Clampdown on TV 'Dodgy Boxes'

Sounds like anyone interested in clubber in any serious way (even if they already have IPTV) will have a legit sub. The offering on IPTV is absolute dross after all. That would imply any dodgy box clubber users ringing / not ringing up Jimmy to complain (we're taking Jimmy's word on that) about dodgy clubber are a miniscule number of outliers and couldnt possibly be costing Clubber 40%.

Thats more like it. At least you arent still saying Jimmy D knows what Clubber's lost revenue is because he got phone calls from firestick Anto during a Clubber match.

So will it happen? Most industry and legal experts I speak to say that a change in the law to allow for administrative fines would need to happen first. In Ireland, that often takes longer than a few months to happen and I’m not aware that it’s on the must-do-immediately list of anyone in the Oireachtas.

So if you’re one of those using a dodgy box, don’t expect a fine imminently.

But with companies like Sky now being squeezed on one size by dodgy boxes and by the continued rise of Netflix, Disney, Amazon, Paramount and Apple TV on the other, don’t expect the status quo to remain in place indefinitely.
Other European countries are now starting to fine dodgy box users. Ireland may decide to follow suit.

A better article. Less hyperbole than previous efforts.

Im assuming this is all still based on a seller getting caught and giving up his whatsapp etc.

So if you have an eejit of a seller posting pictures of his house in WhatsApp groups (as some mentioned here recently) it may be time to look elsewhere. Or do a bit of research on reddit etc. and buy direct if you think you can set up a device yourself.

According to the link which was posted before a couple of pages back, the numbers do not point to the majority using it for EPL. This makes sense, because live games do not take up much of the weekly hours of broadcasting. On the subject of them missing out on revenue. They would rightly be able to count those who were paying them, but left to start paying illegal sources instead.

https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2026/0113/1552869-data-shows-1m-daily-visits-from-ireland-to-illegal-piracy-sites/

"The majority of piracy-related traffic relates to television content, which accounted for 2.3 billion visits over the period analysed. Publishing content accounted for 647 million visits, with music and software making up smaller shares.

Breaking the television category down further, around 71% of visits relate to films and TV shows, while anime accounts for over 14%. Live sport, though a smaller share overall, accounts for more than one in ten visits, or 12%.

According to the analysis, the most accessed TV title in 2025 was the second season of the anime series Solo Leveling, while the most pirated film was Sinners, starring Michael B Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld and Jack O'Connell."

Not sure why anyone would go through a third party for IPTV. DIY is the way to go.

I never found unbelieveable tech support I have to say, and would be more than happy to pay for it!

Very good chat on this

Crime of the century to watch your tv channels from a different country?

Insane to think that people actually believe regular people should pay through the roof for services they don’t watch to get to a tier they do.

Shouldn’t that be illegal?