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Emmy wins lead to piracy surge
ccording to findings
from CEG TEK
International, a
provider of in-depth
business intelligence and
comprehensive anti-piracy
solutions, piracy rates for
five Emmy-winning shows
surged over 340% within a
day of the awards
broadcast.
CEG TEK has been tracking
the daily rate of illegal
downloads of all the Emmy
contenders one week before
and after the 66th Primetime
Emmys broadcast on August
25. Breaking Bad, True
Detective, House of Cards,
Homeland and The Newsroom
A
their successes.
Most notable was Breaking
Bad, which prior to its winning
crowning it as the second mostpirated show both worldwide
and in the US.
streak ranked sixth among the
most-pirated television show
worldwide and fifteenth in the
US. The rate of illegal P2P file-
True
Detective,
House of
Cards,
Homeland
and The
Newsroom
all saw illicit activity increases
in excess of 340% just one day
after the Emmys broadcast.
The largest increase in piracy
Piracy rates for five Emmy-winning
shows surged over 340% within a day of
the awards broadcast.
saw huge increases in illegal
P2P file-sharing following
Irdeto boosts Premier
League anti-piracy
efforts
Multiscreen, media
protection and revenue
assurance solutions
specialist Irdeto has
confirmed
it is
working
with the
Barclays
Premier
League, the
most
watched
football league in the world,
to support the league’s
continued efforts to tackle
the illegal redistribution of
set-top boxes capable of
receiving illegal content
streamed over the Internet
(IPTV STBs).
According to Irdeto, it will
provide the Premier League
with access to in-depth
knowledge of the piracy
landscape combined with
sharing jumped 412% the day
after the Emmys broadcast,
global investigative and
security expertise. The
Premier League