Tuesday 29 January 2013

Leading Pay-TV Companies in Latin America Announce Alliance to Combat Piracy at NATPE 2013

Latin American pay-TV industry are joining forces to create the Alianza Contra la Piratería de Televisión Paga (Alliance against Pay-TV Piracy). The Alianza’s mission is to combat a form of piracy known in the industry as FTA piracy.
FTA piracy involves the illegal use of “free-to-air” satellite receivers to decrypt pay television audiovisual signals, illegally and without authorization. The Alianza brings together most of the major players in the pay-TV industry and creates a framework for broader industry collaboration in the fight against FTA piracy.
Although there are no formal statistics, industry research estimates that piracy accounts for up to 20 percent of the pay-TV market in the region, with FTA piracy being one of the principal forms of piracy faced by the industry. Since 2010, over 50 brands of pirated FTAs have appeared on the market in Latin America. FTA piracy is driven by international manufacturers of FTA receivers and the organized networks that distribute and support the use of these receivers for unauthorized purposes. Its presence in Latin America is harmful to consumers as well as to industry players including programmers, operators and the companies that provide equipment and services to pay-tv programmers and operations in the region.
The Alianza expands upon a collaboration between DIRECTV and NAGRA, a provider of security and multiscreen digital media solutions, which joined forces in 2010 to leverage each other’s anti-piracy expertise and personnel to combat FTA piracy in South America.

Source: http://cablequest.org/news/international-news/item/547-leading-pay-tv-companies-in-latin-america-announce-alliance-to-combat-piracy-at-natpe-2013.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/international-news/item/547-leading-pay-tv-companies-in-latin-america-announce-alliance-to-combat-piracy-at-natpe-2013.html

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