Source: The Indian Express | Agencies
Friday, October 04, 2013
Dismissing an argument by sports channel ESPN, the Delhi High court on Thursday has held that "whosoever airs a live television broadcast of sporting events of national importance must share the same without any advertisements inserted with Prasar Bharti." On April 6, in a communication to ESPN, Prasar Bharati had said "it is not in a position to share the live signals which are not clean" and insisted that the channel provide the feed of the matches without any commercial. ESPN Software India Pvt Ltd in its plea had argued that it did not have control over the "Commercial inserts" that were attached to the feed received by it from the event organizers. ESPN had further argued that its "obligation under the law was to share the live broadcast signal as it was received" by it from the sporting event organizer; and since the feed received by it contain certain advertisements by the organizer of the sporting event, their obligation were limited to share the signal as it is. A bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justice Pradeep Nandrajog dismissed ESPN's plea asking for a direction to Prasar Bharati not to insist on the live signal of international cricket matches of India without any commercial.
BCCI alleges CSA protocol breach
The BCCI today blamed breach of protocol by Cricket South Africa for uncertainty over the Indian team's scheduled tour to that country later this year. "Things are going (on)..............
Read more at http://www.indianexpress.com/news/espn-to-share-adfree-feed-with-doordarshan/1178219/
Friday, October 04, 2013
Dismissing an argument by sports channel ESPN, the Delhi High court on Thursday has held that "whosoever airs a live television broadcast of sporting events of national importance must share the same without any advertisements inserted with Prasar Bharti." On April 6, in a communication to ESPN, Prasar Bharati had said "it is not in a position to share the live signals which are not clean" and insisted that the channel provide the feed of the matches without any commercial. ESPN Software India Pvt Ltd in its plea had argued that it did not have control over the "Commercial inserts" that were attached to the feed received by it from the event organizers. ESPN had further argued that its "obligation under the law was to share the live broadcast signal as it was received" by it from the sporting event organizer; and since the feed received by it contain certain advertisements by the organizer of the sporting event, their obligation were limited to share the signal as it is. A bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justice Pradeep Nandrajog dismissed ESPN's plea asking for a direction to Prasar Bharati not to insist on the live signal of international cricket matches of India without any commercial.
BCCI alleges CSA protocol breach
The BCCI today blamed breach of protocol by Cricket South Africa for uncertainty over the Indian team's scheduled tour to that country later this year. "Things are going (on)..............
Read more at http://www.indianexpress.com/news/espn-to-share-adfree-feed-with-doordarshan/1178219/
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