The Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor super welterweight boxing match was broadcast on Showtime pay-per-view and had an estimated three million illegal streams. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Dutch cybersecurity company Irdeto has released an updated version of its Piracy Control software solution that could help digital steaming companies protect their product.
Online piracy remains a major problem: an estimated three million people illegally watched the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight last August, and a BBC survey found that 36 percent of Premier League fans watched pirated livestreams. More than half — 54 percent — of millennials reported in a Sport Industry Group survey that they watched illegally streamed sports.