No proposal to Give DD sole right of sports telecast:Govt

New Delhi, July 25 (UNI) The Government has no proposal to set up a Regulatory Authority to monitor and regulate the earnings through telecasting of sporting events.

However, establishment of an autonomous authority to regulate Broadcasting sector is under contemplation Minister of Information&Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs P R Dasmunsi told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.

He said there was also no proposal to give Doordarshan the sole right of telecasting the sports events organised in the country. But the Government has issued an order on April five as per which which live feeds of a number of specified sporting events of national importance held in India or abroad are required to be shared with Prasar Bharati with immediate effect by sports channels/sports management companies having television broadcasting rights for broadcast on their terrestrial and DTH networks.

In case of cricket events, these shall include all matches featuring India and the finals and semi finals of international events, Mr Dasmunsi said.

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