Takedown marks the first of its kind in Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey. Feb. 16, 2022 – The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the world’s leading coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal ecosystem and reducing digital piracy, today announced the closure of Seko IPTV, marking its first major operation in Turkey.
Seko offered illegal streaming subscription services to consumers and to resellers who further launched their own illegal services using Seko as a content source. It first became active in 2016 and had a very extensive catalog of infringing content including international channels, movies, and TV series episodes in multiple languages, affecting all ACE members.
“Historically, Turkey has been the base to many operators behind international illegal services,” said Jan van Voorn, Executive Vice President and Chief of Global Content Protection for the Motion Picture Association. “After successfully shutting down Seko IPTV, ACE fully intends to stay active throughout the region to protect our members’ content.”
After identifying the operator, ACE executed an action near Istanbul in Esenyurt, Turkey, followed by cooperation from the operator.
Currently, all domains associated with Seko TV have been transferred to ACE and are redirecting to the Watch Legally section on the ACE website.
The theft of digital content harms both local and foreign films and businesses, threatens jobs, undermines investment, reduces tax contributions to governments, and stifles creativity. For more information, please visit www.alliance4creativity.com.
About The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE)
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) is the world’s leading coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal market and reducing digital piracy. Driven by a comprehensive approach to addressing piracy through criminal referrals, civil litigation and cease-and-desist operations, ACE has achieved many successful global enforcement actions against illegal streaming services and sources of unauthorized content and their operators. Drawing upon the collective expertise and resources of all members and reinforced by the content protection operations of the Motion Picture Association, ACE protects the creativity and innovation that drive the global growth of core copyright and entertainment industries. The current governing board members for ACE are: Amazon, Apple TV+, NBCUniversal, Netflix Studios LLC, Sony Pictures Entertainment, ViacomCBS, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, and Warner Bros. Charles Rivkin is Chairman of ACE and the Motion Picture Association. For more information, please visit www.alliance4creativity.com.
Media Contacts:
ACE
Kristen Tarnol – VP Communications
kristen_tarnol@motionpictures.org
