During the 2018-19 season of The Premier League, illegal streaming will again be blocked and disrupted as ordered by The High Court. The order, bestowed by Justice Arnold, entails that internet service providers (ISPs) such as Sky, BT, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, Plusnet and EE will handle all free illegal streaming which fans had an accessed to for the past few years that caused the decreased in subscription to pay-for-TV-packages.
The League content blocking in 2017-18 resulted to the suspension of “200,000 illegal streaming†and was therefore considered a huge success.
“Last season the Premier League operated one of the biggest and most successful anti-piracy programmes in the world and this decision by the High Court is a significant factor in being able to continue that approach,” Premier League Director of Services, Kevin Plumb, said.
In addition, The Premier League says: “This new Order is enhanced and will allow us to block more servers in a more effective manner.
“The League’s wider anti-piracy programme is one of the most compressive in the world and saw hugely successful results in 2017/18, including 450,000 illegal clips of Premier League content being removed from social and digital media outlets.
“Targeted investigations into suppliers of illicit streaming devices (ISDs) have resulted in significant criminal convictions.”
As proof, a supplier of ISDs and an illegal streaming service were convicted to five years imprisonment. The operation was led by a “Premier League and FACT investigationâ€