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PTV PCB Dispute Solved (16 Jan 1996)

ISLAMABAD, Jan 16: The final of the National One-day Tournament between Pakistan International Airlines and Rawalpindi A, to be played at Sheikhupura, will be telecast live by Pakistan Television network following a written no-objection by

PTV PCB dispute settled; 1-day final to be televised

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Farhana Ayaz

ISLAMABAD, Jan 16: The final of the National One-day Tournament between Pakistan International Airlines and Rawalpindi A, to be played at Sheikhupura, will be telecast live by Pakistan Television network following a written no-objection by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

The fax message reaching PTV headquarters, yesterday, stated that the board has no objection against live coverage, news coverage or recording of domestic cricket matches between local teams. The no objection is duly signed by the chief executive.

Sources in the PTV stated that the no objection means that the national network will cover the domestic cricket games amongst local teams free of cost.

PTV official added that they have received the reply in due time since a delay of one more day would have meant that the final could not have be covered as it requires two clear days for the televising equipment to be installed before any cricket fixture can be televised.

The PTV officials said that selling of televising rights of the world cup and their earlier agreement with IMG about the selling of domestic and international signals of all the matches played in Pakistan to different companies had cornered the corporation and there was no way out but to stay out before anything clear came to the surface.

The PTV stated that the corporation has also earned a bad name with its viewers who are keen to watch cricket and coverage of cricket is PTVFs commitment to the viewers of the country. The official said that the network has never made money from telecasting domestic games. tIn fact production costs are much higher than the sponsorship fee paid out, but we cover up the cost through the coverage of international matches,v he said.

The PTV officials stated that cricket coverage was becoming more and more expensive but the corporation is making an effort to satisfy its viewers as PTV paid US $120,000 just for the coverage of Sri Lankan series to WorldTel, plus the enormous amount of US $750,000 to cover world cup matches in Pakistan after PCB sold the sole rights of the World Cup coverage to the American company.

Source :: Pakistan Dawn