Concerned by the fallout of a long-drawn telecast dispute, the BCCI today
appointed a four-member committee to amicably resolve the vexed issue of sharing
the live feed of cricket matches between rights owner Nimbus and public broadcaster
Prasar Bharti.
The decision to form the committee, which would interact with
the government and Nimbus, was taken at the BCCI's working committee meeting
which deliberated at length on the telecast row.
The Board's Vice President Shashank Manohar will head
the panel while Vice President Lalit Modi, treasurer N. Srinivasan and
Punjab Cricket Association President I.S. Bindra will be the other members.
The dispute between Nimbus, which bought the telecast rights
for a whopping USD 612 million, and Prasar Bharti had deprived thousands of
cricket fans of watching the first India-West Indies cricket one-dayer live.
As both the parties moved court, the Government came out with
an ordinance making it mandatory for the right owners to share the live feed
with Prasar Bharti.
"The issue was deliberated upon and a four-member panel
has been constituted. It will look at the pros and cons of the ordinance and
talk to the government and hopefully the issue will be resolved," the BCCI
Vice President and Media Committee Convenor Rajiv Shukla told reporters
here.
"The Board thinks that people should not be deprived and
the rights holders should not be affected. The BCCI understands its responsibility
towards both the sides and it is better that a middle path is found," he
said.
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