Chile Blocks 1,954 Pirate TV URLs in Warner Bros. IPTV Crackdown

Last Updated on October 30, 2026 by Dana Groves

Chile's telecom regulator says local internet providers have blocked 1,954 URLs tied to pirate IPTV and streaming services since June. The blocks follow a Warner Bros. court order, but Subtel is presenting them as a data protection measure rather than a copyright story.

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What Happened

The 19th Civil Court of Santiago sided with Warner Bros. early this year in a case against MagisTV, FlujoTV and XuperTV, three Latin American streaming brands that redistribute channels without a licence. The ruling ordered all variants of the services to be blocked and told Subtel to notify the country's internet providers. Subtel sent those orders in January with a deadline of no more than five days, and the blocklist has been growing in batches ever since.

According to the regulator, eight operators have now cut access to 1,954 URLs: GTD, DirecTV, Entel, WOM, Mundo, ClaroVTR, Netline and Movistar. The list is no longer limited to the three brands named in court. It also covers Cuevana, Oleada TV, Stella TV, TeleLatino, PelisPlus, Cinecalidad and Fútbol Libre, along with mirror sites that reappear at fresh addresses. A protocol agreed by Subtel, the Public Prosecutor's Office, Warner and the Alliance Against Digital Piracy decides which domains go on each update.

The monthly count shows the campaign accelerating. Chile blocked 221 URLs in June, 180 in July, 469 in August and 319 in September, before October jumped to 765, roughly three and a half times the June figure. Subtel's announcement landed shortly after police arrested 16 people linked to UltraIPTV and MegaIPTV in a separate criminal investigation.

Key Facts

1,954 – URLs linked to illegal IPTV services blocked by Chilean ISPs between June and October.
765 – URLs blocked in October, the busiest month so far.
8 – operators named by Subtel: GTD, DirecTV, Entel, WOM, Mundo, ClaroVTR, Netline and Movistar.
5 days – deadline Subtel gave providers when it sent the first blocking orders in January.
16 – people arrested in a separate investigation into UltraIPTV and MegaIPTV.
3 – brands named in the original ruling: MagisTV, FlujoTV and XuperTV.

What It Means

Subtel's headline is about privacy, not copyright. Undersecretary Romina Garrido said that installing informal apps leaves users' bank passwords, personal data and devices exposed to hacks and scams, and that the blocks “break the chain of cybercrime.” No figures on fraud or data-theft cases appeared in the announcement, so the claim is a warning rather than a measured result. The copyright case is the legal basis for every block on the list.

The more practical finding is that blocking has not removed the services. BioBioChile found several targeted sites still reachable, and TorrentFreak's own search turned up working copycats using the same brands. Each block sends some viewers to a new domain, and those domains are often wrapped in aggressive ads and fake player updates. A VPN changes the IP address a site sees, but it does not verify what an app does with a login, and it does not make unlicensed streaming legal. For viewers in Chile, the safer route is a licensed service; for anyone travelling, check the terms of the platform you use before reaching for a workaround.

Related Guide

If you want the technical background first, our guide to what a VPN tunnel actually is explains which parts of a connection stay visible to an ISP and which parts a blocklist can act on.

Source: TorrentFreak – “Chile Blocks 1,954 Pirate TV URLs to Protect Citizens' ‘Privacy and Personal Data'”, 29 October, reporting on Subtel and La Tercera.

This is a news report, not legal advice. VPNs are legal in most countries, but using one to access pirated content is not, and unblocking a service can breach its Terms of Service. Check your local laws and the terms of the services you use.