New Delhi:Public broadcaster Doordarshan and private network Nimbus tonight failed toreach an agreement on telecast of ongoing India-West Indies cricket series, anews that will disappoint millions of cricket buffs.

Rebuffing I&B Ministry and Prasar Bharati for their rigid line on thecontroversial issue, BCCI rights holder Nimbus said its proposals were rejectedand challenged the public broadcaster to produce its own programme and go live.

"We offered Prasar Bharati that they can have live feed of the matches ifthey encrypt signals or else they can go in for a 15-minute delayed feed.

"However, since they do not agree to both these, all I can say is they cancome to the stadium with their equipments and go live if they believe they areso entitled under guidelines," Nimbus CEO Digvijay Singh told sources afterthe talks with Prasar Bharati.

Asked if this would not be illegal, he said: "Let them first do it, thenwe will see," dropping hints that it would take action against the publicbroadcaster for doing so.

DD Director-General L D Mandloi ruled out any live recording from the stadium,saying how can we do it without an agreement. Its not possible at all.

Today's talks between the two broadcasters came even as bothapproached the courts to resolve the matter and swing things in their favour.