News report

# Massive IPTV piracy network with 22 million users shut down by Europol and Italian police

TechSpot, November 27, 2024. Timing of the Italian-led IPTV takedown: the network was taken offline the day before publication, i.e. 26 November 2024, after a two-year investigation..

**Source type:** News report

**Published:** November 27, 2024

**Research grade:** S2

**Used in entries:** 1

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** TechSpot

**Published:** November 27, 2024

**Source type:** News report

**Research grade:** Source grade S2

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an official publication

**Address:** [https://www.techspot.com/news/105745-italian-led-international-investigation-takes-down-massive-illegal.html](https://www.techspot.com/news/105745-italian-led-international-investigation-takes-down-massive-illegal.html)

**What it supports:** Timing of the Italian-led IPTV takedown: the network was taken offline the day before publication, i.e. 26 November 2024, after a two-year investigation.

**Dataset id:** src\_techspot\_iptv\_takedown\_2024

## Research notes

- By Alfonso Maruccia.
- The article says 'yesterday' relative to its 2024-11-27 publication date; it does not print the action date explicitly.

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## Cited by

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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[European illegal IPTV enforcement action](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/european-illegal-iptv-enforcement-action)

Piracy and IP, November 2024

Supporting source

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