Claudia Loebbecke and Matthias Fischer (2005). Pay TV Piracy and its Effects on Pay TV Provision, Journal of Media Business Studies 2(2): 17-34.
Key Words: intellectual property rights, piracy, pay TV, Europe
This article explores how pay TV piracy in Europe affects the legal providers of pay TV services. It describes the main players in the European pay TV market, the Conditional Access Systems (CAS) used in the European Union (EU-15), the European pay TV piracy market, and the most important technologies used. The authors then discuss the effects of pay TV piracy on CAS providers and pay TV providers and conclude with some proposed anti-piracy measures for more effective protection against pay TV piracy in Europe.