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ACE Welcomes Megacable as Newest Member, Expanding Anti-Piracy Fight in Latin America

Leading Media Company Dedicated to Upholding Intellectual Property Rights in the Region

January 9, 2025

LOS ANGELES- The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the world’s leading anti-piracy coalition, today announced Mexico-based media and telecommunications company Megacable as its newest member, strengthening ACE’s presence in Latin America as a defender of intellectual property rights.

Megacable further expands ACE’s antipiracy footprint in Latin America, where digital piracy continues to affect local and global content creators. ACE recently shuttered a portion of the notorious piracy ring, MagisTV. In 2023, ACE shut down 23 major piracy operations in Latin America, removing 129 domains that attracted nearly 87 million combined average monthly visits.

“On behalf of ACE, I am thrilled to welcome Megacable to our global coalition of media companies united in the fight against digital piracy,” said Larissa Knapp, Executive Vice President and Chief Content Protection Officer for the Motion Picture Association. “Piracy is a crime with serious consequences, and ACE is committed to detecting, deterring and dismantling piracy operations in Latin America and beyond. We look forward working with Megacable to defend intellectual property rights.”

In 2024, the potential impact of digital piracy on the Latin American economy was an estimated $872 million USD per year, according to a study by the Center for Telecommunications Studies of Latin America (CET.LA). ACE continues to work with regional members and law enforcement and government agencies in the region to bring illegal operators to justice.

Megacable, among the largest cable operators in Mexico based on the number of subscribers, also provides internet and digital telephony services.

“We are pleased to join forces with ACE to strengthen our fight against digital piracy in the region, thus reaffirming Megacable’s commitment to protecting intellectual property rights,” said Enrique Yamuni Robles, CEO of Megacable.

 

About The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) is the world’s leading coalition dedicated to protecting the legal creative 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 unauthorized content sources and their operators. Drawing upon the collective expertise and resources of more than 50 media and entertainment companies around the world—including sports channels and associations—and reinforced by the Motion Picture Association’s content protection operations, ACE protects the creativity and innovation that drives the global growth of core copyright and entertainment industries. The current governing board members for ACE are Amazon, Apple TV+, Netflix, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Studios, and Warner Bros. Discovery. Charles Rivkin is Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association and Chairman of ACE.

Media Contact (ACE)

Pamela Corante

pamela_corante@motionpictures.org

 

About Megacable

Megacable Holdings is one of the largest telecommunications companies in Mexico and Latin America, with operations spanning all 32 Mexican states and over 550 locations. As of September 30, 2024, the Company serves more than 5.3 million unique subscribers, including over 5.1 million internet users, approximately 3.9 million video subscribers, and more than 4.5 million fixed telephony users. Megacable employs more than 34 thousand people.

Media Contact (Megacable) 

Nelly Solorio

nelly@alquimiag.com