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
- HCA1171/2005
The court had jurisdiction under s15(2) to entertain claims for breach of licence conditions. There was a serious question to be tried whether the Program was "substantially produced by TVB" within condition 36.5 because TVB's dubbing and subtitling materially contributed to the Program's success; damages were inadequate; and the balance of convenience favoured granting an interim injunction to restrain Galaxy from broadcasting the Program pending further order. Conversely, the Channels Application was refused because the proposed injunction was imprecise, of limited utility given likely reje…