Dish TV opposes STAR move to bid for IPL rights

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Direct-to-home service provider Dish TV has filed a complaint with the Competition Commission of India against STAR TV for allegedly monopolising broadcast rights of the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI).

Dish said STAR was trying to abuse its dominant position in airing cricket matches by participating in a bid for the Indian Premier League (IPL).

"We would like to bring to your kind notice certain issues arising out of the forthcoming auction of IPL cricketing telecast rights, which would not only result in a lot of competition issues in the broadcasting and distribution sector, but is also likely to cause severe prejudice to the consumers in so far as cost of accessing cricketing content on television is concerned," said the complaint written by Chairman and Managing Director of Dish TV Jawahar Goel.

Of the 27 sports channels in India, STAR has 12, amounting to a huge share of 44 per cent. Of the 270 matches played or to be played by India from 2012-2019, telecast rights of 191 were with STAR - 71 per cent of the matches. Of the 578 days when the India team would play, STAR alone would be telecasting the matches on 423 days, Dish argued.

It alleged that STAR has been contravening the Sports Broadcasting Signals Act, 2007, by not providing Doordarshan, the national broadcaster, the signal to the cricketing events. STAR India had paid ~3,851 crore to telecast all international and domestic matches to be played between July 2012 and March 2018, except the IPL.

The bone of contention
• Dish said STAR was trying to abuse its dominant position in airing cricket matches by participating in a bid for the IPL
• The complaint has also been sent to the BCCI
• Dish TV has asked the cricket regulator to ensure fair auction of IPL telecast rights
• Of the 27 sports channels in India, STAR has 12, amounting to a huge share of 44%
• Of the 270 matches played or to be played by India from 2012-2019, telecast rights of 191 were with STAR
• STAR TV has the telecast right for all cricketing events, except the IPL

Dish TV opposes STAR move to bid for IPL rights

Jawahar Goel, Chairman & MD, DishTV expresses concerns about IPL cricketing telecast rights
 
Relationship between Star and Dish TV not looking good its mean less chances of addition of Star select SD Channels :)
 
MUMBAI: Dish TV CMD Jawahar Goel, who is a veteran of many battles against broadcasters, has hit out at Rupert Murdoch’s Star India for trying to create a monopoly in sports broadcasting that is set to hurt not only distribution platforms such as DTH and cable TV but also consumers.

In his letter to Information & Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani, Competition Commission of India (CCI), the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Goel has said that the broadcaster has a 44% share of the sports genre, and that if it manages to acquire the Indian Premier League (IPL) media rights, which is up for auction, it will become a virtual monopoly.

Goel’s message is difficult to be missed: Keep Star India out of the IPL rights as it will lead to an absolute monopoly in cricket broadcasting, and TV channel distributors as well as consumers will end up paying more and more.

Goel’s tirade against Star India has come just ahead of the auction of the new cycle of IPL media rights and a day after the Supreme Court had ruled in favour of the private broadcaster and against pubcaster Prasar Bharati, which runs Doordarshan.

Full - Jawahar Goel complains to I&B minister, CCI against Star's cricket monopoly | TelevisionPost.com
 
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Dishtv dont want to bow to Star demands on adding their sports channels on desired rate so the petition.It is likely that Star Sports Select SD channels are not added in near future(LCN on Dishtv not there for SD feed)
 
I think dishtv user wait 1 year for star sports select 1 2 channels on our platfourm
 
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