Madras court order on cricket telecast today

The Madras High Court today said it would deliver tomorrow orders on telecasting arrangement for the upcoming India-Pakistan cricket matches, as broadcasters Zee Telefilms and ESPN-Star Sports made almost similar offers to provide production services for the series.

Reserving orders on a writ petition filed by Zee challenging BCCI's decision cancelling the tender process, Justice KP Sivasubramanian said he would deliver orders tomorrow on live telecast of one-day as well as test matches between the two sides.

The judge will deliver orders on the main petition later.

Close on the heels of Zee informing the high court yesterday that it had made an offer to the board pertaining to live telecast of the matches, ESPN-Star Sports also in a written offer to the BCCI in the Madras High Court said, subject to judicial orders, it would provide production services to the board for the Indo-Pak series in accordance with international standards and "at a minimum as required by the BCCI's invitation to tender of August 7 last."

The offer said the BCCI would provide to ESPN-Star Sports the right to telecast the matches and either of the two would provide to the Prasar Bharati the right to telecast the above matches.