ECB penalisation fears eased

Fears that the ECB - and other cricket boards - would be penalised have eased, following a hearing at the Delhi Supreme Court last week. The ECB gave Sky, Britain's pay-per-view network, exclusive rights for cricket, ending Channel 4's six-year coverage and ending free-to-air cricket broadcasting for the time being:

The guidelines forced cable and satellite companies like Ten, ESPN-Star Sports and Sony, to share their exclusive rights with the national broadcaster Doordarshan so the public could have cricket free-to-air. It is akin to the British Government forcing Sky to share their exclusive ECB rights with the BBC without compensation.