TV Awards Ghana Heads For Court.

Showtyme Motion Pictures Ltd, organisers of the upcoming Television Awards Ghana, say they will go ahead and organise the awards ceremony despite threats by Prince Mackay, CEO of Radio & TV Personality (RTP) Awards, to sue them.

Prince Mackay claims he has already registered the name, Television Awards Ghana, and so Showtyme Motion Pictures should drop the name or meet him in court.

But a press statement released yesterday by Showtyme project manager Gideon Kwamla Oyiadzcalled the bluff of Prince Mackay saying, he can “go to court.”

“Our attention has been drawn to media publications claiming we (Showtyme Motion Pictures Ltd), organisers of Television Awards Ghana, do not have the right to organise the event with the said event name Television Awards Ghana. We wish to state categorically that the event is called Television Awards Ghana,” he added.

“We wish to state that we received notice dated June 18, 2015 from the lawyer of one Sole Proprietor by name “Television Awards”. The letter stated that the said name is an event organising company registered in Ghana and they, “Television Awards”, are asking us (Showtyme Motion Pictures Ltd) to desist from using the name Television Awards Ghana.  We again received another notice from this same entity through their lawyers after our event was launched on June 30 at the Best Western Premier Hotel. We referred the notice to our lawyers and they have replied them appropriately. We wish to state that if the said Sole Proprietor by name “Television Awards” claiming to have been registered as a business entity in Ghana has any issue with our event, they can go to court for clarification (sic).

“Again, Showtyme Motion Pictures Ltd is organisingTelevision Awards Ghana and not “Television Awards” as stated by a Sole Proprietor claiming to have the said name.

“Please be informed that our doors are always opened for further clarification on the matter,” he further stated.

The awards ceremony’s Dinner & Industry Awards is scheduled to take place at the Best Western Premier Hotel on August 8, 2015. That will be followed by the main event onAugust 14 at the Accra International Conference Centre.

Source: Daily Guide.