LOS ANGELES – The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), together with ACE Live Tier member UEFA and with support from Mexican authorities, disrupted a major PirloTV-linked sports piracy ring primarily targeting audiences across Latin America.
The action targeted 44 associated domains ahead of the UEFA Champions League final, reflecting ACE’s broader strategy of using intelligence-led enforcement, government cooperation, and member collaboration to disrupt piracy infrastructure before high-value live events.
The shutdown also marks the first collaboration between ACE and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) under a recently signed Memorandum of Understanding designed to strengthen cooperation against digital piracy.
PirloTV was among the largest illegal sports streaming services operating in Mexico and formed part of a broader network of piracy sites that attracted hundreds of millions of visits annually. Collectively, the domains targeted in the operation generated more than 950 million visits worldwide each year, including approximately 230 million visits from Mexico alone. The service primarily targeted viewers throughout Latin America, with particularly strong audiences in Mexico and Colombia, while also attracting significant traffic from markets such as Spain and the United States.
“This operation demonstrates the power of collaboration between ACE, UEFA, key industry stakeholders and government partners to protect the creative economy and combat large-scale digital piracy,” said Larissa Knapp, Executive Vice President and Chief Content Protection Officer with the Motion Picture Association (MPA). “The disruption of PirloTV and its associated domains sends a clear message that illegal streaming operations face growing enforcement pressure around the world.”
UEFA and UC3, the entity that oversees the management, sales and delivery of all commercial rights to UEFA’s club competitions, have made tackling piracy and protecting broadcast partners a central priority across their anti-piracy efforts.
“Tackling piracy and protecting our global family of broadcast partners remain key priorities for UEFA and UC3, supporting continued investment across the European football ecosystem,” said Diego Dabrio, Senior Content Protection Expert at UEFA. “Actions such as this demonstrate our determination to pursue all avenues to disrupt and dismantle illegal streaming networks, reinforcing the protection of UEFA competitions worldwide.”
The operation represents a significant milestone in ACE’s ongoing efforts to combat online piracy and protect the rights of creators, broadcasters, sports leagues, and legitimate distribution platforms. ACE continues to work with law enforcement and government agencies worldwide to identify and disrupt criminal piracy enterprises that profit from the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted content.
ACE’s global anti-piracy efforts have resulted in the shutdown of hundreds of illegal streaming services and piracy operations worldwide, helping safeguard creative industries and consumers from online harms, preserve jobs, and support legitimate content ecosystems.
About The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) is the world’s leading coalition dedicated to protecting the legal creative market and reducing digital piracy. Driven by a comprehensive approach to addressing piracy through criminal referrals, civil litigation, and cease-and-desist operations, ACE has achieved many successful global enforcement actions against illegal streaming services and unauthorized content sources and their operators. Drawing upon the collective expertise and resources of more than 50 media and entertainment companies around the world—including sports channels and associations – and reinforced by the Motion Picture Association’s content protection operations, ACE protects the creativity and innovation that drives the global growth of core copyright and entertainment industries. The current governing board members for ACE are Amazon, Apple TV, Netflix, Paramount Global, Sony Pictures, Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Studios, and Warner Bros. Discovery. Charles Rivkin is Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association and Chairman of ACE.
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John Mercurio
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