Cable / Telecom News

Satellite TV pirate jailed

TORONTO – EchoStar Communications, along with security partner NagraStar LLC and Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership, today announced “another victory against satellite piracy in the Canadian court system,” reads a press release. Steven Rodgers, (a.k.a “Tomico-ind,”) was sentenced to four months in prison after being found in contempt of an Anton Piller Order granted in Toronto by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. This is the fourth time that a satellite pirate has been jailed for contempt of an Anton Piller Order in Canada, say the companies. The order was granted against Rodgers after a joint investigation conducted by EchoStar, NagraStar...