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End of the tug-of-war
NEW DELHI. Feb 7: In dia's Doordarshan television and the US-based WorldTel signed an agreement today ending a court dispute that had threatened live broadcast of coming World Cup cricket matches. United News of India (UNI) Said, report agen-cies.
Following the pact. Delhi high court Judges disposed of a suit Doordarshan had filed aminst marketing firm orldTel. Which hacTbought broadcast rights for the. tournament scheduled to begin on February 14. the news agency Said.
An out-of-court settlement will enable Hong Kongbased Star TV to beam the matches internationally and state-owned Doordarshan to telecast the matches in India, attorneys said.
Details of the agreement were to be provided to the Delhi High Court later in the day. the lawyers said.
Doordarshan will link up
with the US-based WorldTel for live telecasts of 17 World Cup matches to be played in India, the attorneys said on condition of anonymity.
Tens of millions of people on the Indian subcontinent love the sport as much as Brazilians cherish football.
Last year. Doordarshan delayed Its payment for local broadcasting rights to WorldTel ana -that erupted into a major row that prompted the US company to sign a new deal with Star TV.
Doordarshan challenged that in the Delhi High Court, claiming that Indian law forbids any company from broadcasting an event held in India without the state-owned firm's involvement.
But Doordarshan and WorldTel later reached an out-of-cOurt settlement Wednesday.
UNI said Doordarshan agreed to let Star TV share broadcast signals and compete for advertising revenue, besides agreeing to pay WorldTel the remaining 40 per cent of its 4.75 million dollars licence fee for the tournament rights.
Doordarshan would be the
primary broadcaster under the agreement, and unsettled claims of compensation by the two disputing parties would be settled by an arbitrator. it said.
Former Indian cricket board chief NKP Salve, currently Power Minister, is the mutually agreed arbitrator.
A last-minute hitch had held up the agreement after most differences were ironed out on Tuesday because Hong Kong-based Star TV7 wanted an assurance that it would not be drawn into a compensation dispute.