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Appeal Court refuses to hear TV porn broadcaster
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has dismissed with costs an application by On Digital Media Media (ODM) for leave to appeal against a Western Cape High Court order preventing it from broadcasting hardcore pornography channels on its StarSat (formerly TopTV) pay-TV service. Justice Alliance of South Africa (JASA), supported by […]
StarSat takes porn fight to Supreme Court
Originally published in IT Web Pay-TV service provider StarSat has taken its fight to broadcast adult content to the Supreme Court of Appeal, after the Western Cape High Court last year ruled the country’s communications regulator had erred in allowing the broadcaster to air hardcore porn channels. The broadcaster submitted […]
Porn on TV appeal denied: broadcasting must stop immediately
Shortly after 10 am today, in the Western Cape High Court, Mr Justice Bozalek, dismissed an application by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) and On Digital Media (ODM) for leave to appeal his ruling on the licensing of three porn pay channels. He ruled that he correctly ordered last […]
Pay-TV broadcaster ordered to stop screening porn
The Western Cape High Court today (Monday, November 3) ordered StarSat to stop broadcasting pornographic channels with immediate effect. Upholding an application by Justice Alliance for South Africa (JASA), Cause for Justice (CFJ) and Doctors for Life (DFL), Mr Justice Bozalek, struck down the licence granted by the Independent Communications Authority […]
‘Children’s rights should have trumped porn’
Originally published in Sowetan Live The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) failed to apply the law when it approved three pornographic channels, the Cape Town High Court heard on Monday (October 13). Last April StarSat, formerly known as Top TV, was given the go ahead by Icasa to […]
Judge re-convenes court on Monday in TV porn battle
Mr Justice Bozalek has ordered counsel back to court on Monday, October 13, to make further submissions in the TV pornography matter which was heard for four days in the Western Cape High Court from August 4 to 7 earlier this year. The matter before the court is an application […]
Cape High Court to decide about pornography on SA television
On Monday (August 11) to Wednesday (August 13) the Cape High Court will be hearing argument on whether ICASA’s decision authorising the broadcasting of three pornographic channels on SA television, should stand or be set aside. The factsIn November 2012, StarSat (previously TopTv) applied to the Independent Communications Authority of […]
Porn TV opponents in joint court action against StarSat
By Thinus Ferreira — Originally published in Channel 24 Opposition in South Africa has been growing against the pornographic television that is broadcast by On Digital Media’s (ODM) StarSat pay-TV platform, with a court case that will likely be heard in August in a now joint application to have ODM’s […]
“Porn can destroy your heart and your mind” says female ex-porn addict
Originally published in christian.org.uk. A graduate who was addicted to online pornography from the age of eleven has revealed why she thinks more should be done to warn others against its dangers. Bethany Becconsall first came across online pornography at the age of eleven. Today, the 21-year-old describes how she […]