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| Mar 11, 2026 | Canal+ unveils big plan to stem DStv’s decline | Canal+ will pump €100-million (R1.9-billion) into a “boost plan” to restart subscriber growth at MultiChoice, even as Africa’s largest pay-TV operator continues to bleed customers and revenue under its new French parent.
The investment, ann... |
| Mar 11, 2026 | Canal+ brands Showmax an ‘expensive failure’ | The decision by MultiChoice Group parent company Canal+ to pull the plug on failed streaming service Showmax is expected to help boost cost savings to €250-million in 2026, up from the €150-million Canal+ had guided in January.
This is acco... |
| Nov 12, 2025 | Police raid uncovers hundreds of illegal streaming boxes in Johannesburg | Police investigators last week swooped on a Lenasia, Johannesburg premises and seized “hundreds of illegal streaming devices” valued at more than R500 000, broadcaster MultiChoice Group said on Wednesday.
The operation was led by the Hawks ... |
| Oct 17, 2025 | Denuvo in 2025: why some games ship with the DRM — and others remove it | Share
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The use of Denuvo remains high (and hotly debated) in 2025. Recent cases show different strategies: some titles launch with the DRM, like Digimon Story: Time Stranger; others roll it back, such as inZOI in Earl... |
| Mar 11, 2025 | Another Waka TV arrest, this time in Soweto | MultiChoice Group has nailed another alleged reseller of the Waka TV piracy platform.
The broadcaster and its cybersecurity subsidiary Irdeto said on Tuesday that, working with law enforcement agencies, they have arrested a Waka TV reseller... |
| Feb 26, 2025 | Policeman arrested in MultiChoice Waka TV raid | A Western Cape policeman was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the Waka TV piracy syndicate. This followed a raid by MultiChoice Group subsidiary Iderto with the Western Cape commercial crime unit.
According to a statement from MultiCh... |
| Feb 12, 2025 | Big anti-piracy busts in the Western Cape | Three alleged content piracy operations in the Western Cape have been targeted in law enforcement operations.
Through “coordinated efforts”, the raids were conducted in Maitland, Wellington and Worcester, leading to multiple arrests and leg... |
| Jan 31, 2025 | MultiChoice makes headway against Waka TV pirates | MultiChoice Group-owned Irdeto has secured more arrests in its ongoing crackdown against the Waka TV pirate streaming operation.
After a number of law enforcement actions in 2024, Irdeto on Friday said it recently conducted a raid in Worces... |
| Oct 8, 2024 | DStv parent plays Whac-A-Mole with Waka TV | MultiChoice Group has secured another arrest in its crackdown on the Waka TV pirate streaming operation.
The pay-television broadcaster’s security technology subsidiary Irdeto has this year mounted a major campaign, working with law enforce... |
| Sep 25, 2024 | DStv piracy clampdown continues with W Cape arrest | Police have conducted another raid on a suspected piracy operation, this time in the Western Cape town of Worcester.
The operation, which was conducted with MultiChoice Group-owned Irdeto, took place on 19 September.
“The operation focused ... |
| Sep 12, 2024 | ACE Helps Egypt to Dismantle the Region’s Largest Piracy Site | In recent years, rightsholders have repeatedly teamed up with Egyptian law enforcement to tackle several large pirate sites and services.
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) booked several successes, shutting down domains re... |
| Sep 9, 2024 | Another arrest in DStv piracy crackdown – with promise of more to come | MultiChoice Group has secured another arrest related to the Waka TV pirate streaming operation, the pay-television broadcaster said on Monday.
The arrest follows a raid in Germiston on Friday, 6 September. The suspect is accused of theft, f... |
| Aug 30, 2024 | FPB destroys 87 000 illegal DVDs to ‘protect our children’ | The Film and Publication Board (FPB) has overseen the destruction of 87 000 pirated DVDs and CDs worth an estimated R8.7-million in an anti-piracy operation.
It said the move not only serves to help protect the economy for illicit trade but... |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Человек мухлюющий — читы в гейм-индустрии. Часть 1: Ландшафт читерства и методы борьбы с читами | Читерство — это тёмная сторона игровой индустрии, способная лишить удовольствия как игроков, так и разработчиков. В этой статье мы погрузимся в мир читов: разберём, какие они бывают, как их использование влияет на игровую индустрию и какие ... |
| Jul 27, 2024 | The Battle Against Digital Piracy: A New Front in South Africa | In the digital age, piracy is a shadow lurking in the corners of the internet. It steals creativity and undermines industries. Recently, South Africa has ramped up its fight against this menace. The MultiChoice Group, a major player in the ... |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Suspect arrested in DStv piracy raid | Irdeto’s Frikke Jonker
MultiChoice Group and police detectives said on Friday that they have nabbed an alleged piracy kingpin in Gauteng as part of a series of antipiracy efforts by the JSE-listed broadcaster.
It said that on Thursday, a su... |
| Jul 11, 2024 | BREIN Shuts Down Pirate IPTV Service, Users Get a ‘Warning’ | The Internet is littered with shady IPTV services that offer a lot, for very little money.
These deals often seem too good to be true and in most cases they are; at least for those who prefer to stay on the right side of the law.
Anti-pirac... |
| Jul 9, 2024 | As South Africa dawdles on DTT, television technology moves on | South Africa is a laggard in television broadcasting technology. One of the consequences of long delays in the migration to digital terrestrial television (DTT) is that broadcasters risk getting stuck in archaic business models that do make... |
| Jun 10, 2024 | TCS | MultiChoice declares war on piracy – the man leading the fight | Frikkie Jonker
MultiChoice Group has been involved in two major enforcement actions against piracy kingpins in as many weeks.
Frikkie Jonker, of MultiChoice subsidiary Irdeto, is the man leading the charge against these pirate operations, a... |
| Jun 5, 2024 | MultiChoice nails streaming piracy operation Waka TV | MultiChoice Group and its technology security subsidiary Irdeto have succeeded in nailing a pirate internet streaming service with the help of Western Cape police investigators.
In a statement on Wednesday, MultiChoice described the dismant... |
| May 28, 2024 | Amlogic Extends HD STB Broadcasting Chipset offering: S805C1 Certified by Irdeto for Cardless Pay-TV Protection | HOOFDDORP, NETHERLANDS, May 28, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Amlogic, a leading multimedia system-on-chip (SoC) fabless semiconductor company, today announced it has further extended its strategic partnership with Irdeto, a world leader in di... |
| May 27, 2024 | Irdeto Unveils ‘Irdeto Experience’ at CommunicAsia 2024 | Irdeto, the global leader in digital video platform experiences and security, is thrilled to participate in CommunicAsia 2024, where it will showcase Irdeto Experience. This comprehensive suite of solutions enables pay-TV, telecommunication... |
| May 17, 2024 | Parkopedia and Irdeto announce Plug and Charge partnership to streamline global EV charging | Parkopedia and Irdeto Press Release Image
Parkopedia and Irdeto have partnered to offer the first true multi-contract solution designed to simplify the EV charging process for drivers.
We are proud to work with Irdeto to be able to offer th... |
| Apr 4, 2024 | Bidstack stays silent as investor anger grows over pre-pack administration deal | The bosses of in-game advertising firm Bidstack have remained silent since buying the AIM-listed firm out of administration last month, fuelling anger among retail investors.
Questions continue to swirl about the deal, which saw chief execu... |
| Mar 11, 2024 | Women In Trucking Association Names 2024 Top Women to Watch in Transportation | 2024 Top Women to Watch in Transportation
The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) announced today its 2024 Top Women to Watch in Transportation.
ARLINGTON, Va., March 11, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) an... |
| Nov 30, 2023 | A history of the decoders made by M-Net and DStv | Long before streaming became the preferred medium for the consumption of entertainment, terrestrial pay-television – and later satellite television – disrupted South Africa’s media landscape from the mid-1980s, and for decades that followed... |
| Mar 30, 2023 | Denuvo выпустила бесплатную брошюру о вреде игровых эмуляторов для разработчиков игр | Denuvo выпустила брошюру о вреде игровых эмуляторов для разработчиков игр. Это уже не первый раз, когда компания выступает против эмуляции.
В брошюре компания рассказывает о том, что эмуляторы позволяют игрокам запускать любимые игры в высо... |
| Mar 21, 2023 | Denuvo Unveils Unbotify Technology for Bot Detection | Irdeto, the world leader in digital platform cybersecurity, announces it is relaunching to the market a unique technology focused on behavioral biometric analysis for bot detection in video games. Denuvo Unbotify is able to identify bots in... |
| Feb 7, 2023 | Irdeto Launches Renewed Irdeto ActiveCloak for Media to Protect Vulnerable Devices Against the Extraction of Content Encryption Keys | Irdeto, the world leader in digital platform cybersecurity, announces the launch of a new and improved ActiveCloak for Media (ACM), a software digital rights management (DRM) software development kit (SDK). This enhanced solution comprises ... |
| Dec 6, 2022 | Man gets five years for DStv piracy | Video entertainment firm MultiChoice and its cyber security
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| Nov 5, 2022 | Anti-Piracy Companies Locked Down Russian TV, Now Putin Wants It Back | In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, French satellite broadcaster Eutelsat refused to stop Russia from using its satellites.
Russia relies on state-run TV channels to spread propaganda, and since 50% of homes have access to a satell... |
| Aug 24, 2022 | Denuvo introduces anti-emulation tech for Nintendo Switch | Irdeto unveiled Denuvo emulator protection for Nintendo Switch, a new piece of anti-emulation technology designed to make pirating Switch games on PC more difficult.
Irdeto, the company behind the controversial digital rights management (DR... |
| Aug 17, 2022 | Africa Must Act Now to Address Cybersecurity Threats. Here's Why | • In a globally-integrated financial market, robust and resilient cybersecurity is a non-negotiable prerequisite for investment across the world.
• But effective cybersecurity remains a challenge across Africa, with many organizations unpre... |
| Dec 14, 2021 | Irdeto Launches First-to-market Hybrid Satellite RDK Video Accelerator | Irdeto Certified Secure Experience (ICSE) is also launched to support the Netflix Da Vinci security and scalability program
Irdeto, the world leader in digital platform cybersecurity, announces the launch of Irdeto RDK Hybrid Stack, a multi... |
| Nov 3, 2021 | DIRECTV América Latina implanta App Watch da Irdeto | AMSTERDÃ, Nov. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A Irdeto, líder mundial em segurança de plataformas digitais, anuncia hoje a implementação do Irdeto App Watch para oferecer suporte, proteger e expandir a nova plataforma Android TV da DIRECTV Am... |
| Sep 22, 2021 | MultiChoice Africa taps Minim and Irdeto for Wi-Fi and security combo | MANCHESTER, NH – Minim, Inc. (NASDAQ: MINM), the creator of intelligent networking products, and Irdeto, the recognized leader in digital platform and cybersecurity, announced the expansion of its Trusted Home solution to DStv subscribers o... |
| Jul 6, 2021 | Irdeto partners with confinis to launch the first cybersecurity assessment tool in the medical devices industry | The combined expertise of confinis and Irdeto will bring unparalleled cybersecurity and regulatory capabilities to medtech customers. We are thrilled to join forces with the Irdeto team to support the healthcare community in ensuring their ... |
| Jun 9, 2021 | Denuvo Is Still Claiming It's In The Anti-Piracy Business Even As Games Continue To Strip Out Denuvo Post-Launch | For a three year period or so, we had a ton of coverage on Denuvo, a DRM platform once touted as undefeatable. That era of invincibility soon crumbled completely, with cracking groups eventually figuring out how to get around the DRM. Crack... |
| Jun 1, 2021 | The business impact of video game cheaters and pirates — and how to fight back (VB Live) | Presented by Denuvo
Whether you’re a big studio or indie developer, piracy, app cloning, and cheating has a direct impact on your revenue. Join VB’s Dean Takahashi and others to learn how anti-tamper and anti-cheat solutions can protect you... |
| May 12, 2021 | Irdeto joins AWS Media & Entertainment initiative | Irdeto has a longstanding relationship with AWS, and we are excited about deepening our collaboration with them.
AMSTERDAM (PRWEB) May 12, 2021
Irdeto, the world leader in digital platform security, today announces it has joined the AWS for... |
| Apr 1, 2021 | Irdeto’s Control on the Go Brings Digital Rights Management Protection and Streaming Optimization to Internet Challenged Spaces | Irdeto’s partnership approach, vendor-agnostic mindset, and pro-activity in managing risks allowed us to quickly accelerate delivery to our global customer base.
AMSTERDAM (PRWEB) April 01, 2021
Irdeto, the world leader in digital platform ... |
| Mar 25, 2021 | Tech PR Agency ARPR Grows Cybersecurity Practice Group by nearly 35% in Q1 2021; Adds to Team Roster | ARPR remains one of few PR agencies in the world with a practice group entirely dedicated to the ins and outs of cybersecurity.
ATLANTA (PRWEB) March 25, 2021
ARPR, an award-winning tech PR agency at the epicenter of the future of PR, today... |
| Mar 10, 2021 | Denuvo joins exclusive PlayStation®5 Tools and Middleware program to offer Anti-Cheat technology to game developers | This can lead to lower engagement, game traffic and shrinking revenues for game publishers. We are really proud be able to help the world's most talented developers to bring rich experiences for gamers on Playstation®5.
AMSTERDAM (PRWEB) Ma... |
| Mar 3, 2021 | Irdeto wins big at the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards 2021 | Helping people and companies to embrace connectivity without fear is Irdeto’s vision, and we’re especially honored that this year’s awards have demonstrated our progress towards this vision, highlighting our technology, people, and ability ... |
| Feb 23, 2021 | Irdeto seals partnership with KAON Broadband for Trusted Home solution | It is exciting to be working side-by-side with another reputable brand in the broadband CPE and cybersecurity business to safeguard connectivity for home and enterprises.
AMSTERDAM (PRWEB) February 23, 2021
Irdeto, the world leader in digit... |
| Feb 18, 2021 | Irdeto, Minim extend home network security partnership | AMSTERDAM – Irdeto, the world leader in digital platform security, today announces the extension of its partnership with Minim (OTCQB: MINM), the creator of innovative internet access products. In this extended partnership agreement, the Tr... |
| Feb 10, 2021 | API vulnerabilities in common mobile health apps leave patient information exposed | Alissa Knight, a cybersecurity analyst and partner at Knight Ink, tested 30 popular mobile health apps for potential security vulnerabilities. All 30 were vulnerable to API attacks that could expose patient records.
Though the report didn’t... |
| May 23, 2020 | ‘App Watch’ Allows Operators to Monitor and Ban Piracy Apps on Android Set-Top Boxes | Many content providers and networks have their own set-top boxes that can be connected to any modern TV.
These devices are often running on Android and sometimes allow users to install third-party apps, via Google’s Play store, for example.... |
| Aug 22, 2018 | After Stopping Pirates, Denuvo Plans to Catch Cheaters Too | Denuvo‘s anti-piracy system has been a sworn enemy of many gaming pirates for years. While it is no longer as unbreakable as it once was, the software is still seen as a major roadblock.
Earlier this year the company was acquired by Irdeto,... |
| Aug 8, 2018 | P2P Piracy Is Alive and Growing, Research Suggests | In recent years Hollywood and other entertainment sources have focused their enforcement efforts on pirate streaming sites and services.
According to several reports, streaming sites get more traffic than their P2P counterparts, with the la... |
| Aug 1, 2018 | Mastercard and Visa Under Pressure for ‘Enabling’ IPTV Piracy | With help from dedicated hardware boxes, live streaming piracy has seen a massive user growth in recent years.
While there are hundreds of free live streaming sites and tools, there’s also a huge market for paid pirate services, which charg... |
| Jun 24, 2018 | ‘Live’ TV Piracy Watermarking Defeated by Devices Sold on eBay | Anyone familiar with the annual leak of awards season movies onto the Internet will recognize the watermarks used to identify the purpose of a copy.
The “For Your Consideration” watermarks are perhaps the most widely recognized additions to... |
| May 26, 2018 | Social Media Sites Are Full of Pirate Champions League Streamers | This evening, Liverpool and Real Madrid will go head to head in the Champions League final, one of the biggest sports events of the year.
Hundreds of millions of football fans from around the world will be glued to their televisions to foll... |
| Jan 24, 2018 | Denuvo Sold To Irdeto, Which Boasts Of Acquiring 'The World Leader In Gaming Security' | Any reading of our thorough coverage of Denuvo DRM could be best summarized as: a spasm of success in 2015 followed by one of the great precipitous falls into failure in the subsequent two years. While some of us are of the opinion that all... |
| Jan 23, 2018 | Anti-piracy firm Denuvo acquired by digital security outfit Irdeto | Denuvo’s anti-piracy tech has been divisive in the gaming world, with some complaining that it restricts their gaming habits or stifles modding communities. But few will dispute that it has been unusually successful in its main goal of prev... |
| Dec 22, 2017 | Greater transparency and digital transformation, what 2018 holds for artificial intelligence | One of the most interesting trends we've seen in 2017 is the spread of artificial intelligence into areas like marketing and security.
Is this set to continue into next year, and are there new fields where AI is set to make a significant im... |
| Aug 28, 2017 | Mayweather vs. McGregor Caused Massive Surge in Streaming Piracy | The boxing matchup between Mayweather and McGregor was an unusual sporting event in many ways, not least financially.
With close to a billion dollars at stake, various rightsholders did their best to ensure that piracy was kept to a minimum... |
| Jul 26, 2017 | 90 percent of consumers think security should be built into IoT devices | With increasing numbers of connected devices entering our homes and workplaces, their security is becoming a major concern as they can offer hackers an attractive backdoor into networks.
A new survey from digital platform security company I... |
| Apr 13, 2017 | Cisco Draws Attention To The Rise of Pirate IPTV | It’s often said that the peer-to-peer file-sharing boom of the early 2000s was fueled by the entertainment industries’ failure to offer their content in the digital domain. It took years for them to respond but content is now more widely av... |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Amazon Bans Sales of “Pirate” Media Players, Will Destroy Them | Streaming piracy is on the rise with popular media player Kodi at the center of attention.
While Kodi itself is a neutral platform, millions of people use third-party add-ons to turn it into the ultimate pirate machine.
In some cases, the p... |
| Mar 9, 2017 | Better consumer education could help cut video piracy | A new survey reveals that education could have a big impact on piracy, cutting the numbers who illegally share video content.
The study by digital platform security specialist Irdeto of more than 25,000 adults across 30 countries finds that... |
| Feb 10, 2017 | Spanish Police Shut Down ISP’s IPTV Piracy Business | In recent years there’s been an increase in the availability of unlicensed TV streams, with vendors offering virtually any channel imaginable, for free or in exchange for a small fee.
Rightholders are not happy with this development and are... |
| Jan 19, 2017 | 32% of All US Adults Watch Pirated Content | Despite the availability of many legal services, piracy remains rampant througout the United States.
This is one of the main conclusions of research conducted by anti-piracy firm Irdeto, which works with prominent clients including Twentiet... |
| Jan 18, 2017 | Many consumers don't care about the impact of piracy | Almost a third of consumers watch pirated content even though they know it's illegal to do so and that it deprives the content creators of revenue.
The study for platform security company Irdeto conducted by YouGov finds that 74 percent of ... |
| Feb 19, 2015 | Oscar Nominations Massively Boosted Pirate Downloads | While Hollywood would’ve liked it to remain a secret, news that the majority of Oscar contenders were available online just a day after the Academy’s announcement traveled fast.
In anticipation of this eventuality, at the turn of the year p... |
| Feb 21, 2013 | Bridging Communication Boundaries Through a Common Vision | Refreshed conference format features joint Visionary Addresses and new tracks
SINGAPORE, 21 February 2013 – The much-anticipated annual conferences held at CommunicAsia, EnterpriseIT and BroadcastAsia are back in a new format with a joint v... |
| Aug 29, 2012 | Anti-Pirates Caught Spying on Thousands of Torrents | It is no secret that a handful of anti-piracy agencies are actively monitoring the downloading habits of BitTorrent users.
For years companies such as BayTSP and Peer Media have been hired by movie studios and record labels to track the IP-... |
| Aug 31, 2010 | 5 Resources for Migrating to the Cloud Securely | A recent poll found that most enterprises that have already become infrastructure-as-a-service customers worry much less about cloud security than companies that are only thinking about making the leap. But for the rest of you, security rem... |
| Apr 13, 2010 | Netflix licenses Irdeto’s Cloakware Embedded Security to protect streaming content | Digital content delivery and security company Irdeto announced today that Netflix plans to use its Cloakware Embedded Security as one of many tools to protect streaming media.
Irdeto’s technology allows Netflix to protect its content across... |
| Apr 13, 2010 | Netflix licenses Irdeto’s Cloakware Embedded Security to protect streaming content | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Digital content delivery and security company Ird... |
| Game Pirates Beat Denuvo with Hypervisor Bypasses — Irdeto Promises Countermeasure | For as long as protected computer games have existed, people have tried to break or bypass these digital locks with patches, loaders, and keygens.
With gaming as a multi-billion-dollar industry today, protecting games is more important than... |
| API vulnerabilities in common mobile health apps leave patient information exposed | While most patients expect their health information to be secure when they download an app the reality might often be the opposite.
Several widely-used mobile health apps have basic security flaws that could leave them vulnerable to attacks... |
| MAME Devs Spent 628 Years Cracking Protection on 712 Retro Games | With the next cutting-edge big-budget AAA masterpiece never too far away, thousands of 8bit and 16bit classics dating back almost 50 years sit quietly by, waiting for the arrival of the next wave of curious explorers.
The magic of emulation... |
