AFR links News Corp to pay TV piracy in Australia

Tim Burrowes

March 28, 2012 10:05

A dirty tricks unit within News Corp promoted pay TV piracy in Australia, the Australian Financial Review has claimed in an investigation published today across a virtually unprecedented seven pages of the newspaper.

The story is significant because it is the first time that serious allegations of misbehaviour in the Australian market have been linked to News Corp, which is the parent company of News Limited.

The allegations relate to News Corp subsidiary NDS, which is not based in Australia.

The AFR, published by News Limited rival Fairfax Media, has gone hard to promote the scoop which it says is the result of a four year investigation.

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Tim Burrowes

I write about the world's media and marketing industry from an Australian perspective Australian lens. I've worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia. I founded Mumbrella, which we sold in 2017.