The FIOD and the Public Prosecution Service have jointly rounded up an illegal internet TV provider (IPTV). For a monthly contribution of €10, this party offered customers the opportunity to view more than 10.000 television channels and a wide range of films and series from streaming platforms such as Disney+, Netflix, Viaplay, Videoland and ESPN.
The sale of this service mostly took place through telecom shops, where payments were received in cash, according to the FIOD. The data center that facilitated the service was located in Den Helder. In this city, and also in Almere, four people have been taken into custody. According to Europol, the European police organization, the TV service had more than a million subscribers across Europe and also subscribers outside Europe, such as in Thailand.
What is IPTV?
Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is a technology that delivers television broadcasts over Internet Protocols (IP), instead of the traditional methods such as satellite, cable TV and terrestrial broadcasting. With IPTV, TV programs and videos (live or pre-recorded) are converted into digital data and sent over an internet connection. So you can access this content via broadband internet on your TV or computer.
A feature of IPTV is that it offers so-called “on-demand” functionality. This means you can choose what to watch and when, rather than being tied to the broadcast schedule of traditional television stations.
No more TV
The FIOD indicates that the data center has now been closed and will be further investigated. From now on, the IPTV subscriptions will no longer function. The concept of IPTV, watching television via the internet, is not illegal in the Netherlands. However, it becomes a criminal offense if subscriptions are sold and taken out to view films, series and programs for which no licensing fees have been paid.
Both the offer and the use of the illegal IPTV service is punishable by law, because it violates the rights of film and program makers, broadcasters and TV stations.
The FIOD investigation team suspects that the proceeds from the illegal IPTV service have been laundered on a large scale. To investigate this, business premises in Den Helder, Almere, Hengelo and homes in Amsterdam, Almere, Enschede, The Hague and Den Helder were searched for the presence of cash. Administrative documents, bank accounts, five cars, computer equipment and substantial amounts of cash were seized.
Rightly so! Property rights must be respected.
If the streaming service lowers prices, it will be over in no time
Perhaps Ziggo and similar companies should have respect for their customers… they ask for a religion for an abbo!!
Due to inflation correction, Ziggo immediately responds with an increase of the subscription by 5 euros
Is now including internet above 60 Euro.
Justifiably? Well no. If they made everything cheaper instead of just price increases, far fewer people would have iptv. And people you hit with it, they still have much higher income than many people. And they only took 1 off the air, any idea how many providers there are worldwide? There are a lot of them, so plenty of options. This is like drugs. 1 you take down and 10 are ready to take over.
So I understand – please correct me if I misunderstand you – if something is expensive it may be copied or counterfeited. So, for example, it is no problem at all that European trucks spoil the prices in Europe. Or that Romanians come to work in construction for a pittance. Or that Bulgarians work for little and accept a stable as accommodation with a smile. So those filthy unions should finally stop interfering with that. However. Isn't it the same.....???
Chris If you walk across the market in Thailand you will also see many fake products such as Adidas and Nike. Assume that many people have also bought such a shirt, so you basically do the same ....... right.
Chris, hit the nail on the head! The NL-er is frugal and wants a double in the first rank, but oh woe if you touch his or her interest! Then the world is too small.
Let the world mess around, as long as it doesn't bother 'me', I'm okay with it. But NIMBY, not in my garden because then I get angry. The double standard fueled by money and jealousy.
Very unfortunate, hopefully a new network will be set up again. I'm really looking forward to it. Being able to enjoy a little bit of some sport such as football and F1 (ViaPlay) one soon has to dig deep into the pockets, if you could/want to achieve this. Then we soon have prices starting from € 30-75 per month, on top of your current TV: internet subscription, which is almost impossible for many people to afford. So somewhere I can add my understanding that 100k and ten people had an IPTV subscription. Sadly, it's a thing of the past for now.
If those football players costing millions and spinning those cars would cost a little less money, the cost of watching TV could drop by 90%.
It is partly because of this that I do not want them on my screen.
They are often also those posers, rolling around crying on the ground because they have tripped over a blade of grass.
Costs are not on the TV producers alone, stop watching that nonsense, and the prices of watching TV collapse like pudding, read a good book, or take a walk.
Don't be fooled any longer.
Just subscribe to ott app from canal digital. Also works in Thailand without vpn. Anders NLziet with vpn.
Ziggo and KPN are much more expensive
Could easily be cheaper.
They have millions of customers.
Scammers only more expensive.
Is that also due to the war?
Fine…. if you want a subscription and you go for an illegal network, don't cry if it is taken off the air. And now you're going to say that the big suppliers should become cheaper, I think you're wrong with that too. I don't think these have the prices they charge for nothing. The competition is big enough that they work with low prices. Do you pay 30 euros per month for a subscription and find that expensive? That's what someone else pays for a night out or for a few bottles of wine in Thailand. Your car already gobbles up more petrol than the 30 euros that will allow you to watch TV all day.
Well, that's my opinion. I don't even have a subscription and I'm not allowed to participate in the conversation… I don't watch TV.
About 10 days ago someone asked how to watch TV via streaming and chose IPTV. Well, not so. I then indicated 2 other options. The claim that such options cost God's fortune is nonsense. Hereby:
1- take out a subscription https://nl.eurotv.asia/ and receive 13 x NL, 8 x BE, 10 x DE (incl Arte), plus 2x Eurosport, 3 x Ziggosport, 3 x ESPN, 3 x movie channels, CNN. BBC News and Bloomberg on PC or laptop. With an HDMI cable to your TV. Or buy an android box from them. Prices come in at about ThB 8K pyr. You get a 13th month free. Mail to: [email protected] or directly to one of the NL-speaking employees: [email protected] An office is held in Pattaya .
2- With a TV box to be supplied by an internet provider (3BB, AIS, True) you can download Canal Digital via Google Play. NL and BE channels, no DE channels. Well, BBC First. See: https://www.thailandblog.nl/leven-thailand/nl-tv-in-thailand-canal-digitaal-is-een-prima-alternatief-voor-nlziet/ Ask your internet provider what they have on offer. Often already including HBO Max/Go.
This email address [email protected] belongs to a German and he does not speak or write Dutch. I've seen this (well-intentioned) error in your posts before. For Dutch support and communication you have to go to https://eurotvthailand.com/ to go.
I've had Dutch and English mail with Marek from Eurotv.asia, but I won't go so far as to post an example. https://eurotvthailand.com/ is from the same as Eurotv.asia. Different jacket, but eventually you also end up with Marek. EuroTV also serves the German-speaking among us here in Thailand, one central office, the same employees.
You heard the bell ringing but you don't know where the clapper hangs 🙂
Marek forwards Dutch-language email to Dutch-speaking resellers.
https://eurotvthailand.com/ is from a Dutch reseller.
Euro TV is also IPTV service. So it can also be plucked from the air.
Euro TV is also an IPTV service. So it can also be plucked from the air.
I use Ziggo. Have all the apps .. but also like to watch foreign channels that my provider does not offer. So yes iptv is a solution in this. For people abroad it is also a godsend to be able to follow Dutch TV and news closely.. let them come up with a good solution to this problem.. I will pay then.
Eurotv is also an illegal iptv streaming service
What do you do with 10.000 channels, then you don't leave your house at all and you don't know which uninteresting junk you have to watch now. By the way, rightly rolled up.
In the past, yes in the past we had two channels and TV every now and then on black. Because there were a shortage of quality programs (?). Then came ned3. And with that 'terrible' RTL added, the fence of the Dam has gone. A transmitter where Kees van Kooten said: just give a transmitter full of rubbish, as long as it moves. Well, they stuck to that.
That's why you don't use the vast majority, but you look at a few things of those you do use. I don't like Videoland except for a few good series, I'm not going to subscribe to that, but if I can watch that single series via iptv then handy, just like viaplay. A few nice series and very occasionally 1 sports thing. Handy if you can use a little bit of everything
A question if streaming is illegal, then there are probably streaming services in Thailand also illegal, is this allowed by law in Thailand, or is the Thai investigation service or police not looking into it?
The network is then usually off the air for a few days, but then continues from somewhere else
It looks like it's out of the air, but that's usually just rffen
Good action. Never reward illegal TV viewing. You can also just take out a normal subscription for NL TV etc.
nl tv and euro tv are these legal?
No. These are also IPTV services.
These are also IPTV services. No more and certainly no less.
15 years ago, there was almost nothing to do against downloading as Stichting Brein and that eventually became even less with streaming. You can set it up again in no time. Mopping with the tap open. IPTV simply offers something that no legal provider offers, namely that everything is under one roof (TV, films, series). The large commercial parties are better off investing in a TV box that can be offered for a reasonable price. Then that is being hunted for these illegal providers. Please be patient, parties are already working on it.
For years I thought that IPTV stood for “I Pay TV” just as I thought in my youth that “NOTK” stood for “Nog Over Te Kletsen”. But that aside;
IPTV…..I know illegal…. But where do I legally get my Thai TV channels in NL? (Or vice versa; where do you get the NL channels from in Thailand?)
Free is also an option for a number of channels (With e.g. the Loox TV app in a very older version) But I like to watch Thai TV now and then, although it is largely "Tell Sell" for the commercial channels, but Amarin and the public channels are sometimes interesting. And as a music lover, I miss the no longer existing (?) Thai version of MTV.
We were also without since yesterday but already solved!
Hi Jan, which IPTV do you have, I have IPTV world and a worker has IPTV total, and none of them work here.
Paying for IPTV while a whole range of premium login details can easily be found on google
Paying for IPTV while Google is full of premium credentials
Hi Ton,
I also have a fairly cheap IPTV subscription myself, but where do you find those premium login details according to you?
Being out for 2 days just continues, of course, it is understandable that people are taking this massively. IPTV is an outcome, so they show that we are being heavily scammed if everything were to go for normal prices here in the Netherlands. Legal services are just heroes who do this. Enable
Dear All,
I don't mind paying as long as it remains reasonable. When people start asking absurd amounts for a subscription, and then rely on service, my hair will stand on end. Which service.. service is getting less, staff cut back on customer service and costs are increasing.
IPTV is a great solution and keeps all parties sharp. I am in favor of a small amount per month for IPTV. Without hassle.
Who has a nice address??
Please be patient.
The new servers are already being set up,
*Server migration 48 – 72 hours
Process*
Prepare your new server
Assess the reliability of data
Data transfer
Testing (QA/QC)
Change DNS and “Go Live”
A very large webshop from China also supplies IPTV subscriptions, but not for the Netherlands. So it is forbidden.
The same large Chinese webshop is allowed to deliver to Thailand. So that's definitely worth a try.
If everyone who likes to watch buys a subscription, the prices will automatically drop.
If the TV rates were not so expensive in the Netherlands, this would never be established. We work our blue here in the Netherlands and pay our blue on everything. Everything becomes more expensive and unaffordable. But our salary will not be increased…..as far as I am concerned they can come up with a new network but without the paid channels.
Too bad, was a godsend for many Dutch people abroad. Also something for the current providers, that there are other ways. Now they have a monopoly position.