"You'll have to just imagine the casino pop-up ads in the middle of a naked bootleg play now. The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) announced yesterday that the largest illegal sports streaming platform, Streameast, is dead...just in time for the NFL 2025 season kickoff today. It garnered over 1.6 billion visits in the last year and averaged roughly 136 million monthly visits, according to ACE."
"The coalition said it worked with Egyptian authorities to shut down Streameast and its 80 associated domains: The network illegally streamed a huge range of matches and games from Europe's Premier League and Champions League, as well as those from the NFL, NBA, and MLB. Streameast also showed pirated F1 races, MMA fights, and boxing matches. Authorities raided Streameast's offices and took three laptops, four smartphones, $123,000 in Visa cards, and roughly $200,000 in crypto wallets."
ACE announced the shutdown of Streameast, which garnered over 1.6 billion visits in the last year and averaged roughly 136 million monthly visits. Egyptian authorities collaborated in shutting down Streameast and its 80 associated domains. The network illegally streamed matches from Europe's Premier League and Champions League, the NFL, NBA, MLB, and pirated F1 races, MMA fights, and boxing matches. Authorities raided Streameast's offices and seized three laptops, four smartphones, $123,000 in Visa cards, and roughly $200,000 in crypto wallets. A 2025 Brand Finance survey found 43% of 14,000 people considered using unofficial streaming; a 2023 YouGov study found 11% pirated content, citing cost as a key reason.
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