The Qatar 2022 World Cup begins this same Sunday, November 20, with the opening match between the host country and Ecuador. In Spain we will be able to see all the matches of our national team on RTVE, as well as other matches in the competition, and in Movistar and Gol Mundial we will have absolutely all the matches. However, despite how easy it is to be able to watch the entire World Cup (and not too expensive), many will do so on pirated websites.
Those who thought to watch the World Cup illegally will now have fewer options due to the closure of two pirate websites that gave millions of users access to content that infringed copyrights.
Operation against pirate football before the World Cup
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the world’s leading anti-piracy coalition, today announced the closure on November 11 of a sports piracy service located in Morocco.
This pirate soccer organization operated domains like livekoora.online and yalla-shoot-new.tv. The name Yalla Shoot is not new, as yalla-Shoot-7sry.com, yalla-shoot.us, yallashoot-news.com were closed last June, on that occasion operated from Egypt.
It has been the telecommunications group beIN Sports, based precisely in Qatar, who have been working against the clock together with the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) since they joined the coalition in April of this year to end the major illegal live sports operators before the World Cup began.
FIFA anticipates an audience of 5 billion viewers and knocking down two websites that accumulated 20.6 million monthly visits in October 2022 is taking a large part of the cake away from pirates.
“ACE’s successful action in Morocco is a direct result of our increased focus on the growing threat that live sports piracy poses to consumers, sports leagues and their fans. By working with our member, beIN SPORTS, we have sent a clear message to piracy operators around the world, including anyone planning to steal content from upcoming World Cup matches, that we will find them and shut them down.” Jan van Voorn, Executive Vice President and Head of Global Content Protection for the Motion Picture Association and Director of ACE, in a clear threat to those who will illegally broadcast matches during the competition.
Seeing the entire World Cup is easier than ever
On other occasions, those who pirated a sports competition could try to excuse themselves by making it difficult to legally access said competition. However, this does not apply to the dispute of this World Cup.
The entire World Cup costs 20 euros, which is the price of the World Goal. With a single payment of 19.99 euros, the user will be able to access this Mediapro OTT platform to be able to follow all the group stage and knockout matches, from the opening match on Sunday, November 20, to the final to be played on Sunday December 18, 2022.
Movistar is the only operator that has confirmed the incorporation of this channel to its programming. Movistar customers who have contracted the LaLiga or All Football package in their offer (miMovistar or Fusión) will be able to watch this new channel at no additional cost.
It must be remembered that Televisión Española will broadcast not only the matches that appear in the General Interest Law (all the matches where the national team plays, as well as the semifinals and finals, whether or not the Spanish Team arrives), but that it precisely bought Mediapro For 35 million a package with additions that will finally include all the matches of Spain throughout the tournament, in addition to the final, the two semifinals, two quarterfinals, four round of 16 and one match from each group in the first phase .
