MANCHESTER: Representatives of national broadcater Doordarshan are in danger of losing their World Cup accreditation after being caught live-streaming Virat Kohli’s press conference ahead of the match against Pakistan, which is against the protocol laid down by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
According to ICC rules, video broadcast of practice sessions is allowed, but it is not when it comes to the pre and post-match press conferences and the match. Those rights lie solely with the official broadcasters, New Indian Express reports.
On match days, non-rights holders can shoot and beam only what is happening outside the ground. News channels are allowed to show only up to 90 seconds of action from the field.
It was learnt on Saturday that the Doordarshan journalists were live-streaming when Kohli was addressing the media.
ICC sources told the daily they came to know about it, saw them when they were doing it and stopped them from entering the hall when Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur came for his press conference.
“We heard from representatives of other channels that the Doordarshan guys told them that they had done this in the past as well. Even if we don’t go by that, flouting the rules once is bad enough. They were seen doing it during Kohli’s press meet.
“They were not allowed to attend the second press conference of the day. Rules are clear that if anyone is caught violating these, his or her accreditation will be cancelled. As of now, we are going to follow rules,” ICC sources told New Indian Express.
