Foreign Satellite Systems

Satellite TV hosts win court victory

26-May-2010 By Gemma McKenna

Licensees using foreign satellite systems to screen football have recorded a 12-7 victory in the courts. But the man leading the prosecutions warned...

Mass pub foreign satellite case ruling out

04-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney

A group of 26 licensees from 19 pubs across the country will now each face magistrates over charges of using foreign satellite systems. District...

Foreign satellite prosecutions "pointless" until EU test case

21-Nov-2008 By James Wilmore

The Premier League has admitted it is "pointless" bringing fresh prosecutions against pubs using foreign satellite systems until the matter is tested...

New season, new foreign sat prosecutions

17-Sep-2008 By John Harrington

Licensees at more than 60 pubs face prosecution for screening Premiership football via foreign satellite systems so far this season, according to Media Protection Services.

Murphy case may delay foreign satellite legal actions

21-Aug-2008 By Ewan Turney

Pubs using EU-based foreign satellite systems may temporarily escape conviction until the Karen Murphy case is heard in Europe. A letter being sent...

The rules of the game

07-Feb-2007 By James Wilmore

All eyes were on Portsmouth magistrates court last month in the latest episode in the battle over foreign satellite systems. One of the 'Portsmouth...

Licensees face foreign satellite blitz

02-Nov-2006 By James Wilmore

Licensees who show Premiership football via foreign satellite systems face a national crackdown by police and trading standards officers. In an...

Blackburn pubs defiant over foreign satellite broadcasts

24-Aug-2006 By James Wilmore

Pubs in the North West are blatantly defying the FA Premier League by showing football matches via foreign satellite systems - and some even during...

Pubs killing our gate says Premiership club

23-Aug-2006 By Ewan Turney

Blackburn Rovers FC has blamed dwindling attendance figures on pubs using foreign satellite systems to screen closed-period games. Rovers chairman...