Cable / Telecom News

Piracy alleged against major free-to-air dealer in Toronto

TORONTO – The offices of one of North America’s largest distributors of free-to-air (FTA) receivers were raided earlier this month, during which large quantities of receivers and access cards were seized to preserve evidence for litigation announced Dish Network Corp. of Englewood Colo., NagraStar LLC and Bell ExpressVu. The consortium of companies announced civil search and seizure orders had been executed on April 9 against David Fuss and Incredible Electronics, Ariza Technology, and Electronics Wholesale, all based in Toronto. As a result of the raid, Dish Network receivers and access cards were recovered, along with Nagravision “embedded” FTA receivers, hard...