Production house files protest against John Bundy

TV production house DeeMedia.tv has filed a judicial protest against presenter John Bundy, claiming that he used its intellectual property to benefit competitors.

Mr Bundy until recently presented Dee Media.tv’s breakfast show Bongu on PBS.

DeeMedia said Mr Bundy was contracted to present its programme until the end of June but had breached contractual obligations. His services were suspended until he clarified his position, which he never did.

It said the presenter had tried to register the Bongu logo and trademark back in September, after having signed his current contract of service which clearly stated that the trade mark and logo sole ownership belonged to DeeMedia.tv. Upon being found out Mr Bundy had to withdraw his application.

He had attended meetings with the DeeMedia production team in connection with its application for the next Bongu PBS schedule, and had even taken part in a demo tape which clearly showed Mr Bundy saying he would be the presenter yet again and it would be a continuation of the current Bongu breakfast show.

Furthermore DeeMedia stated that it was informed about this clear conflict of interest by Mr Bundy by the editorial board of PBS when it applied to produce the show for another year, discovering that another production house had also named Mr Bundy as its presenter. This was considered unacceptable to DeeMedia.tv as he had a clear conflict of interest and had acted unethically and in bad faith.

It held Mr Bundy responsible for damages.