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ICC restricts news channels from covering semi finals and cricket world cup final

ICC restricts news channels from covering semi finals
and cricket world cup final

The first semifinal of the World Cup between Sri Lanka and New Zealand will be held in Colombo on Tuesday while the high-octane second semifinal between traditional rivals India and Pakistan is scheduled to be held in Mohali on Wednesday.

The final will be held in Mumbai on April 2.


ESPN-Star Sports has the broadcast rights for the World Cup.

The ICC on Monday night barred electronic media from covering the remaining matches.
The spokesman said, this will be applicable to both the semifinals in Colombo and Mohali and the final in Mumbai.

An ICC spokesman said that non-rights holders will no longer be allowed to cover the practice session or the press conferences related to World Cup for not following the code of conduct and the media guidelines, which they had signed for accreditation.

It is believed that at least 40 leading channels will be affected.

It is believed that the breaches have been of a commercial nature; there could be elements of ambush marketing involved with the channels running shows sponsored by companies that are in competition with the ICC sponsors.


the Broadcast Editors' Association (BEA) and the National Broadcasters Association (NBA) have decided to approach the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) ministry on the matter.

BEA President Shazi Zaman has termed the ICC move as arbitrary and an infringement of media rights.

But I am sure they will find the solution.

Cricket and Media each other need each other, the relationship is like that one is water then other is fish.

Reality Views by sm –
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

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11 comments:

BK Chowla, March 29, 2011  

Cant figure out the reasons for such an action, but must be a great financial angle

sm,  March 29, 2011  

BK Chowla,,
thanks.
yes reason is money and advertisement conflicts.

chitra March 29, 2011  

No idea what's happening.Come here to get news:)
Have a nice day SM

Renu March 29, 2011  

ditto Insignia..money is the only criteria in everything connected to Cricket.

Arti March 29, 2011  

They may have a point actually, the news channels keep showing the images all day... That might be affecting Icc's Revenue!!

Sathish Chandrasekaran (சதீஷ் சந்திரசேகரன்) March 29, 2011  

Hmmm, couldn't understand these restrictions at all..

But you got it right SM,"Cricket and Media each other need each other, the relationship is like that one is water then other is fish."

sm,  March 29, 2011  

Insignia,,
thanks.

sm,  March 29, 2011  

chitra,,
thanks.

sm,  March 29, 2011  

Renu,,
thanks.

sm,  March 29, 2011  

Arti,,
Sat_hi_sh,,
thanks.