World Cup: Supreme Court Allows Doordarshan to Telecast India Matches, Semifinals and Final
Supreme Court has also said that Doordarshan can share feed with cable operators.
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that national broadcaster Doordarshan (DD) can show Team India's World Cup 2015 cricket matches free of cost. The apex court dismissed the plea of Star Sports - the official broadcasters of the tournament in India - and said that Prasar Bharti can share the feed with cable operators. The semifinals and the final will also be shown on the channel. (Complete coverage of World Cup 2015)
Prasar Bharati came to Supreme Court after Delhi High Court ruled that DD can't share the feed freely with cable operators. The top court had stayed the high court order so that viewers could watch the India vs Pakistan match. (In pics: How India is watching World Cup 2015)
Star Sports had argued that it had invested crores of money and it is objecting to DD sharing its feed with cable operators and Star sports is incurring huge loss.
It also said that DD can share the free feed terrestrially but that cable operators have to carry DD channels by law and the cricket matches are shown live on these channels.
(With inputs from A. Vaidyanathan)