StarSat broadcasted porn channels illegally, BCCSA hears

Johannesburg - StarSat is being accused of broadcasting two of its porn pay channels for nearly a month without the authorisation to do so, the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of SA heard on Tuesday.

Greta Engelbrecht, for Justice Alliance SA, told the commission that the channels had not been authorised to broadcast any content following Western Cape High Court Judge Lee Bozalek's decision in November that StarSat could not broadcast pornography.

Bozalek had set aside the Independent Communications Authority of SA's (Icasa) decision to grant StarSat authority to broadcast its porn channels.