A major sports piracy operation tied to the illegal PirloTV streaming platform has been disrupted. Authorities targeted 44 domains that together pulled in over 950 million visits per year.
PirloTV doesn’t stream content directly. Instead, it aggregates and embeds links to unauthorized live sports streams — mostly soccer — pulling feeds from licensed broadcasters. The site has a habit of jumping to new domains faster than authorities can shut them down.
The takedown was a joint effort between the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), UEFA, UC3, and Mexican authorities. The operation ramped up before the UEFA Champions League final on May 30, but with the FIFA World Cup currently running, the timing could have an even bigger impact on sports piracy in Latin America.
About 230 million of those annual visits came from Mexico alone. PirloTV also drew significant traffic from Colombia, Spain, and the US. Spanish media report the platform is especially popular for watching World Cup 2026 matches on mobile, where legal access is fragmented across different broadcasters and platforms.
Here’s the catch: PirloTV can pivot to new domains quickly. At the time of writing, there are still domains indexed by public search engines offering illegal streams from ESPN, Fox Sports, TNT Sports, DSports, and TyC Sports.
This marks the first collaboration between ACE and Mexico’s Institute of Industrial Property under a new anti-piracy cooperation agreement. UEFA joined ACE as the first sports rights holder partner in October 2025, and the groups have been mapping piracy networks and coordinating with local law enforcement since.
