9 Jul 2005
HONG KONG CABLE TELEVISION LTD v. TELEVISION BROADCASTS LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- HONG KONG CABLE TELEVISION LTD v. TELEVISION BROADCASTS LTD AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1256/2005
The court has jurisdiction under s15(2) of the Broadcasting Ordinance to entertain claims for breach of licence conditions; there is a serious question to be tried that the Program may be substantially produced by TVB within the meaning of condition 36.5 and damages would not be an adequate remedy, and on balance of convenience the interim injunction restraining Galaxy from broadcasting the Program pending trial should be granted; the Channels application was refused because the proposed short suspension to 1 August 2005 was unlikely to achieve any useful purpose given the likely rejection of…