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entered into the television field at all
had it not had those rights".
(6) Since their licence was granted
to the Company in 1957 there has, until
recently, been no other station in
existence in the Colony, the television broad-
casts of which could have been received and
relayed by them; that in the absence of
any such station they have had, perforce,
to originate their own wired programmes.
With the advent of TVB wireless broadcast
television programmes in November, 1967, they
had intended to begin exercising their
exclusive rights by relaying TVB's
broadcasts to their (RTV's) subscribers.
They are accordingly protesting against the
intention of the Hong Kong Government to
prevent them from enjoying those rights at
the very time when it first becomes
possible for them to do so.
(7) The appearance of a second
television company, broadcasting by radio,
introduces strong competition; they
accordingly object to the exercise of their
rights under their licence being subjected
to the control of their competitor.
(8) When their exclusive licence
was granted, there was not in existence
any station, the broadcasts of which
could have been received and relayed by them.
Their exclusive right to do this was
therefore clearly intended to be exercisable
at some future date, if and when such
broadcasts became available. As long ago
as December, 1965, before any television
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