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WEDNESDAY • 18 NOVEMBER 2020 • ISSUE 714 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
EDITORIAL • PAGE 11
PAGE 7 ANALYSIS • PAGES 8 & 9
Why Abela
does not
congratulate
Metsola
PAGE 3
'Overly optimistic
sound bites
created false
sense of security'
KARL AZZOPARDI
THE recent crackdown on providers of illicit soft-
ware installed on IPTV and Android boxes, used
to stream protected media content free of charge,
has left users and resellers in Malta unperturbed,
despite the illegality of the service, MaltaToday has
learned.
IPTV is widely sought-after in Malta, with 28%
of households reported to have subscribed to IP-
TV or Android box services.
But posts and comments on social media fol-
lowing police action last week show a reluctance
by IPTV users to accept their free streaming
could come to a complete stop any
time soon.
IPTV users unfazed by recent police
crackdown on service providers
Police say IPTV box itself
is not an 'illicit device', but
insist software redesign to
stream protected content
is illegal