Supreme Court of India · 2016-05-27
STAR SPORTS INDIA PVT LTD. vs PRASAR BHARTI .
- Citation / case number
- SC 2014/1089
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- STAR SPORTS INDIA PVT LTD.
- Respondent
- PRASAR BHARTI .
- Author
- A.K. SIKRI
- Bench
- PRAFULLA C. PANT A.K. SIKRI
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed the obligations of a Television Broadcasting Organisation under the Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) Act, 2007, specifically Section 3(1), which mandates sharing live broadcast signals without advertisements. The Court held that the appellant is required to share the 'world feed' as received from the event organizer without removing any On-Screen Credits, which are considered part of the broadcast and not advertisements as per the Act. The appeal was allowed, clarifying the obligations of broadcasters regarding the inclusion of sponsor logos in the shared signals.