Not even sports?

IN Media Watch Briefs | 24/05/2002

Not even sports

Not even sports?

Major world sports events, you could earlier assume, would be carried on India’s national broadcaster Doordarshan. Now DD is isn’t even able to deliver that, any more than it is able to deliver crucial parliament debates to its viewers. It didn’t acquire rights to World Cup football and is just showing an hour of highlights every day. And the game is on a pay channel which nobody has heard of before, Ten Sports.

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