Netflix, Piracy, Global internet phenomena, Amazon, Internet

Pirates Strike Back As Streaming Giants Monopolise Content

By Sandvine November 26, 2019

As Netflix, Amazon, AppleTV+, Disney try to lock viewers into their expensive walled gardens, file-swapping and piracy are making a comeback.

Topics: Piracy, Global internet phenomena, Internet

File-Sharing and VPN Traffic Grow Explosively

By Sandvine October 11, 2019

The latest Internet traffic report from Sandvine shows that global file-sharing traffic continues to rise. The same is true for VPN usage, which saw a drastic increase over the past year. According to Sandvine, increased fragmentation among legal video streaming services likely plays an important role in these trends.

Topics: File sharing, Streaming, Piracy, Global internet phenomena, Vpn

More the streaming charges, more the piracy; confirms a new study

By Sandvine October 8, 2019

How many of us have been using our friends or friends of friends’ Netflix account just to watch a movie? Some of us have even got a combined Netflix subscription so that nobody has to pay a lot of dollars at the end of the month. However, this is not a permanent solution to the increasing rates of streaming services.

Topics: Streaming, Piracy, Global internet phenomena

Streaming Exclusives Could Double Piracy Rates, Study Warns

By Sandvine October 1, 2019

Annoying consumers with too many costly streaming options could backfire, survey suggests.

Topics: Piracy, Global internet phenomena, Internet

‘Pirate’ IPTV Traffic “Dropped 50%” After Xtream Codes Raid

By Sandvine September 27, 2019

When IPTV management system Xtream-Codes was taken down as part of an EU anti-piracy operation last week, chaos ensured. With a large proportion of the illicit market estimated to use the software, large numbers of services went dark. According to data provided to TorrentFreak by networking equipment company Sandvine, illicit traffic nosedived by 50%.

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Topics: Piracy, Iptv