[kictanet] Yawe migrates to Digital TV

Tue Jul 10 18:57:15 EAT 2012

Wash
On my house still lies a Dish I used to receive internet 'downlink service'
from intersat via DVB. the uplink was a traditional dialup, when I moved to
work at a Telco (Safaricom) I used service 951 for uplink, later gprs/edge
and when 3G/HSDPA came I stopped the DVB service. I forgot about DVB in the
general sense.

Today
DVB-T2 holds so much promise. there is what badru put out but best of all
is the fact that the chipsets in use can be easily extended to do so much
more. that most are running quite a bit of readilly available open distro's
based on open standards is awesome and means you can do things like provide
internet services for the masses if a service provider is so inclined to do
so, push messages, use it as part of your connected home etc.

Today I am lucky to be involved with two projects that deal with these
technologies. there is an interesting convergence of technologies and ideas
such that while I am traditionally a 'networking guy', they might need
multicast in the future, Im also curious but: to take advantage of the
technologies end to end, it would be nice to know what the minimum
requirements set are, then an entreprenurial fellow can figure out what
value adds to throw in. This could be anything from localization to
customizing the boards and operating systems/firmware with additional
interfaces, like wifi or a fridge magnet:-).

It is also the same technology DSTV use to do mobile TV. probably using
T2-lite. It is combined with the SIM card for admittance or lets just call
it authentication and billing. Now technically you could have another
interface maybe a permanent IPv6 to help admittance ia all the tools you
are used to like diameter. Do you start to see the potential? the moment
you throw IP in the world just opens up.

I'm also curious to see the quality requirements. Note in as much as STB's
will be standardized, some operators might transmit lets say NTV in HD
while another does it in SD. The HD would definately cost abit more based
on network resources consumed so the whole free to air remains free will
also be an interesting one to watch.

Lastly what DVB-T2 doesn't do LTE will take and carry home. When the
broadcasters release the frequencies for LTE. I guess listers and creatives
here have their work cut out for them. Just like we are leading in mobile
innovation, we can take this one on as well.

now who said you cant be productive in traffic, or type long mail on mobile
devices?:-)

Gitau

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On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com>wrote:

> +1 for this contribution, Badru. You've almost mirrored what John Gitau
> asked in his last post.
>
> I am tempted to ask Dr. Ndemo how they (CCK) arrived at the specification
> for the STBs. Were stakeholders involved? Were citizens input solicited? I
> am sure John Gitau would have had the platform to raise his questions if
> this was done.
> In the Kenyan context, it was T1, then at some point it was almost SDB (or
> what do they call that South American one), before the decision makers
> resolved that it would be DVB-T2.
> I think it's almost too late for Kenyans to decide on the specifications.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Badru Ntege <ntegeb at one2net.co.ug> wrote:
>
>>
>> Some new stbs are running on android which effectively means that we
>> should be able to deliver internet services to the home. Some of the boxes
>> on the market even support wifi.
>>
>> We need to think out of the box to solve our connectivity challenge to
>> the home.   african countries now have the opportunity to create a
>> specification that manufacturers will create solutions for.  Just think of
>> the order quantity if Kenya said that all stbs should have full Internet
>> capabilities.  The tools are here but we are still trying to fix problems
>> with conventional thinking i think we should set the bar.  The market will
>> deliver they cannot afford to ignore continent of 1 billion people.
>>  However as long as we tow the itu line we will always end up with others
>> peoples solutions to our unique problems.
>>
>> So Africa needs to set the standard and then market will have to we can
>> even start with an east african standard
>>
>>
>>
>> Badru Ntege
>> CEO
>> NFT Consult Ltd
>> Www.Nftconsult.com
>>
>> "Vision without execution is hallucination."
>> -- Thomas A. Edison
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8 Jul 2012, at 19:51, bitange at jambo.co.ke wrote:
>>
>> > Robert,
>> > Free to Air must remain free.  This is why we need cheaper converters
>> that
>> > the current STBs.  Check the pricing on Internet.  They are as cheap as
>> 5
>> > dollars.  Big operators want expensive STBs in order to accomodate they
>> > conditional access channels.  We need SMEs to bring in the low end DVBT2
>> > STBs.  We are letting the opportunity pass those who need business most.
>> >
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> >
>> > Ndemo.
>> >
>> >> Hi Daktari,
>> >>
>> >> Now that I have migrated I am more interested with what is going on.
>> >>
>> >> There is a bit of confusion about the free to air channels are they to
>> >> remain available or not?
>> >>
>> >> Regards
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Robert Yawe
>> >> KAY System Technologies Ltd
>> >> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
>> >> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
>> >> Kenya
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ________________________________
>> >> From: "bitange at jambo.co.ke" <bitange at jambo.co.ke>
>> >> To: robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
>> >> Cc: bitange at jambo.co.ke; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>> >> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> >> Sent: Sunday, 24 June 2012, 22:04
>> >> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Yawe migrates to Digital TV
>> >>
>> >> Robert,
>> >> Thank you for being a great Ambassador.  With competition you are
>> going to
>> >> see the price of set top drom to as little as Ksh. 500.  I hear some
>> with
>> >> conditional access will be offering popular bouque of some 50 channels
>> for
>> >> $2 (two) dollars a month.
>> >>
>> >> I know of new venacular entrants coming in in less than a month.  More
>> >> content will also come from edutainment which in my view from what I
>> have
>> >> seen is world class.  Perhaps this may be the greatest opportunity to
>> >> revive our own lanuages.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Regards
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Ndemo.
>> >>
>> >>> Hi Listers,
>> >>>
>> >>> Wanted to inform you that on the 19th of June 2012 I migrated from
>> >>> analogue to digital TV reception, the signal is crystal clear not like
>> >>> the
>> >>> graining images I have been accustomed to over the past many years.
>>  The
>> >>> move was necessitated by the need for some of my house-mates to watch
>> >>> Tusker Project Fame, I went VoD many months ago.
>> >>>
>> >>> To put an issue to rest especially those in the media who have been
>> >>> spreading malicious roamers about the migration that I did not buy a
>> >>> digital TV set.  All I bought was a decoder for 2,999/- which I
>> plugged
>> >>> into old faithful and "pap" I can now receive clear digital signal.
>> >>>
>> >>> It was encouraging to note that all the current free to air channels,
>> >>> some
>> >>> of which I did not even know existed, have jumped onto the
>> transmission
>> >>> including NTV, KTN and Citizen which makes you wonder what all those
>> >>> legalise was about.  The quality of the various channels is glaring,
>> >>> something that was not visible with the analogue signal.
>> >>>
>> >>> To get a more holistic experience I also paid for the basic bouquet
>> for
>> >>> 500/- a month, the offering was not disappointing but the number of
>> >>> channels is mind boggling especially having been there during the days
>> >>> of
>> >>> single channel VOK (Voice of Kenya).  I only wish they could allow me
>> >>> create my own selection of channels to receive, the standard offerings
>> >>> make me feel like I am in a straight jacket.  Yes, this is what
>> happens
>> >>> when you enlighten people, 2 days ago I was comfortable receiving 6
>> >>> horrible free to air channels today I am demanding a la Carte.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> All of you out there who where saving to buy expensive digital TV sets
>> >>> you
>> >>> can take 2,999/- of that money and migrate to digital TV today.
>> >>>
>> >>> Regards
>> >>>
>> >>> PS.  I just took the device home handed over to my son who within 15
>> >>> minutes had it up and running, held on to the remote.
>> >>>
>> >>> Robert Yawe
>> >>> KAY System Technologies Ltd
>> >>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
>> >>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
>> >>> Kenya
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Tel: +254722511225,
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