No ‘interruption’ of ODI telecast, DD’s Fourth Umpire out

Appearing for Prasar Bharati, Solicitor General G E Vahanvati told the court that the programme was intended to be telecast only during the lunch break when no match is played.

The court, however, held that ‘‘uninterrupted telecast’’, as agreed upon between the two parties, meant that Ten Sports would show the entire sequence of the matches as they unfolded. The court has asked DD not to ‘‘insert’’ its own programmes into the telecast, even if they were during the lunch break.

Ten Sports had earlier challenged the Prasar Bharati stipulation that any telecast of a cricket series involving India should be compulsorily shared with DD. During the hearing on the case, the contending sides reached an interim agreement under which they decided to share the ‘‘uninterrupted’’ feed for a consideration of Rs 15 crore to be paid by Prasar Bharati to Ten Sports by February 9.