Two days after international news agencies decided to boycott the second edition of Indian Premier League (IPL),the organisers on Thursday climbed down from their insistence on restrictions on media coverage of the event and removed the objectionable clause from the media accreditation requirements list. There had been no coverage by international agencies last season as the IPL conditions prevented them from supplying content to websites around the world,citing an exclusive tie-up with Canada-based IPLT20.com. While the clause has been removed for now,an IPL official made it clear that the exemption was only for the current season. Websites and wire agencies had earlier lodged a protest after they were not allowed to take pictures. So we have decided to accept their demands and have amended the clause. But this will be only for IPL 2. We will see whether agencies can be allowed or not when we go back to India, he said. Announcing the deal,the IPL and the News Media Coalition (NMC),representatives of media interests worldwide,said that they had agreed on the terms of coverage for the 39-day event beginning April 18 in Cape Town. We are pleased to have reached this agreement with the global news media industry. This will allow fans across the world access to the festival of sport and entertainment in South Africa over the next few weeks. It was always our intention to given an event like the IPL its due by having it covered by the worlds media, IPL commissioner Lalit Modi said in a statement. NMC executive director Andrew Moger said: The outcome allows us to provide coverage of what promises to be a news-worthy spectacle.Two days after international news agencies decided to boycott the second edition of Indian Premier League (IPL),the organisers on Thursday climbed down from their insistence on restrictions on media coverage of the event and removed the objectionable clause from the media accreditation requirements list. There had been no coverage by international agencies last season as the IPL conditions prevented them from supplying content to websites around the world,citing an exclusive tie-up with Canada-based IPLT20.com. While the clause has been removed for now,an IPL official made it clear that the exemption was only for the current season. Websites and wire agencies had earlier lodged a protest after they were not allowed to take pictures. So we have decided to accept their demands and have amended the clause. But this will be only for IPL 2. We will see whether agencies can be allowed or not when we go back to India, he said. Announcing the deal,the IPL and the News Media Coalition (NMC),representatives of media interests worldwide,said that they had agreed on the terms of coverage for the 39-day event beginning April 18 in Cape Town. We are pleased to have reached this agreement with the global news media industry. This will allow fans across the world access to the festival of sport and entertainment in South Africa over the next few weeks. It was always our intention to given an event like the IPL its due by having it covered by the worlds media, IPL commissioner Lalit Modi said in a statement. NMC executive director Andrew Moger said: The outcome allows us to provide coverage of what promises to be a news-worthy spectacle.
