{"id":79866,"date":"2024-10-28T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=79866"},"modified":"2024-10-28T09:00:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T09:00:54","slug":"bestreamwise-police-bbc-dazn-quietly-added-to-iptv-piracy-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=79866","title":{"rendered":"BeStreamWise: Police, BBC, & DAZN Quietly Added to IPTV Piracy Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bestreamwise\"<\/a>The exact launch date of the \u2018BeStreamWise<\/a>\u2019 anti-piracy campaign is difficult to pin down. Often subject to intense planning and strict media embargoes, we simply stumbled across the live campaign website early October 2023.<\/p>\n

The purpose of BeStreamWise is to raise awareness of risk associated with illicit streaming platforms. Specifically, when people subscribe to these types of services they risk fueling organized crime, quite possibly at the same time their bank accounts are being unexpectedly drained. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Whether due to malware or other unspecified vectors, the campaign message is simple: Illegal Streams Let Criminals In<\/em>.<\/p>\n

An Unusual Launch For an Awareness Campaign<\/h2>\n

The absence of a coordinated media push at launch was a little unusual, especially given the campaign\u2019s heavyweight backing. The following partners were declared at launch (order per official website)<\/em>: <\/p>\n

Federation Against Copyright Theft, Intellectual Property Office (UK gov), CrimeStoppers (charity), British Association for Screen Entertainment (home entertainment), Sky (broadcaster), Premier League (football rightsholder), Irish Industry Trust For IP Awareness (IP promotion\/education group), ITV (broadcaster).<\/em><\/p>\n

The main campaign video (above) was uploaded to YouTube on September 12, 2023, and when we spotted it early October, it had already been viewed 484,000 times. At the time of writing, YouTube is reporting an impressive 4.9 million views, a very respectable total for a video of this type. However, with just 17 \u2018thumbs up\u2019 and a grand total of zero comments, these YouTube views may have been driven from elsewhere, quite possibly Facebook. <\/p>\n

Anecdotal evidence from people who claimed to have seen the campaign in action, feel that BeStreamWise ads may have appeared after they visited pirate sports streaming sites, or after viewing pirate streams on social media. Whatever the mechanism, the campaign seems to have been well targeted.<\/p>\n

New Additions to the Campaign Partners List<\/h2>\n

Sky\u2019s role as the operator of the BeStreamWise campaign has been clear from the beginning. The campaign website\u2019s privacy policy is Sky\u2019s and the website itself is hosted on Sky\u2019s vast infrastructure. The content in focus \u2013 illicit broadcasts of Premier League matches \u2013 narrows things down quite a lot too. Virgin Media and TNT are notably absent from the main partners list, although both are members of BASE.<\/p>\n

The BeStreamWise news section has been updated from time to time since launch, mostly with details of arrests or sentencing of various players in the IPTV ecosystem. Topics that haven\u2019t received any coverage in the news section include developments relating to the theme of the campaign, i.e malware\/cyber-security. While there have been no specific announcements concerning new BeStreamWise partners since launch (and still no security vendors whatsoever) logos have appeared periodically on the partners page.<\/p>\n

In January 2024, streaming service DAZN was listed as a partner, followed in February by City of London Police (Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit) and the BBC. June saw the addition of GAAGO, the official streaming platform for Gaelic Games outside of Ireland. During the same month, United States media giant Universal joined the campaign. Universal is ultimately owned by Comcast which also owns Sky.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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What comes next for BeStreamWise isn\u2019t clear. The campaign is still mentioned fairly regularly by the UK tabloids, usually in connection with various anti-piracy operations involving Sky. <\/p>\n

That being said, enthusiasm for churning out dozens of reports each week, at times based on no discernible news or current event, appears to have waned significantly. Whether that\u2019s linked or merely coincidental to the campaign\u2019s first birthday is unknown.<\/p>\n

What Happens to the Data?<\/h2>\n

For many years, the UK\u2019s Intellectual Property Office has produced a highly detailed annual report called the \u2018Online copyright infringement tracker.\u2019 The wave 12 report was published in February 2023, so this year\u2019s wave 13 report is already very late; it\u2019s also possible that there are no plans to publish a report this year, which should be viewed as a loss given how detailed the report has become over the years.<\/p>\n

What type and volume of data BeStreamWise and partners have been collecting over the past year is yet to be revealed, but it\u2019s likely to be substantial. Whether the data will show any reduction in pirate IPTV consumption is the million-dollar question, but whatever the state of play, the job isn\u2019t over just yet. <\/p>\n

Indeed, this particular job, in one form or another, has been a thorn in Sky\u2019s side for several decades. It\u2019s not thinkable that it will remain that way for several more.<\/p>\n

From: TF<\/a>, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.<\/p>\n

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