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Sports Streaming Piracy Service with 123M Yearly Visits Shut Down

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​Calcio, a large piracy sports streaming platform with more than 120 million visits in the past year, was shut down following a collaborative effort by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) and DAZN.

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DAZN has achieved a big blow against an illegal streaming service. Together with Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, DAZN has caused the shutdown of a large platform.

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Heavy weight of illegal sports streaming, the Calcio network was made inaccessible following an action by ACE and DAZN. It was very popular in Italy and a little in France.

Some anti-piracy operations are easier to carry out than others. The one that consisted of ending the Calcio platform was simple to carry out: a push was enough, in short, to believe the global anti-piracy alliance. Calcio. For football fans, it's the nickname that we are talking about.

(ANSA) - ROME, SEPTEMBER 8 - The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the leading global anti-piracy alliance, in coordination with Dazn, has dismantled 'Calcio', an illegal live sports streaming site.

An international investigation led to the closure of Calcio, an illegal sports streaming site with heavy traffic in Italy. Italy's largest illegal sports streaming network, known as Calcio, was shut down following a joint operation by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) and the DAZN platform. The action resulted from an investigation by a Moldovan-based operator, which agreed to cease operations after contacting the entities. In …

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Broadband TV News broke the news in on Monday, September 8, 2025.
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