FIFA has launched a protest against the piracy of the Women’s World Cup match broadcasts by Saudi-based beoutQ, which has stolen the broadcast signal from rights holder beIN Sports in Qatar. This now throws pressure back on to the governing bodies that are having their broadcast rights stolen to take action against the Saudis – ultimately the only sanction the Saudis are likely to take notice of would be a suspension of their national and club teams from international competition. It has asked Arabsat, the Saudi-based satellite provider which is reported to be carrying beoutQ’s broadcasts, to co-operate in tackling the misuse of its intellectual property. The complaint was filed with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and will now go before an arbitration panel at the ITU digital security firms have disagreed and a French court has said it was distributing the broadcasts.
FIFA has launched a protest against the piracy of the Women’s World Cup match broadcasts by Saudi-based beoutQ, which has stolen the broadcast signal from rights holder beIN Sports in Qatar. It has asked Arabsat, the Saudi-based satellite provider which is reported to be carrying beoutQ’s broadcasts, to co-operate in tackling the misuse of its intellectual property. The complaint was filed with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and will now go before an arbitration panel at the ITU digital security firms have disagreed and a French court has said it was distributing the broadcasts.