Share of illegal IPTV users during the coronavirus lockdown in Italy 2020
At the beginning of March 2020, the Italian government imposed a national lockdown in order to reduce the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. In May, the authorities started to ease gradually the restrictions. A research conducted in June 2020 reveals that the estimated share of illegal IPTV users during the lockdown in Italy roughly doubled compared to 2019 figures. In 2019, the share of users streaming on illegal IPTV reached ten percent. During the lockdown, this share rose to 19 percent.