MUMBAI: The final edition of the Champions Trophy takes place next month in England. According to guidelines issued by The International Cricket Council (ICC) a news broadcaster may broadcast a maximum of five and a half minutes of fresh footage per day.

It is the same as what the BCCI allows for the on-going IPL. The total number of broadcasts of footage is restricted to a maximum of two exhibitions per hour of broadcasting. No more than five and a half minutes of footage including repeats may be broadcast per hour of broadcasting.

There must be at least a 30 minute delay following the broadcast of any live footage by the host broadcaster (Star Sports) before this footage may be used by a news channel. News channels can interrupt regular content to broadcast footage using the caption ?Breaking News? or such equivalent, for a period not exceeding 15 seconds and for no more than one exhibition of footage within 30 minutes following the broadcast of such Live Footage by the official/host broadcaster.

This could be to report the achievement of an milestone by a player (for example, a hat-trick of wickets falling, 100 wickets being taken, or 1,000 runs being scored) or other exceptional events that may occur during any Match of the Event.
Footage the ICC says may only be used for news reporting of the results of the match and not for the purpose of analysis including by way of review or comments by experts, ex-cricketers, anchors, analysts or presenters.

News Broadcasters are not permitted to use any footage to make their own compilation or ?mix? the footage with footage from other television events, sports events, documentaries, interviews, etc. No use of any footage is permitted in any circumstances for any commercial purposes.

The news broadcaster shall not carry any advertising, sting, logo, graphic and/or any other commercial activity (including on a ticker) whatsoever immediately before, immediately after, or during the broadcast of footage (or any clip thereof) in a news programme and no association shall be created, suggested or implied between the use of footage and any third party brand or product.

Courtesy bugs acknowledging IDI and FSS must be pasted by news channel with due prominence, throughout the broadcast of any footage.

MUMBAI: Taking a major leap forward to promote hockey, the FIH has introduced World League that will also double up as qualifiers for World Cup and Olympic Qualifiers.

To be played every two years, the final of the World League will be held in India in February 2014 while the women?s final will be played in December 2013 in Argentina. The league will begin in August after the London Olympics.

"There are about 80 men and 58 women teams that have shown the desire to compete. The competition will also be a qualifier for the Olympics and the World Cup," FIH president Leandro Negre said announcing the league."Eight top teams from the League will join the top-eight FIH teams to play the finals."

From 2014, Olympics and World Cup spots will be filled by one host country (subject to IOC agreement for Olympics), five places for continental champions and six or seven team from World League.

The FIH is also planning to chalk out its Future Teams Programme on the lines of ICC.

?We have a planned schedule till the 2014 World Cup, and in our next Congress we will discuss on the 2014-2018 calendar. It would be based on our two pillars?the World Cup and the Olympics. This is a work in progress and the goal is to have hockey played continuously," explained FIH CEO Kelly Fairweather.

"And every alternate year we would have the Champions Trophy. The thing is we have to squeeze in tournaments like your Asian Games, the Champions Challenge and Sultan Azlan Shah. We haven?t yet finalised on it, but it certainly is top on our agenda."