Indian Premier League broadcaster Sony is "out to catch errant cable TV operators stealing its live match feed, as the tenth edition of the world's richest cricket league gets underway," according to Rasul Bailay of the TIMES OF INDIA. Armed with a Delhi High Court order and assisted by court-appointed local commissioners, Sony Pictures Network India "formed teams to conduct raids at local cable operators and TV distributors to stop them from illegally beaming IPL matches for which advertising slots have been sold before even a ball was bowled." Sony Pictures Distribution & Sports Business President Rajesh Kaul said that the company has "received a John Doe order, or injunctions, passed by a court of law against anonymous entity/entities." Kaul: "Yes, we have received the court order, and will be raiding cable operators found using our signal without valid contract." The court ordered local commissioners to "seize equipment used by the cable operators if they are engaged in unauthorised telecast of the live feed" (TIMES OF INDIA, 4/6).
