NBBB revoked the licence in January after the company's envisaged pay TV failed to go on air despite numerous extensions. The NBBB cancelled the licence saying the company has contravened a material condition. "In terms of the said licence condition you were supposed to commence operations by June 30, 2008. Despite numerous extensions granted to yourselves you have failed to commence operations," the licencing board stated. However, the MABC claims that the NBBB barred its experts from attending the meeting where the decision to revoke the licence was made. By this decision, MABC lawyers submit that the company was denied the opportunity of making presentations on various areas of expertise.
MABC claims that the board told its officials that they could only hear evidence from four representatives. "They were not going to allow the rest to even attend the meeting. Had the board heard presentations from all the various experts, it would not have made the decision to revoke the applicant's licence but would have allowed the appellant another extension of the commencement date," MABC lawyers have stated in their grounds of appeal.
