5 May 2015
SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. HONG KONG CABLE TELEVISION LTD
- Citation
- SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE v. HONG KONG CABLE TELEVISION LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2561/2009
HKCTV's IPTV service fell within the Schedule 3 Internet exception because the transmission used TCP/IP to set‑top boxes and the fact conversion to analogue occurred in common areas (not within individual premises) did not remove the service from the Internet exception; additionally the Internet for the exception requires association with globally unique IP addressing and HKCTV did not use globally unique IP addresses until mid‑July 2008, so variable licence fees were payable only for anniversaries before that change; 'subscriber' for fee calculation includes the individual domestic premises…