In reply to Peter Grafton.

The terminology here can be a little blurry here, but since I’ve just finished my first coffee I’m in a position to clarify :)

Since there are many free-to-air channels in the world, “Pay TV” and “Live TV” are not the same thing.

When we refer to “pay tv” we’re describing the television channels which are sold by broadcasters to paying subscribers. When it’s streamed on the internet for free, or for a charge to a third party who is sharing that content without permission from the rights holders and broadcasters, that is often a breach of national laws (copyright and others). In addition, it almost always breaks the contract to which the original paying subscriber has committed. In cases when it’s only the contract that’s broken (and no laws) it’s unauthorized rather than illegal, but the end result is the same: someone is sharing content for which they have no rights to people who aren’t paying the original providers.