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Friday, October 4, 2013

Share clean feed sporting events with Prasar Bharati: Delhi High Court

Source: The Hindu | PTI
NEW DELHI, October 3, 2013

On April 6, in a communication to ESPN, Prasar Bharati had said
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 commercials. File Photo: Kamal Narang  - The Hindu

Upholding Prasar Bharati's view, the Delhi High Court on Thursday held that whosoever airs a live television broadcast of sporting events of national importance must share the same with national broadcaster without any commercials.

A bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justice Pradeep Nandrajog made the observations while dismissing a TV channel's plea seeking a direction to Prasar Bharati not to insist on the live signal of international cricket matches of India without any commercial.

".... Whosoever airs a live television broadcast of sporting events of national importance must share the same without any advertisements inserted with Prasar Bharati.

"We find no merit in the writ petition which we dismiss but................

Read more at http://www.thehindu.com/sport/share-clean-feed-sporting-events-with-prasar-bharati-delhi-high-court/article5197287.ece 

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