Foxtel accepts apology for illegal live streaming of boxing match

February 13, 2017 8:36

Foxtel has announced it will not be taking legal action regarding the illegal live Facebook streaming of its Main Event boxing match between Anthony Mundine and Danny Green, stating it has accepted a public apology from the offenders responsible.

The broadcast company asked Brett Hevers -whose stream reached 153,000 viewers before his PPV subscription was cut off by Foxtel – and Darren Sharpe to issue a formal apology on their personal Facebook pages for live-streaming the match between Anthony Mundine and Danny Green.

Thousands of viewers avoided Foxtel’s pay per view broadcast of the rematch earlier this month as it was live streamed though the social media site, with Foxtel threatening to sue the users behind the streams.

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Abigail Dawson

Abigail Dawson was Mumbrella's senior content journalist covering event content. She left Mumbrella to move into an agency role in 2020.

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1 COMMENTS

Ricky bobby 13 Feb 17

Hah.
You have already robbed people of watching sport by charging an arm and a leg just to watch said sports. At the end of the day, your product is only worth what people will be prepared to pay.

Now, when the hell will you do sports fans a favour and show all sport in HD regardless of access point?
Foxtel go/play is embarrassing, the quality is no better than an illegal stream found elsewhere.
Go look at how American sports do it with a season pass, HD and content galore.

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