Aggrieved Channel 7 says CA "terrified" of BCCI, seeks access to communication between two boards
According to ‘The Sydney Morning Herald’, the channel “confirmed it had lodged an affidavit with the court here in a pre-discovery action, as the media company attempts to prove its contention that CA breached its contract with a raft of scheduling changes this summer” in order to cater to the BCCI’s interests.
Seven West Media’s chief executive James Warburton said that CA should have started the summer with the day-night Test against India, which is now scheduled to start in Adelaide on December 17, instead of the limited overs series comprising three ODIs and as many T20 Internationals.
“It’s a shame that the cricket administration have kept their head in the sand. They really don”t value us as a broadcaster, preferring to outperform to the BCCI, who they are terrified of,” Warburton was quoted as saying by the daily.
The channel’s contention is that the top bosses in CA gave preference to the wishes of the BCCI, the sport’s most powerful governing body, as well as its other domestic broadcasting partner Foxtel.
Foxtel, a pay channel, holds the exclusive rights for the limited overs matches between Australia and India, which kicked off the summer at the expense of the originally scheduled Test series, which the aggrieved broadcaster — free-to-air – shares with Foxtel.
