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DELHI: Prasar Bharati is expected to finalise early next week
its proposal to float global tenders for expression of interest
in coverage of the Commonwealth Games.
Official
Prasar Bharati sources told indiantelevision.com that the
Information and Broadcasting Ministry was expected to clear
the file sent by CEO BS Lalli on the subject.
Earlier,
employees of Prasar Bharati had decided to launch an agitation
against the decision of Lalli to go in for global tenders
for coverage of the Games, though members of the Prasar Bharati
Board feel this is being done as the broadcaster does not
have the technology for High Definition television that is
needed in most recipient countries.
Two
members of Parliament, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
member Hannan Mollah and D Raja of the CPI, had in a meeting
with the employees on 24 February described the move as "nothing
but an attempt to destroy the Public Service Broadcaster of
the nation."
While Mollah wanted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to intervene,
Raja said this was an attempt to hand over the Games coverage
to private parties on contract basis.
Leaders
of the National Federation of Akashvani and Doordarshan Employees
(NFADE) claimed that Prasar Bharati employees had proved their
ability to cover international events as far back as the Asian
Games of 1982, and there was enough time for the pubcaster
to get the necessary technology before the Commonwealth Games
which are being held towards the end of next year.
Instead
of equipping Doordarshan with latest technical facilities
to face the new challenges which will definitely enrich professionalism,
this is an attempt to pave the road for corruption which may
benefit some senior officers of Prasar Bharati, they said.
The
leaders of NFADE said the employees of AIR and DD would boycott
the transmission of coverage of the Commonwealth Games 2010
if the production and coverage is handed over to private parties
and not to the professionals of Doordarshan.
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