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20,000,000
20,000,000 -- customer count for Illegal IPTV services (Eppi Cinema, Weiv TV, Red Play, TV Express) (2025)
Disrupted illegal IPTV services (including MFC, Eppi Cinema, Weiv TV, Red Play, and TV Express) collectively had over 20 million customers worldwide.
- Represents collective customers across MFC and other disrupted illegal IPTV services
- Source states 'more than 20 million'
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20,000,000
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Count
Data Vintage
2025
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B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Broadcast Media Africa
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Tier B
https://news.broadcastmediaafrica.com/2025/11/05/content-piracy-south-african-cinema-closed-down-ami… ↗
Source Article
Content Piracy - South African Cinema Closed Down Amid Global Crackdown - Broadcast Media Africa
A controversial online streaming service in South Africa, notorious for enabling users to share and watch copyrighted films and TV shows illegally, has recently been shut down.
In recent days, many My Family Cinema (MFC) users took to social media to share screenshots of a message they received when…
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Broadcast Media Africa
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Methodology
Statement about an enforcement operation dismantling illicit IPTV services; includes ~8 million paying users
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Illegal IPTV services (Eppi Cinema, Weiv TV, Red Play, TV Express): 20,000,000 customer count. Source: Broadcast Media Africa (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/illegal-iptv-customers-worldwide-2025
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