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The Delhi High
Court issued notices and passed an ad interim injunction against
several cable operators in Delhi, Gujarat, MP and UP following a
suit filed by ESPN and Fox Sports.
The order passed
by Justice Mukundakam Sharma restrains the cable operators from
distributing and telecasting ESPN, Star Sports, Fox Sports, Super
Sports and Pehla Plus channels till the next date of hearing which
is on November 21, 2002.
Counsels Rajiv
Nayar and N Ganapathy appearing for the sports channels submitted
that the cable operators had service contracts with them which have
now expired.
They further
submitted that despite their being no fresh service contract between
the parties, the cable operators were telecasting these channels
without paying for the service.
The court appointed
6 local commissioners to visit the premises of the cable operators
and take photographs and video films of all those responsible for
broadcasting the sports channels.
Sony
Keen On News, Music Channels
The Sony network
is planning to add a news and a music channel to complete its bouquet.
Currently, it has Sony Entertainment Television, Sony Max, Discovery,
AXN, CNBC and Animal Planet. Although not divulging any details
on the broadcasters or production houses that Sony is talking to
for the news and music channels, head of Sony-Discovery joint venture
Shantanu Aditya told reporters on the sidelines of a conference
here that the channel was interested in the two genres. For sports,
it’s not planning a separate channel, but it already has Sony
Max with a lot of cricket going there. Recently, there was talk
about NDTV, which provides news to Star, opting for a venture with
the Sony network for a news channel. But, there’s no confirmation
of that from any of the sides.
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