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- Updated: May 29, 2016
The Supreme Court has moved to safeguard free-to-air cricket in India, ruling that broadcasters of important sporting events must share their live feed, minus advertisements and sponsor logos, with the state-owned Prasar Bharati. This means broadcasters including Star India, which holds the rights to all of India’s home international cricket as well as ICC events, will have to comply with the 2007 Sports Act under its original terms.
A two-judge bench comprising justices AK Sikri and PC Pant dismissed Star India’s appeal against an October 2013 judgment of the Delhi High Court in a dispute with Prasar Bharati over certain provisions of the Sports Act.
The Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) Act stipulates that “no content rights owner or holder and no television or radio broadcasting service provider shall carry a live television broadcast …
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