Millicom (Tigo) Joins the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, Expanding itsAnti-Piracy effortsin Latin America
Tigo is the first Latin America based telecommunications firm to join this global networkalliance
LUXEMBOURG, October 18, 2022 - Millicom, a leading provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications services in Latin America through its Tigo brand, is joining the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment. With piracy harming economic development and impoverishing societies, it is up to content providers and operators to unite to tackle this issue.
ACE is the world's leading coalition on the preservation of legal systems, which protects the ecosystem of creative content production. Tigo is the first telecommunications company in Latin America to join the anti-piracy coalition and is ACE's 40th global member. This partnership furthers the anti-piracy group's presence and strength in Latin America.
"We are enthusiastic about the opportunities our membership with ACE will bring in our fight against piracy. Businesses, authorities, and justice systems working together are fundamental in dealing with this ongoing issue," said Karim LesinaExecutive Vice President, Chief External Affairs Officer of Millicom (Tigo). "Piracy erodes jobs, is an important source of tax evasion, and represents a serious security risk to its users. At Millicom, we are committed to fighting this illegal practice."
By adding Tigo to its growing membership, ACE can continue expanding its reach and impact in key Latin American markets where the company operates. Millicom is a market leader in mobile, broadband, and PayTV distribution in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Paraguay.
"We are thrilled to welcome Tigo to ACE's global network of media and entertainment companies that are working tirelessly to defeat the existential threat that piracy poses to this industry, consumers, and the economy," said Charles Rivkin, Chairman, and CEO of the Motion Picture Association and Chairman of ACE. "With Tigo's support, ACE will continue to build valuable new relationships with local law enforcement authorities and other key partners in our ongoing campaign to shut down piracy operations around the world and protect content creators."
At a global level, piracy of digitally streamed content represents 80% of all piracy today. According to the Global Innovation Policy Center, piracy amounts to as much as $71 billion annually in lost revenues in the United States. Its consequences put innovation, creativity, and investment at risk and threaten creators, innovators, industry professionals, and consumers.
Television piracy in Latin America had an estimated commercial value of $4.8 billion, according to a recent reportcommissioned by Millicom and authored by Raul Katz, an international telecom industry-academic expert.
ACE is supported by a network of experts operating in high-tech investigations and law enforcement, in partnership with local governments and law enforcement agencies worldwide and international organizations like Interpol and Europol, to take on the entire supply chain of pirated content.
ACE's anti-piracy campaign has made recent progress in Latin America. Earlier this month, the coalition announced the shutdown of the Argentina-based piracy operation Pelismart/Pelispop ring, comprised of seven domains. After completing its investigation, ACE discovered that all seven domains, including new ones on track to have extraordinary spikes in traffic, belonged to the same operator. The four largest domains had a combined monthly traffic of over 27 million visits.
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For further information, please contact
| Press: Karla Rivas, Communications Manager press@millicom.com (mailto:press@millicom.com) Investors: Michel Morin, VP Investor Relations Sarah Inmon, Director Investor Relations investors@millicom.com (mailto:investors@millicom.com) | ACE Media: John Mercurio John_Mercurio@motionpictures.org |
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