{"id":4095,"date":"2025-06-16T07:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T07:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/?p=4095"},"modified":"2025-06-16T07:13:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T07:13:16","slug":"ace-expands-global-fight-against-piracy-with-addition-of-first-member-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/?p=4095","title":{"rendered":"ACE expands global fight against piracy with addition of first member in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LOS ANGELES \u2013 The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the world\u2019s leading antipiracy coalition, today announced MHL as its newest member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MHL is Pakistan\u2019s leading licensed content distribution and broadcast services provider, delivering end-to-end broadcast and OTT services for content providers, platforms, and distributors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MHL owns Begin, a subscription-based OTT platform offering premium Western entertainment and sports content to Pakistani audiences. MHL\u2019s vision is to create an ecosystem that benefits creators, businesses, and consumers alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWelcoming MHL into ACE\u2019s ranks delivers a clear message to creators and consumers everywhere: digital piracy is a global threat \u2013 and so, too, is our fight to counter it,\u201d said Charles Rivkin, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association and Chairman of ACE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur growing coalition, in Pakistan and around the world, is a surefire sign of our unending determination to protect content from criminal networks, defend audiences from the harms of piracy, and reinforce the foundation of a fair and thriving creative marketplace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJoining ACE is a natural extension of MHL\u2019s long-standing commitment to protecting licensed content and fostering a responsible content ecosystem,\u201d said Raihan Merchant, Chairman of MHL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPiracy weakens the creative economy by denying creators their due recognition and revenue. With ACE, we\u2019re proud to contribute to a united global effort to safeguard content and support the rights of creators and distributors worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MHL becomes the 57th company to join ACE since the coalition was formed in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2013 The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the world\u2019s leading antipiracy coalition, today announced MHL as its newest member. MHL is Pakistan\u2019s leading licensed content distribution and broadcast services provider, delivering end-to-end broadcast and OTT services for content providers, platforms, and distributors. MHL owns Begin, a subscription-based OTT platform offering premium Western [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4097,"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4095\/revisions\/4097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytimes.net.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}