MultiChoice is proactively cracking down on one of its biggest enemies — pirates.
MultiChoice says fighting piracy of its DStv channels is an ongoing battle that presents multifaceted challenges. Itillegal streams were a bigger threat than competition from rival services like Netflix.
Several illegal IPTV services offer access to DStv channels. These services are advertised by several Facebook users in large South African community groups — including Pretoria’sAmong the popular options is VIP Box TV, which can be accessed with a modified Android TV box. It is available for a once-off payment of over R1,000 or monthly payments of a few hundred rand.
Mott was arrested in October 2020 by detectives of the Western Cape’s provincial commercial crime unit, after an investigation found he was selling modified Android TV boxes which could stream copyrighted content.A week later, UK citizen Lee Whaley was sentenced to five years by the same court for a similar offence.
Following backlash from customers, it introduced the ability to pay extra for additional streams. However, this has been limited to mobile devices only.
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