With the India-Australia series beginning on the 22nd of February, the Board of Control for Cricket in India's restrictions on media coverage are once again becoming an area of focus. The News Media Coalition, a consortium of International publications, and the BCCI, are at loggerheads over Getty Images, Action Images and two Indian photo agencies not being allowed to provide photos from the Cricket match. Note that many websites rely on news agencies and photo agencies for their Cricket coverage, and the restrictions during the last two series had significantly impacted online coverage of two Cricket tours - India-England and India-Pakistan. Note that Pradeep Mittur has just joined Getty Images as its Head for APAC, and the Indian market is a part of his mandate. The Australian Press has joined in now, saying that because of the BCCI's restrictions on photo agencies and photo-only agencies (Getty key among them), they are going to provide only limited text coverage. Apart from this, STAR is claiming that Cricket scores are the BCCI's property, licensed to them, and if that goes through, it will directly impact SMS updates of scores, and perhaps the showcasing of scorecards and live online commentary. Note that the BCCI is not preventing news reportage of matches, and only is limiting access to photo agencies. However, news agencies and newspapers are either not covering, or limiting their coverage, in protest. Do read the BCCI's response to a similar situation during the India-England series. The report from the News Media Coalition states that the BCCI has…
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