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| Prasar Bharati refuses to encrypt live feed | | | New Delhi | Nov 1]
Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that BCCI and Neo Sports cannot force it to encrypt the live feed of cricket matches of national importance that it receives from private broadcasters.
The High Court was hearing a petition by BCCI and Nimbus Communication seeking a direction for encryption of DD signals to prevent illegal transmission of live feed by private operators.
Appearing before Justice S Ravinder Bhatt, Prasar Bharati's counsel Dushyant Dave contended that private broadcasters, who share live feed under the Sports Act (Mandatory Sharing of Feed), do not have legal right to ask for encryption of feed.
"Any direction to encrypt the feed would seriously affect our character as public broadcaster," Dave said.
Countering the suggestion mooted by Nimbus counsel to direct the public broadcaster to issue instructions to cable operators to desist from indulging in piracy, Prasar Bharati said it (Nimbus) can take action against cable operators by filing suits against them.
"They have not challenged the provisions of the statutes (Sports Act and Cable TV Network Act) and are simply asking for encryption on the ground that cable operators are violating their (Neo Sports) intellectual property rights. If their rights are violated they can take action against the operators," Prasar Bharati further said.
Earlier in the day, senior advocate C A Sundaram, initiating the argument on behalf of BCCI and Nimbus, contended that the live feed which it gives to DD is being used by cable operators without paying Nimbus. |
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