SachDan Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Major international news agencies would not be covering this year's IPL because they are unhappy with the tournament's media guidelines. They had boycotted the previous year's IPL for the same reason. The News Media Coalition, the umbrella body that comprises global news and photograph agencies Reuters, AP, AFP and Getty Images, has failed to get the tournament's organisers to amend the conditions. Lalit Modi, the IPL chairman, refused to change rules which barred the distribution of photographs and news to cricket-specific websites. The IPL has an exclusive agreement to supply news and photos about the Twenty20 tournament to one website. "We can't allow the sponsor of a newsworthy event to specify where news gets distributed," Dave Tomlin, the AP's associate general counsel, said. "This is a case in which a sports association is now in the information business too and is trying to carve out an exclusive segment of the news market as its own to exploit. It's wrong." Last year, besides agencies, news channels in India had also threatened a boycott over the constraints laid down by the IPL before agreeing to cover it after the tournament's organisers acceded to their main demands. © Cricinfo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gaurav_indian Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Good decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachinism Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 BCCI needs to go suck on a big fat ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SachDan Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 Don't worry. This issue will be solved before the commencement of IPL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_South Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 gimmicks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViruRulez Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 IPL had got even all IPL videos deleted from youtube last year .. they are very serious on this matter .. last year also there were stringent conditions for IPL coverage and it would remain this year too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SachDan Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 ^^ Bhai, IPL website se kuch bi chori nahin karne ka..otherwise they may sue you for copyright infringement :cantstop: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tapioca Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Don't worry. This issue will be solved before the commencement of IPL Yeah. Happens all the time. Everything will be magically fixed at the last moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feed Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 News wires agree to cover IPL The 2009 Indian Premier League cricket tournament in South Africa will be covered by major news agencies. More... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_South Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachinism Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Good to see BCCI come to their senses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feed Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Media hit a six to score IPL coverage for all Draconian media laws that almost resulted in a blackout of the Indian Premier League could red-card major sporting events heading to the country. More... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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