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SC for uninterrupted ODI feed on DD
That means DD will not air 'Fourth Umpire' even during the lunch hours.Will Supreme Court's verdict affect you?
The Supreme Court has asked Doordarshan to carry uninterrupted feed of the India-Pakistan one-day cricket matches received from Ten Sports.
It means that Doordarshan will not be airing its programme 'Fourth Umpire' during the lunch breaks.
The direction came from a bench comprising Justice Ashok Bhan and Justice Arun Kumar after Ten Sports' counsel PH Parikh complained to the court that Prasar Bharti was violating the January 30 order directing the public broadcaster to carry the "uninterrupted feed" throughout the series.
Appearing for the Prasar Bharti, Solicitor General GE Vahanvati submitted that Doordarshan was carrying the uninterrupted feed and its programme 'Fourth Empire' was aired during the lunch break when there was no live coverage of the match.
However, the Bench said that "uninterrupted means from the beginning till the end", and asked Doordarshan not to insert its own programme.
Prasar Bharti CEO KS Sarma and Vahanvati had tried to sort out the issue with Ten Sports outside the court on Tuesday, but the efforts failed and Ten Sports took up the matter before the court.
Doordarshan and Ten Sports, which has the exclusive telecast rights, had reached on an agreement on January 30 under which the public broadcaster was allowed to share "uninterrupted feed" from Ten Sports.
A division bench had directed Prasar Bharati to deposit with the court a sum of Rs 15 crore by February 9 which Ten Sports shall receive as full and final settlement for sharing the "uninterrupted feed" of the five one-dayers.
