As usual, Ryan Hili has proven why he belongs on the X-Factor stage. With an audience accompanying him with torch lights, Hili performed an iteration of Lewis Capaldi’s ‘Someone You Loved’. The semi-finals are set to be another spectacle if Ryan’s performance is anything to go off of as he showed mesmerising skill.
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Thousands of IPTV users may see an interruption of their service after a judge ordered internet drive providers to block access to hundreds of IP addresses in Malta due to being identified as providers of illegal content.
The court ordered telecommunications companies Epic, Melita and Go to block illegal and unlicensed broadcasts of Spanish league matches in a case filed by La Liga Nacional de Futbol Profesional against the internet service providers.
Mr Justice Ian Spiteri Bailey heard how a report prepared by the audit firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers identified a number of IP addresses on the island which were suspected to be illegally transmitting or streaming content, specifically the First and Second Division matches of the Spanish League, without the proper license and authorisation.
Jacqueline Mallia, La Liga’s legal representative in Malta, told the court that this content was being accessed in Malta via websites, mobile apps and other software. She said that although the service providers were not infringing copyright themselves, this was bing done by their customers who were providing illegal content.
In his ruling, Spiteri Bailey upheld the arguments and ordered the three providers to block those who were violating La Liga rights. The decision could massively impact several clients of IPTV in the coming days. Go and Melita television subscribers will not be affected by the decision.
TSN is the only station licensed and authorised to broadcast the matches in Malta, and the subscribers will continue to watch the matches.
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Meeting up as a show of force and unity, ex-nationalist party leaders met up to celebrate the birthday of Eddie Fenech Adami.
The former prime minister’s son, Beppe Fenech Adami, posted to social media in celebration of his father’s 88th birthday. He revealed that the celebrations involved a mass at Dar tal-Providenza and then went on to have a small celebration as has been custom for the last 40 years.
Eddie Fenech Adami, who served as the seventh president of Malta from 2004 to 2009 and twice prime minister from 1987 until 1996 and from 1998 until 2004, was joined by ex-leader Lawrence Gonzi and current Opposition leader Bernard Grech for the celebration.
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Photo Source: Bernard Grech IG, Beppe Fenech Adami FB
