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App Store Piracy Crackdown: 36 IPTV Apps, 26M+ Downloads Removed Amid T20 World Cup

Industry executives say this marks a shift from reactive link-blocking to ecosystem-level disruption.

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Storyboard•04-03-2026, 11:19

App Store Piracy Crackdown: 36 IPTV Apps, 26M+ Downloads Removed Amid T20 World Cup

•JioStar secured the removal of 36 IPTV applications from Google Play and iOS platforms.
•These apps, including XCIPTV and IPTV Smarters Pro, had over 26 million global downloads.
•The crackdown targets unlawful dissemination of premium T20 World Cup cricket content.
•This marks a shift to ecosystem-level disruption, treating app stores as pivotal nodes in piracy.
•JioStar also suspended 141 piracy websites and blocked 279 others under Delhi High Court orders.

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