[kictanet] Digital media

Wed Mar 23 18:29:16 EAT 2011

George Nyabuga,
Allow me to use Malcom X's words "By all means necessary" we shall have a
national network by June 2012.  In the next three months we shall cove at
least 70% of the population.

Regards

Ndemo.

> The initial plan was to try Nairobi and its environs. The government had
> promised in December 2009 that digital services would be extended to other
> remote towns and cities like Webuye, Nyeri, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru,
> Eldoret, Meru, Kisii and Malindi before the start of the 2010 World Cup in
> South Africa. It is now March 2011, and the services have not spread to
> beyond Kajiado, Machakos, Naivasha and Muranga, the areas covered at the
> launch by President Kibaki in December 2009.
>
> This has been not achieved due to lack of funds according to officials of
> Digital Kenya Secretariat at the Communication Commission of Kenya.
>
> At this rate, it is clear that the deadline of 2012 will not be met.
>
> George
>
>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 18:13, George Nyabuga <gnyabuga at uonbi.ac.ke>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I am sure we have all heard about the digital migration launched in
>>> December 2009. Although of course the government said this will be
>>> complete
>>> by 2012, there is little on the ground to indicate this will happen.
>>> Besides, there are doubts that most Kenyans will afford the set-top
>>> boxes.
>>> Does anybody in this listserv believe the government will do it? Does
>>> anybody have data on current consumption of digital media (including
>>> for
>>> example the diffusion of mobile television)? How much user-generated
>>> content
>>> is there on the internet and mobile telephony in Kenya? Why have media
>>> been
>>> unable to develop the 40 per cent content to be
>>> broadcast on the digital platforms?
>>>
>>> Answers to some of these questions will help us understand digital
>>> media,
>>> its diffusion and utilisation in Kenya.
>>>
>>>
>> Hello Daktari,
>>
>> Perhaps you should start by telling us how much appraised you are as far
>> as
>> the migration to Digital Broadcasting plans are concerned. Off the top
>> of
>> my
>> head, I do not remember any requirement for the media "to develop the
>> 40%
>> content to be broadcast on the digital platform". What I recall is that
>> the
>> requirement that 40% of the content being broadcast be "local" or some
>> %age
>> closer to that.
>>
>> I am not Dkt. Ndemo (who is the right person to answer you) but speaking
>> from what I've read in the media, the migration is very much on course,
>> except it faced some hiccups as a result of the local Media Houses
>> pulling
>> off their content in protest as a result of disagreements with the govt
>> as
>> regards some foreign company which was rebroadcasting their
>> content...Okay,
>> I said off the top of my head, so I can make mistakes:)
>>
>> I know for a fact that the policy was shifted towards the use of DVB-T2
>> instead of DVB-T. That definately leads to (perhaps) more expensive
>> set-top
>> boxes. Whether they are affordable or not is contestable. The govt can
>> only
>> define standards, not prices! There are always those who can and those
>> who
>> can't afford. It's natural.
>> Me not being an "early adopter", I must admit that I have not tasted the
>> Digital Broadcasting changeover. I am waiting for digital TVs to enter
>> the
>> market so that I get all-in-one, instead of having to buy a set-top box.
>>
>> Whether it will be completed by 2012 is perhaps better answered by Dr.
>> Ndemo.
>>
>>
>> --
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>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>> Nairobi,KE
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