Star TV helps cut down on piracy on Jadoo TV boxes

Star TV is getting proactive to help crackdown on pirated signals of Indian TV channels on platforms such as Jadoo TV boxes.

It was reported earlier by Times Of India that a team of Cyber Crime wing conducted a raid in Thirumalgery in Secunderabad and arrested the four linked to a company called Pearl Technology. The arrested include an engineer, a tele-caller and a web designer, said police.

The accused were allegedly illegally tapping cable TV signals and converting it into Internet signals and streaming to Jadoo TV, a US-based company.

By purchasing Jadoo TV set top box and without any monthly subscription fee, the customers could view about 115 channels. This was causing losses to paid channels.

Each Jadoo TV box was priced between $250 and $300. These boxes are being used by customers in the US, Australia, Singapore and 15 other countries.

So far two lakh such boxes had been sold in these countries. The Jadoo TV boxes and other equipment required for converting the video signal into Internet signal were imported from China.

In this context Gurjeev Singh Kapoor, Head of International Business at Star TV said, ���As the leading Asian entertainment network across the world, Star is committed to proactively working with the other major broadcasters to ensure there are strict implications for such illegal exploitation of our content not only in India, but in international markets as well.�۝