Live Sports

Your Strategic Advantage in the Global Fight Against Live Sports Piracy

Live sports piracy erodes media rights value, undermines broadcast partnerships, and diverts millions of fans to illegal platforms. The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) brings together the world’s leading sports leagues, broadcasters, and streaming platforms to dismantle piracy networks and protect the integrity of your live sports business.

When illegal streams capture millions of viewers during live matches, they don’t just steal content. They dilute the long‑term value of your rights portfolio.

ACE members include many of the world’s most influential sports organizations, broadcasters, streaming platforms, studios, and technology companies.

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Piracy’s Impact on Live Sports

Illegal sports streaming is now a highly organized global enterprise. Sophisticated piracy operators run largescale distribution networks that attract massive audiences during live events, directly impacting rights holders.

$28B+ lost annually to sports piracy worldwide

Illegal viewership undermines broadcast ratings and advertising value

More than 90% of illegal streams stay live through the match

Operations span borders, infrastructure providers, and intermediaries

No single organization can fight this threat alone, but the industry can as a unified force.

The Industry’s Leading Anti-Piracy Alliance

ACE is the world’s leading coalition working to Detect, Deter, and Dismantle digital piracy at scale.

ACE enables collaboration among global rights holders to share intelligence, coordinate enforcement strategies, and take down piracy networks worldwide.

Our Global Impact

Piracy operates globally across jurisdictions. ACE enables coordinated, cross-border enforcement at scale

Operations across 18+ countries on six continents

Collaboration with 600+ intermediaries worldwide

4,000+ piracy domains shut down around the world annually

Extensive enforcement activity across all six continents

Why ACE?

Fragmented efforts are reactive and isolated: ACE delivers proactive, intelligence-led disruption of entire piracy networks
Individual takedowns remove symptoms: ACE targets and dismantles the underlying infrastructure and operators
Siloed actions limit impact: ACE unifies industry players to share intelligence and amplify enforcement effectiveness
Short-term fixes address single events: ACE protects the long-term value of sports media rights portfolios

REAL RESULTS

ACE has delivered industry-defining wins in the fight against live sports piracy:

Shutdown of one of the largest illegal sports streaming networks
Criminal charges filed against operators of major IPTV piracy services
Global domain seizures disrupting thousands of piracy websites
Redirection of more than one million users to legitimate platforms

ACE delivers measurable results that help strengthen media value.

WHY SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS JOIN ACE

ACE provides the strategic, operational, and enforcement muscle necessary to protect premium live sports content.

Members can:

Coordinate international enforcement strategies
Share intelligence across industry leaders
Partner with governments, law enforcement, and intermediaries
Execute faster, more effective takedowns
Protect the long‑term value of sports media rights

Joining ACE equips your organization with the power and partnership needed to stop piracy at scale.

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