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Not to be confused with [Sderot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sderot "Sderot").

Sdarot / סדרות

Type of site

Online streaming media website

Available in

Hebrew

[Dissolved](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_\(law\) "Dissolution (law)")

December 2023

Country of origin

[Israel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel "Israel")

Area served

Worldwide

[Revenue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue "Revenue")

Purchase option inside the website

Commercial

Yes

Registration

Required

[Users](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_user "Registered user")

863,009 \[_[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")_\]

Launched

January 2011

Current status

Defunct

Content license

Unlicensed

**Sdarot** ([Hebrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language "Hebrew language"): סדרות, [lit.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literal_translation "Literal translation") 'Series') was an Israeli [piracy-based](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_piracy "Online piracy") [streaming media](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_streaming "File streaming") [website](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website "Website") that streamed content from Israel and from across the world. As of March 2022, Sdarot claimed to be the biggest online streaming website in [Israel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel "Israel"), reporting over 1.3 billion views across all its content.[\[1\]](#cite_note-:0-1)

The site was established in January 2011[\[1\]](#cite_note-:0-1) and began to provide pirated content with built-in Hebrew subtitles, with their goal being "making TV series accessible for all the population, without the need to pay huge amounts of money to TV corporations".[\[1\]](#cite_note-:0-1)

During the years of its operation, the site changed its address several times following their battle against the [copyright infringement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement "Copyright infringement") company "[Zira](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zira_\(Company\)?action=edit&redlink=1 "Zira (Company) (page does not exist)")". The site's had an application that bypassed [DNS blocking](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_blocking "DNS blocking") with a built-in [VPN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network "Virtual private network").

On 11 March 2021, the site went down due to a fire at a [server farm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_farm "Server farm") in France where some of the company's servers were stored.[\[2\]](#cite_note-2) The site was back online after two days.

At the end of 2021, according to the site's statistics, the site crossed one billion views across all its content.

**Sratim** ([Hebrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language "Hebrew language"): סרטים, [lit.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literal_translation "Literal translation") 'Films') was the sister site to Sdarot, it published unlicensed movies rather than TV shows.\[_[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")_\] The movies on the site had user-generated Hebrew subtitles super-imposed on them, like on Sdarot.\[_[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed "Wikipedia:Citation needed")_\]

The site allowed people to view its content from multiple servers, but there was also a purchase option that allowed people to watch the series from a special server without waiting 30 seconds. The site also had a forum that was closed in 2020. The site was said to be operated by 100 volunteers.[\[3\]](#cite_note-3)

Various organizations, including [Zira](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zira_\(Company\)?action=edit&redlink=1 "Zira (Company) (page does not exist)"), had been trying to close the website due to copyright infringement for years.[\[4\]](#cite_note-4) In 2016, a blocking order was issued, and Internet providers began blocking access to the site's domain.[\[5\]](#cite_note-5) However, despite the order, the site continued to operate on new or different domains,[\[6\]](#cite_note-6) and many people in Israel accessed the site by changing their DNS to [1.1.1.1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1.1.1.1 "1.1.1.1") or by VPN. In January 2017, [Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook "Facebook") blocked the page of the site which had 77,000 followers,[\[7\]](#cite_note-7) and on 17 February 2022, their [Instagram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram "Instagram") and [Telegram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegram_\(software\) "Telegram (software)") pages were blocked as well.[\[1\]](#cite_note-:0-1)

Another closure order was issued in January 2020, and Israeli [ISPs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_service_provider "Internet service provider") blocked access to the site's domain at the DNS level again.

In May 2022, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that Sdarot TV and two other websites were providing illegal service, and ordered US ISPs to block access to them.[\[8\]](#cite_note-8)

1.  [1](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [2](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) [3](#cite_ref-:0_1-2) [4](#cite_ref-:0_1-3) ["Sdarot.TV | סדרות - צפייה ישירה והורדה עם תרגום מובנה"](https://sdarot.tw/). _sdarot.tv_. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
2.  [↑](#cite_ref-2) ynet (11 March 2021). ["אתר "סדרות" נפל לאחר ששריפה פרצה בשרתיו בצרפת"](https://www.ynet.co.il/entertainment/article/SksyJuvQu). _Ynet_ (in Hebrew). Retrieved 12 March 2022.
3.  [↑](#cite_ref-3) ["אתר sdarot נחשף, ריאיון עם הבעלים: "זיר"ה לא יגיעו אלינו""](http://www.ice.co.il/media/news/article/817146). _Ice_ (in Hebrew). 20 April 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
4.  [↑](#cite_ref-4) ["אז מדוע חוק סינון אתרים לא יעיל?"](https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/593873). _[Israel Hayom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Hayom "Israel Hayom")_. 6 March 2025.
5.  [↑](#cite_ref-5) בוחבוט, הגר (13 December 2016). ["סוף השידורים? צו חסימה לאתר התוכן הפיראטי "סדרות""](https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4892507,00.html). _Ynet_ (in Hebrew). Retrieved 12 March 2022.
6.  [↑](#cite_ref-6) [""החוק הישראלי אינו תקף לגבינו": סדרות - אתר הצפייה הישירה הגדול במדינה - לא מוותר"](https://www.themarker.com/technation/1.4320210). _TheMarker_. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
7.  [↑](#cite_ref-7) ["פייסבוק ישראל השביתה את עמוד הפייסבוק של אתר סדרות"](https://mizbala.com/digital/social-media/117708). _מזבלה_ (in Hebrew). 5 January 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
8.  [↑](#cite_ref-8) Brown, Hannah (3 May 2022). ["Israeli artists win as US court rules against 'pirates'"](https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-705811). _Jerusalem Post_. Retrieved 5 May 2022.