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| May 10, 2006 | Wednesday | Rabi-us-Sani 11, 1427 |
‘No free cricket for state broadcaster’
NEW DELHI, May 9: India's highest court barred the state-run broadcaster on Tuesday from showing free-to-air live coverage of the national cricket team's tour of West Indies. India will play five one-day matches and four Tests starting on May 18, and state-owned Prasar Bharti had demanded live coverage from Dubai-based private broadcaster Taj Television, whose Ten Sports unit holds telecast rights for cricket in the Caribbean.
Taj had requested a fee for the feed which the government said it could not pay.
The Supreme Court upheld a petition by Taj barring Prasar Bharti from downlinking the matches.—Reuters
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