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lamps
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 Posted - 01/12/2007 : 12:15:59
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A High Court judge in the landmark foreign satellite football appeal hearing has said he and his fellow judge will "take our time" to reach a verdict.
The MA understands that it could be up to three months until a verdict is given in the appeal by Portsmouth licensee Karen Murphy.
No verdict was given today, the second day of the two-day hearing, and Mr Justice Pumfrey told the court: "We will take our time to consider our views."
Murphy, of the Red, White & Blue, is appealing against her conviction for screening Premiership football via Greek channel Nova Supersport.
Media Protection Services (MPS), on behalf of the FA Premier League (FAPL), outline its case in the hearing earlier today.
QC Howe, for Murphy, said this morning: "We say that the Nova programme is made from Greece and therefore the programme she (Murphy) watched had not been provided by a broadcasting service in the UK."
He added: "They (MPS) contend that the Nova programme is the same as the feed it receives from the FAPL. We say it isn't."
The appeal team is hoping to prove that signals were broadcast from Greece after Nova took the Premier League's feed and added its logo and Greek commentary.
The appeal team is also seeking to prove that the broadcast is interrupted because of a time delay in its transmission via Nova.
QC Maer, for MPS, said that Nova only had the authority to "allow people in Greece to receive the signals" and "nowhere else" because of its contractual agreement with the Premier League.
He added: "What the person here (Murphy) knows is she has to pay £4,000 or £5,000 for the Sky service but cancels it and buys a £800 service."
It is the first foreign satellite case to reach the High Court and thousands of licensees are taking a keen interest in the case, which should give the clearest ruling to date as to whether the use of foreign satellite systems to broadcast Premier League matches in the UK is legal.
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digidude
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 14:12:11
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greece is allowed to broadcast its signal all over europe, in line with the TVWF, the same as EVERY other EU satellite operator. Part of the FAPL conditions is that their games are transmitted encrypted, and the only place to buy a subscription to decode the encryption is in greece. NOVA have 101% kept to their part of the contract. their are agents who will purchase a card in greece on your behalf, and under the freedom of goods and TVWF acts will forward that card to you anywhere within the EU, this is all completley legal, sky have been doing it for years, they even have their own official outlets in spain, so QC Maer of MPS knows hes lying through his teeth
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Craig Brough
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/12/2007 : 16:19:36
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The TVWF needs alerting about this so that they can stop SKY's illegal monopoly. They have absolutely no right to buy into NOVA so that they can cease all their viewing cards for viewing outside Greece. It is infringing the TVWF directive. I hope to God one day that SKY will face multiple prosecutions for what they are doing.
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No verdict today on landmark satellite football
