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DELHI: A day after terrestrial broadcaster Doordarshan was granted "deferred
live" telecast rights to the ongoing cricket series between India and the
West Indies, Prasar Bharati approached the Delhi High Court again on the matter.
A two-judge bench of the
Delhi High Court has listed for tomorrow arguments in the appeal filed by the
pubcaster against the order yesterday by a single-judge directing Nimbus, the
rights holder for BCCI organized cricket events in India, to give the feed to
Doordarshan with a seven-minute time lag.
Prasar Bharati sources told
Indiantelevision.com that the pubcaster's appeal was based on the validity of
the Uplink-Downlink Guidelines issued in November 2005 that perforce allows DD
to get the telecast feed. The pubcaster’s argument is that the guidelines
are clear that the live feed should be given to both Doordarshan and AIR and that
there is “no provision (in the guidelines) for a deferred telecast.”
Prasar Bharati has contended that viewers in the country cannot be
divided into two segments and that there has to be equitable distribution of signals
for all viewers, irrespective of whether they are linked to DTH, cable or non
cable homes. Also Read:
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