The Delhi high court has prohibited telecom operators and mobile value added service providers (MVAS) from infringing on Star India’s exclusive cricket rights by providing live updates of matches.
The court order on Wednesday reaffirmed its exclusive digital rights to BCCI cricket matches on mobile and barred telecom operators from using match updates for commercial gain. It asked telecom operators and MVAS providers to either issue such updates with a lag of 15 minutes or pay a fair share of the revenue generated through the broadcast of live and simultaneous scores to Star India by procuring a licence.
“The honourable high court has vindicated Star India's stand by passing this historic judgment. The lack of clarity was severely compromising the ability of rights owners to invest to create saidIJgreat experiences for sports fans,” said Uday Shankar, chief executive of Star India.