Or so the government of India believes. Bong’o'pondit is unhappy with the government’s decision to force private broadcasters to share the feed of sporting events with PrasarBharti.
The government on the other hand is seemingly saying that watching sports is a public right. Now, it can be argued that for sporting events played in Indian cities, in stadiums and facilities paid for by the Indian tax-payer, the latter does have some right to watch such events [1]. However, as far as my knowledge goes, BCCI is a non-governmental organization that runs on its own, through self-generated revenue. Local cricket stadiums are built by state-associations funded by BBCI. And of course, any such right is moot for games played on foreign soil. If the government is so concerned about people watching cricketsporting events, it should have gotten its act together and made a bid for broadcast rights in the first place. And why the mandate that Doordarshan can carry is own advertisements – that simply smacks of opportunism ?
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