Egyptian authorities launch TV piracy crackdown Rebecca Hawkes
| 04 April 2016
Alexandria Police have confiscated hundreds of IP and illegal decoders, LAN convertors and Wi-Fi LAN connectors following a swoop on TV Piracy in the Egyptian city.
Alexandria police conduct major raid against TV Piracy 1The equipment seized from two shops on Al Malek Hifni Street represents one of the largest hauls of piracy equipment in the North African country, as part of an ongoing anti-piracy campaign spearheaded by regional pay-TV operator OSN.
“The Alexandria raid is significant in that one of the illegal operators was also exporting illegal decoders to other countries. OSN has filed complaints against the company in other countries where these decoders were being sold,” said OSN in a statement.
Nader Genidy, general manager of Alexandria Police, added: “We are taking a very stringent view on TV piracy and will take strong action against illegal TV operators. We look forward to the cooperation of the public in this regard, as they must realise that accessing TV content from unauthorised vendors or through unofficial means is illegal. Encouraging it will cause damage to our nation’s creative industry and our television industry.”
More than 370 IP decoders, 500 LAN converters, 175 Wi-Fi LAN connectors, a personal computer and memory stick with TV piracy software were confiscated in the raid, along with 370 illegal set-top boxes.
The raid led to the arrest of two people.
OSN CEO David Butorac thanked Alexandria Police, saying: “The illegal operators are doing a great disservice to Egypt, a nation with a rich creative legacy. They are also deceiving the public by providing them unreliable and low-quality content that is accessed illegally. A zero-tolerance approach to TV piracy is important to build the country’s creative industry.”
The anti-piracy raid in Alexandra follows similar swoops recently in Cairo, Mansoura and Tanta.
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