BeIN Media Group, the sports and entertainment provider that is now present in 43 countries, is in the frontline in the fight against piracy due to the actions of beoutQ, which has been using both satellite and streaming to steal content on an unprecedented scale. Here, Israel Esteban, Executive Director of Technology at BeIN, is joined by Olivier Bastard, VP Sales EMEA at Synamedia, to discuss how they are combatting the piracy threat on a technical and commercial level. They discuss the efforts to rally the whole industry to take joint action to protect the value of content, and Esteban offers to share BeIN’s learnings about what does and doesn’t work with other service providers. You can hear about the beIN Academy and its work to train young people for a career in television – a reminder of what is at stake if the pirates win.
