Judgment in an application for leave to appeal a court ruling on the licensing of three porn pay channels was reserved until December 10 by the Western Cape High Court on Friday.<\/p>\n
On Digital Media (ODM) wants permission to appeal Judge Lee Bozalek’s order that the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) review its decision last year to license ODM’s porn channels.<\/p>\n
ODM’s legal team argued on Friday that there were reasonable prospects of\u00a0success should Bozalek’s decision be reviewed by the Supreme Court of\u00a0Appeal in Bloemfontein.<\/p>\n
ODM (operating as Top TV and later StarSat) was granted three licences on April 23 last year to broadcast Playboy TV, Desire TV, and Brazzers, subject to conditions.<\/p>\n
Icasa’s issuing of the licences was challenged by the Justice Alliance of\u00a0SA (Jasa), Doctors for Life, and Cause for Justice, which argued that Icasa erred in making its decision.<\/p>\n
Icasa and ODM were ordered to pay the applicants’ costs. ODM appealed the whole order, including that of costs.<\/p>\n
In its appeal application, ODM argued that Icasa’s decision was only\u00a0invalid insofar as it failed to prohibit ODM from broadcasting films that\u00a0had been classified as “X18”, in accordance with the Film and Publications Act.<\/p>\n
It believed that remitting the decision back to Icasa would lead to\u00a0unnecessary delay, prejudice and costs.<\/p>\n
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