Study - Illegal use of live TV programs

First published on 23 May 2019 on the website : www.hadopi.fr

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Study of illegal services

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Study conducted with the Ifop institute including a qualitative phase conducted from July to September 2018 (10 in-home interviews and 2 mini-groups of 6 participants lasting 2h30) and a quantitative phase conducted online from November 27, 2018 to January 3, 2019.

Unlawful access to live TV programs is practiced by around a quarter of Internet users aged 15 and over. There are three main modes of unlawful access: the most widespread and oldest is live streaming of sporting events via dedicated sites, which affects 17% of Internet users; access to programs shown live on social networks by users, which concerns 14% of Internet users; and finally, more recently, unlawful IPTV via specific software and applications, whether or not integrated into a box to be plugged into the TV set, which is currently used by 5% of Internet users. These unlawful services expose their users to real risks: viruses, malware, untimely advertising or hacking into their banking data. Unlawful IPTV also presents a high risk of cannibalization of legal supplies: 54% of users have already cancelled their subscription to a legal supply.

METHODOLOGY
Study conducted with the Ifop institute including a qualitative phase conducted from July to September 2018 (10 in-home interviews and 2 mini-groups of 6 participants lasting 2h30) and a quantitative phase conducted online from November 27, 2018 to January 3, 2019 with a representative national sample (using the quota method) of 1,002 Internet users aged 15 and over, supplemented by a sample of 800 unlawful consumers of live TV programs, for a total of 1,802 Internet users, including 1,031 unlawful consumers of live TV programs surveyed.

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