Adrian Weckler: If Sky wants to tackle illegal dodgy boxes, sports streaming needs to be offered at a fair price

The broadcaster needs to look at how the problem of illegal streaming of music and movies was solved by the emergence of Spotify and Netflix

Sky high bill: Sport is the single biggest reason for dodgy boxes as it is, by far, the most expensive chunk of a monthly premium television bill. Photo: Robbie Jay Barratt/Getty

There’s been a lot of attention on dodgy boxes this month, especially the renewed focus from broadcasters like Sky to finally tighten the net a little on the estimated 400,000 Irish homes using them.

In case you missed it, that could include private investigators getting into groups chats or public social media spaces to ferret out not just the sellers of the illegal services, but also the individuals buying them.

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