{"id":91025,"date":"2013-11-04T17:35:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T15:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=91025"},"modified":"2013-11-05T09:45:58","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T07:45:58","slug":"toptv-court-case-dropped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/91025-toptv-court-case-dropped.html","title":{"rendered":"TopTV court case dropped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Digital Media (<a title=\"ODM\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/379057-ODM-On-Digital-Media\">ODM<\/a>) has confirmed that the legal action threatened by two minority shareholders has been withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>ODM, stated that First National Media Investment Holdings (FNMIH) and Mergan Moodley withdrew their urgent application to the South Gauteng High Court which sought to interdict and prevent the business rescue practitioner of ODM, Peter van den Steen, from taking steps to implement a business rescue plan with Chinese firm <a title=\"StarTimes\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/523245-StarTimes\">StarTimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ODM, parent company of pay-television operator <a title=\"TopTV\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/385929-TopTV\">TopTV<\/a>, announced at a media briefing on Thursday, 31 October 2013, that it would relaunch its pay TV satellite offering as \u201cStarSat\u201d \u2013 effectively killing of TopTV.<\/p>\n<p>First National Media Investment Holdings (20.4%) and Atchuthanandan Moodley (0.7%) had a combined holding of 21.1% in ODM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cODM is pleased by this decision as it believed the application, filed on the 18 October 2013, had no credible merit to start with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt started to undermine the outcome of a successful rescue, caused unnecessary delays and has wasted company resources. Unfortunately, the time wasted on the opposition of the application cannot be recovered,\u201d the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The only issue outstanding in the urgent application is that of the liability for ODM\u2019s legal costs arising from the withdrawal of the claims, the group added.<\/p>\n<p>Judgment on this issue has been reserved to 10h00 on Monday, 11 November 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Peter van den Steen, the business rescue practitioner of On Digital Media said: \u201cWe welcome the move by FNMIH and Mr Moodley to withdraw the application.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the adoption of the Business Rescue plan we have been acutely aware of the challenges we were going to be faced with and have adequately dealt with any concerns arising from the implementation of the business rescue process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unfortunate that two of ODM\u2019s minority shareholders (there are seven shareholders in total) chose the courts to voice their dissatisfaction. 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