{"id":1277,"date":"2022-02-16T15:55:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T20:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alliance4creativity.com\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2022-02-16T15:55:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T20:55:29","slug":"ace-shuts-down-global-tv-company-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alliance4creativity.com\/news\/ace-shuts-down-global-tv-company-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"ACE SHUTS DOWN GLOBAL \u201cTV COMPANY\u201d RING","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles, CA. Feb. 16, 2022 \u2013 The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the world\u2019s leading coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal ecosystem and reducing digital piracy,\u00a0today announced it has shut down the full operations of the global \u201cTV Company\u201d Ring.<\/p>\n<p>Illegal IPTV services Polish TV Company, Russian TV Company, Ukrainian TV Company, Israeli TV company, Turkish TV Company, German TV Company, Arab TV Company, and IPTV Anywhere, collectively known as the \u201cTV Company\u201d ring, were managed by the same operator. The \u201cTV Company\u201d ring offered over 700 live television channels with both US and Eastern European TV channels as well as over 7,000 VOD titles featuring US and European content. Tens of thousands of customers subscribed to the \u201cTV Company\u201d ring, with subscription packages ranging from $14.99 to $24.99 per month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2018TV Company\u2019 ring affected all ACE members, and we are pleased that we were successful in taking down the entire operation,\u201d said Jan van Voorn,\u00a0Executive Vice President and Chief of Global Content Protection for the Motion Picture Association. \u201cThis action in the U.S. is the latest example of our dedication to protecting the legal ecosystem for creative content around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0identifying\u00a0the operator,\u00a0ACE executed the action in Brooklyn, NY, followed by cooperation from the operator.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, all domains associated with the \u201cTV Company\u201d ring have been transferred to ACE and are redirecting to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alliance4creativity.com\/watch-legally\/\">Watch Legally<\/a>\u00a0section on the ACE website.<\/p>\n<p>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\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alliance4creativity.com\">www.alliance4creativity.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles, CA. 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