Sony Pictures gets exclusive rights to televise India’s series against Sri Lanka

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has secured a Dynamic John Doe injunction order from the Delhi High Court to protect infringement of copyrights for India’s forthcoming series against Sri Lanka.  

They have also secured a similar injunction for India’s series England.   

The Dynamic John Doe will shield SPN from unlawful and unauthorized dissemination of IPs on the internet and other social media platforms.  

The injunction order restrains Internet Service Providers (ISPs), cable operators and websites from carrying content that violates SPN’s copyright in the broadcast and digital transmission rights for the cricketing series.   SPN has acquired from the England and Wales Cricket Board Limited (ECB) as well as from Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) an exclusive license to broadcast in the territories of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and the Maldives for the India Tour of England 2021 and worldwide, excluding Sri Lanka, for the India Tour of Sri Lanka this year.

  
The matches will be available on SPN’s linear channelsSony Ten 1, Sony Ten 1 HD, Sony Ten 3, Sony Ten 3 HD, Sony Ten 4, Sony Ten 4 HD, Sony Six, Sony Six HD. and its digital platform SonyLIV.  

-(Agencies)