[kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital Migration Ruling

[Walubengo J]

@Wambua 

jst seen the CS breathing fire   on K24 on this matter. It looks like this fight is moving from the courts into the public space. It sounds like its going to be looong and bloody. Ave heard from the Govt side, I wonder what the Media house side is...they are all here on KICTAnet and I wish they would freely share their view -outside the constraints of a court case.

One good outcome of the blackout from NTV, KTN and Citizen is the discovery of KBC and KT24...had forgotten they exist :-)

walu.


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On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 4:39 PM AST (Arabian) Wambua, Christopher wrote:

>Bernard,
>
>CCK has not issued a third licence for digital signal distribution.
>
>Christopher Wambua
>Manager - Communications
>Consumer and Public Affairs Department
>Communications Commission of Kenya
>P.O. Box 14448 NAIROBI 00800
>Tel: +254 20 4242209
>info at cck.go.ke<mailto:info at cck.go.ke>
>www.cck.go.ke<http://www.cck.go.ke>
>
>
>
>From: Bernard Kioko [Bernsoft Group] [mailto:bkioko at bernsoft.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 4:35 PM
>To: Wambua, Christopher
>Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs; 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'
>Subject: RE: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital Migration Ruling
>
>Christopher,
>
>I am an ardent supporter of the migration but I need to ask.
>
>Have you issued any 3rd license to anyone?
>
>Regards
>
>From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+bkioko=bernsoft.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke]<mailto:[mailto:kictanet-bounces+bkioko=bernsoft.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke]> On Behalf Of Wambua, Christopher
>Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 12:54 PM
>To: bkioko at bernsoft.com<mailto:bkioko at bernsoft.com>
>Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital Migration Ruling
>Importance: High
>
>You will recall that the 2nd licence for digital broadcasting signal distribution was issued out competitively through an open tender. Some of the local media houses expressed interest in the tender but lost out to the licence by the Pan-Africa Network Group in an open and transparent tendering process.  They subsequently lodged an appeal to the Public Procurement Oversight Authority (PPOA) which was dismissed as lacking any merit.
>
>The two firms have set up digital platforms in Nairobi and other major towns in country to support the migration from analogue to digital TV broadcasting.  The issue of awarding the licences to a Chinese firm and a subsidiary of a firm on its deathbed is therefore a non-issue.
>
>Best regards
>
>Christopher Wambua
>Manager - Communications
>Consumer and Public Affairs Department
>Communications Commission of Kenya
>P.O. Box 14448 NAIROBI 00800
>Tel: +254 20 4242209
>info at cck.go.ke<mailto:info at cck.go.ke>
>www.cck.go.ke<http://www.cck.go.ke>
>
>
>
>From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+wambua=cck.go.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Kivuva
>Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 12:25 PM
>To: Wambua, Christopher
>Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital Migration Ruling
>
>On 23 December 2013 19:01, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke<mailto:ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>Brinkmanship.
>
>To be fair though I can't help thinking how skewed we are as a country that the two digital signals are:-
>
>1. Controlled by a Chinese company
>2. Controlled by a defunct media company that is at its death bed..
>
>+1 Ali
>
>Capital flight is a KILLER of any economy.
>
>
>Where have we go we wrong?
>Ali Hussein
>
>+254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113
>
>"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots".  ~ Albert Einstein
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