The National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) continues to intensify inspection of “Gatonet” and TV Box. Focusing on combating digital piracy and video and audio content, this Thursday, 9 of March of 2023, the body signed the Technical Cooperation Agreement with Ancine (National Film Agency).
The partnership will be in force for 2 years serving as a data exchange, technologies and experiences between the parties. For that, Servers linked to institutions will be trained to identify pay TV or streaming services that operate via illegal signal.
The proposal is to develop in the short term a project of joint actions to locate and ban devices with closed TV signals and films without approval and authorization from Anatel. Like this, through Ancine complaints, the supervisory body will be able to act so that servers are blocked.
At the moment, the so-called “TV Box” is sold for approximately R$ 400. To block the signal, nonetheless, Anatel acts by deactivating the machine's IP, which works as a kind of identification CPF.
Punishments are being studied
The project's proposal is to identify the origin of pirated transmissions, as well as the servers that provide the signal to the end user. Now, after signing the agreement with Ancine, the two agencies must still meet to discuss other actions and means of punishing these illegalities.
Actions like these are included in Anatel's Action Plan to Combat the Use of Clandestine Decoders. In it, the banning of “Gatonet” on Brazilian soil is included. Moses Moreira, advisor at agency, explained that the partnership with Ancine will bring greater effectiveness in inspection.
“The idea of this exchange of information is to have speed, because in a case involving a sports match, for example, you have to be quick, in a maximum of one hour. This is a different scenario than a website or channel that is, for example, broadcasting a TV series”, it says.
Anatel stands firm against piracy
Anatel has shown itself committed to closing the siege around those who promote signal and digital piracy in the country. In this way, several actions have already been carried out, including increased supervision of the sale of non-approved devices.
In this last month, the agency has already seized and removed millions of devices from circulation. So that the objectives were achieved, an agreement was also signed with ABTA (Brazilian Pay Television Association) for creating a virtual laboratory.
Through this partnership, Anatel can work with greater technological precision, identifying cyber vulnerabilities that point to possible illegal servers.
