The Spanish Supreme Court orders the temporary blocking of the Telegram application – tablets and phones – News

In Spain we have a number of streaming platforms created by major TV companies and ISPs (Atresplayer, Mitele, RTVE, Movistar+, etc.).

Episodes often last 24 hours previously And in one Higher quality Broadcast online and not on TV. In addition, there are no ads in the streams, but there are on TV. The difference is really huge. A TV show online may only last for 50 minutes while on TV it lasts for 90 minutes. Sometimes, you can get additional online content, such as an extra hour before or after a TV broadcast.

What happened on Telegram is that people created large groups for each TV show where one person pays for the streaming service and then shares the MP4 file with everyone in the channel. For example, there is a group for “Isla de las Tentaciones” (=Island of Temptation) with over 40,000 members that has been used for 4 years to “chat” about episodes and download streams.
And because it's not P2P, you can download 1GB TV from Telegram servers in seconds.

Edit for those interested: This story is interesting because Movistar is one of the plaintiffs. Movistar is the largest Internet service provider in Spain. In addition, it is also a television company with its own TV channels and the rights to broadcast all football matches.
As Internet service providers, they take very strict measures, because they themselves suffer from the illegal distribution of TV programs. They have ensured that all ISPs must block illegal streams within a few minutes after they are reported centrally. If an illegal IPTV streamer starts broadcasting a football match, it can be blocked by all Spanish ISPs within a few minutes.

[Reactie gewijzigd door Rex op 23 maart 2024 16:16]