Chile Blocks Nearly 2,000 Pirate Streaming URLs Following Studio Legal Push

Internet service providers across Chile have blocked 1,954 web addresses associated with illicit IPTV and unauthorized streaming operations, according to regulatory disclosures reported by TorrentFreak. The sweeping blocklist reflects an escalating regional enforcement campaign initiated after Warner Bros. secured a pivotal civil court victory in Santiago earlier this year.

Telecom regulator Subtel instructed major domestic carriers, including DirecTV, Movistar, ClaroVTR, Entel, GTD, WOM, Mundo, and Netline, to execute the restrictions in rolling batches. Enforcement activity intensified significantly during the second half of the year, climbing from 221 blocked URLs in June to a peak of 765 in October.

While the original litigation from Warner Bros. targeted prominent Latin American piracy platforms such as MagisTV, FlujoTV, and XuperTV, the blacklist has expanded well beyond those operations. Regulators have also directed ISPs to sever access to mirror domains and infrastructure supporting Cuevana, PelisPlus, Cinecalidad, TeleLatino, Stella TV, Oleada TV, and live sports portal Fútbol Libre.

The administrative filtering accompanies separate criminal proceedings in the territory. Chilean law enforcement recently arrested 16 individuals connected to UltraIPTV and MegaIPTV in an operation that followed supplemental criminal complaints lodged by studio rights holders.

Notably, Subtel has positioned the mass URL blocks as a matter of consumer protection and cybersecurity rather than standard copyright enforcement. The regulator highlighted that unregulated streaming applications routinely expose viewers to malware and compromise personal data, giving telecom watchdogs broader leeway to mandate immediate network-level intervention.

For major studios attempting to protect distribution revenue across Latin America, pairing copyright claims with digital security arguments has created a more effective enforcement pipeline. As Hollywood Tomorrow has tracked across several international territories, positioning illicit infrastructure as a public cybersecurity threat enables regulators to act with greater speed and compel faster compliance from local internet providers.