The fall of an illegal transmission giant. In a press release dating from August 6, 2025, the Alliance of Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) announced that the activities of Rare Breed TV had ended. It was significantly known that the latter was a large -scale IPTV service, that is, it was illegally forwarded to the transmission of television channels, without the agreement of the copyright holders.
ACE has identified the origin of this complex network in North Carolina (on the east coast of the United States). After the negotiation, the rare -race television chiefs ended up agreeing to cooperate with the organization.
The end of a juicy business
His solid and rare Breed TV is proud to offer more than 28,000 television channels, including several French channels and 100,000 films and series to their subscribers. This catalog, Rare Breed TV, proposed it against a subscription of $ 16 monthly (approximately 14 euros).
But soon he should put an end to his activities. Despite this announcement, the rare breed television site remains, to date, still accessible in France and always offers its subscriptions for sale.
For its part, the AS is not in its first brightness. The organization works thanks to about fifty entertainment companies (including Netflix, Disney or Canal+), all participated in the fight against digital piracy.
The organization also acts in association with institutions (such as Europol or European communion). Among its recent victims, there are platforms such as Jetflicks or the Spanish Gamovideo site.
Illegal transmission consumption decreases
IPTV hunt has become a priority among official stations. In France, Canal+ is particularly proactive in this fight. In its viewfinder, sports content reproduction sites.
In October 2024, the French broadcaster allowed the blockade of a dozen IPTV sites specialized in live and delay transmission of sports programs. In May 2025, the VPNs, then used as an alternative to avoid these restrictions, also had to meet this restriction blocking these same sites.
According to ACE, almost one in ten French consulted online pirated content in 2023. However, a figure that decreases from one year to another, according to mediamétrie.
Source: BFM TV
