Delhi HC rejects Amazon plea alleging dilution of broadcast rights

The Delhi High Court on Friday rejected a petition by Amazon Seller Services Pvt Ltd towards the alleged dilution of its unique media rights to broadcast the continuing cricket sequence between India and New Zealand.

Dismissed, stated Justice Yashwant Varma who was listening to Amazon’s problem to a TDSAT order which, the petitioner claimed, allowed all non-public cable and DTH operators to re-transmit the sports activities content material shared by it with Prasar Bharati.

The detailed copy of the order is awaited.

The petition stated, following a plea by a personal DTH operator, the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) erringly expanded the scope of the contractual rights granted by the petitioner to Prasar Bharati with respect to broadcasting the cricket sequence on its channel DD Sports.

The plea asserted the rights granted by the petitioner to Prasar Bharati had been restricted for retransmission solely on Prasar Bharati’s DTH platform specifically DD Free Dish, and this restricted transmission can’t be additional prolonged to any third get together.

It stated the petitioner acquired unique media rights from New Zealand Cricket for the Indian territory to broadcast the worldwide cricket matches organised by it.

However, a personal DTH operator, with none authorized foundation, approached the TDSAT to direct Prasar Bharti to share the cricket matches licenced to it, the plea acknowledged.

The petition stated the TDSAT, on November 24, utterly misapplied the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, which is an obligation on non-public cable operators to hold Doordarshan channels, and handed an order in favour of the non-public operator and considerably diluted its mental property rights.

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