The government will issue a show cause notice to private broadcaster Nimbus
after it refused to share live telecast of the India Vs Sri Lanka
cricket match with Doordarshan, as mandated by an ordinance.
The government will be asking the channel why action should not be taken against
it.
The Government has reportedly received a complaint from public
broadcaster Prasar Bharati, which has cried foul after getting delayed
feed of matches from Nimbus.
"The Government will issue a show-cause notice to Nimbus
for not sharing live telecast with DD, as was mandated by the ordinance issued
last week," the source said.
Nimbus, on the other hand, refused to pass on the live feed to
DD, saying it was awaiting directions of the Delhi High Court on the matter.
The case came up for hearing in the High Court yesterday. The further hearing
of the case has been posted for today.
According to penalties in the 'Sports Broadcasting Signals
(Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) Ordinance, 2007', the Government can
suspend or revoke a broadcaster's licence, permission or registration, for denying
content to Prasar Bharati. A penalty of Rs one crore can also be slapped for
the refusal.
"The Government will take action under the existing law
as Nimbus has violated provisions of the ordinance as well as regulations stipulated
in the uplinking guidelines," the sources said
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