Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment shuts down Cima4U in Egypt
The shutdown of Cima4U reflects ACE's ongoing commitment to combating content piracy and preserving the integrity of the entertainment industry in the MENA region.
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The shutdown of Cima4U reflects ACE's ongoing commitment to combating content piracy and preserving the integrity of the entertainment industry in the MENA region.
While media rights holders miss out on $28bn, the consequences of illegal streams are far darker than lost revenue, putting the region’s economy, employment, data protection and personal safety at ...
CimaClub enabled users to directly download or stream pirated content, offering a VOD library of nearly 50,000 movie and TV series titles in Arabic and their original versions.
For the takedown of Shahed4U, ACE collaborated closely with MENA broadcast media companies OSN and MBC Group.
OSN will help to enhance the coalition's ability to crack down on international illegal piracy operations.
Corante will join the MPA on January 3, 2023, and will be based in Los Angeles.
According to local insights shared by MBC Group, hundreds of websites pirate its content daily, including Arabic-language and locally produced films, series and programmes.
ACE and beIN supported the takedown of 18 other sites in June, all of which were illegal live sport operators based in Cairo.
The first Asia-based companies, Viu and True Vision join a coalition of 39 members.
In the month of May 2022, the four websites attracted 1.8m users from Egypt and 4.8m viewers worldwide.
BeIN is the 38th company to join ACE and the coalition's first sports broadcaster.
This is the second time in a year that ACE has taken down a pirate IPTV service in Africa.
