[kictanet] Digital TV signal Distribution row

Wed Jul 20 13:10:34 EAT 2011

Hi,

The move to digital is similar to the fact that all marine cables terminate in 
one location at the coast, an opportunity to install a Kill switch.

NMG & RMG have objected to working with Signet right from the beginning but have 
never put forth a convincing argument why they wanted a different distributor of 
the digital signal apart from that it needs to be an independent player.

Who is more independent than a Chinese, they make up 1 out of every 5 
human beings, a distributor owned by a section of the media houses is definitely 
not independent.  The winning in this fight must be the consumer who currently 
only received KBC because the other media houses believe that it is not 
economically viable to put up a must in those far flung regions.

Transmission infrastructure has ceased to be a competitive advantage and its 
time that the management of NMG & RMG accept the change in the status qua and 
spend their resources in purchasing local productions to the required 40% of 
programming and the rest on the Oga movies

It is a basic human right for me to receive clear radio and TV signal wherever I 
am in the country so long as I have a TV set, be it a Great Wall (another great 
Chinese import) or a 72" LED 3D media device a situation that cannot be left to 
the whims of occupants of corporate board rooms whose mandate is to maximise 
profit.

Regards

Tuwache ujeuri, we cannot make bicycles so we import them from chine, we cannot 
make ploughs so we import them from China, we cannot make roads so we import 
them from China, so since we have been unable to cover the country with analog 
TV signal doesn't it follow that we should import them from China.
 Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya

Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

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From: [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins at gmail.com>
To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Wed, 20 July, 2011 10:20:50
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital TV signal Distribution row

I wish elective office was also competitive against the chinese.... Then we 
would see who would have the last laugh.

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Jotham Kilimo Mwale <jokilimo at yahoo.com> 
wrote:

Methinks we only have part of the story ... from the losers. I would wait for 
more information and a balanced story before making conclusions.
>
>Regards,
>Jotham
>
>
>--- On Tue, 7/19/11, Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau <solo.mburu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>From: Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau <solo.mburu at gmail.com>
>>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital TV signal Distribution row
>>To: jokilimo at yahoo.com
>>
>>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 11:25 PM
>>
>>
>>I saw the same on NTV news.
>>And I think this is all because both NTV and RMS had tendered for the
>>licence only for some Chinese firm to win it through some unclear
>>means.
>>
>>I only wonder  why this is so and why the government had to handpick
>>the Chinese to do this.
>>
>>
>>/me/
>>
>>On 20/07/2011, Philip Adar <philip.adar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> When you see "technicality" card being brandished, it simply means no one
>>> spoke to any body!
>>>
>>> It will take generations before "we" learn to put our national interest
>>> above individualistic short-term gain interest. It is terrible, it is bad!
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Philip
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 7:53 AM, aki <aki275 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just been reading this article,
>>>>http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate+News/Nation++Royal+Media+lose+appeal+for+signal+distribution+licence/-/539550/1204274/-/14gbqmu/-/index.html,
>>>>,
>>>> and the print lacks the details but also a reflection is what is happening
>>>> in developing countries.
>>>>
>>>> Did the local media group have the technical and financial capability to
>>>> operate signal distribution platforms and roll out the services, yet got
>>>> dropped out because of tender technicalities. How is this possible? Are we
>>>> saying kenyans are totally incapable of understanding the requirements or
>>>> commitments of such national projects?
>>>>
>>>> I hope the affected parties do an indepth review of why they lost out  and
>>>> share that information with kenyans. We need to know, because I'm sure the
>>>> local media groups were also going to buy technology platforms and
>>>> implement
>>>> roll out so issues like delays due to internal manufacture or creation do
>>>> not even arise.
>>>>
>>>> Some thoughts.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
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