NEW DELHI: The problems for Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi seems no end these days, TV broadcaster Sony is adding to his woes by
taking the organisers of IPL to court.
Sony has got an injunction to stop the IPL from discussing telecast rights with other channels. The injunction order was given to IPL on Saturday night and the Bombay High Court will hear the case on Monday.
The IPL schedule has been in jeopardy and the cumbersome process of re-working the dates in a bid to salvage the high profile Twenty20 cricket event have been on for over a month.
The tournament, coinciding with the Lok Sabha elections, has run into rough weather after the Home Ministry asked the organisers to redraw the schedule as it was not feasible to hold the matches under the existing fixture for security reasons.
The Ministry’s directive came on Friday after eight states, where matches are to be held, said they might not be able to provide security in view of the LS polls.
The premier league's associate sponsors are Pepsico India, Hyundai and Nokia, as Sony Entertainment Television aims to rake in Rs 1.7 billion from the deal, media reports said.
The last edition of IPL had generated nearly Rs 300 crore of advertising revenue.
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taking the organisers of IPL to court.
Sony has got an injunction to stop the IPL from discussing telecast rights with other channels. The injunction order was given to IPL on Saturday night and the Bombay High Court will hear the case on Monday.
The IPL schedule has been in jeopardy and the cumbersome process of re-working the dates in a bid to salvage the high profile Twenty20 cricket event have been on for over a month.
The tournament, coinciding with the Lok Sabha elections, has run into rough weather after the Home Ministry asked the organisers to redraw the schedule as it was not feasible to hold the matches under the existing fixture for security reasons.
The Ministry’s directive came on Friday after eight states, where matches are to be held, said they might not be able to provide security in view of the LS polls.
The premier league's associate sponsors are Pepsico India, Hyundai and Nokia, as Sony Entertainment Television aims to rake in Rs 1.7 billion from the deal, media reports said.
The last edition of IPL had generated nearly Rs 300 crore of advertising revenue.
http://ipl.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4268743.cms
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