The Economic Crimes Division (ECD) of the Thai Police, supported by ACE and True Visions, undertook a search warrant action at a residence in Samut Prakan (south of Bangkok) and arrested the operator of subscription application http://pglivetv.com/. A number of devices and documents were seized at the residence and the 37 year old operator of the illicit application subsequently made full admissions to the Police. A second search warrant action took place at the premises of World Internetwork Corporation, a Bangkok-based hosting service provider, where a number of servers were seized in connection with pglivetv.com.
The pglivetv.com application had been in operation since 2021 and provided access to live channels (including live sports), movies and other video-on-demand content, which included ACE member content.
Jan van Voorn, Executive Vice President and Chief of Global Content Protection for the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) said:
“We will continue to work closely with Thailand’s law enforcement agencies to identify and interdict the operators of such online piracy services and protect the livelihood of Thai and international creators and distributors. IPTV piracy is organised crime, pure and simple, with crime syndicates making substantial revenues from sales of illicit applications and the provision of illegally re-transmitted TV channels and entertainment content ”.
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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.
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