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

Thu Dec 26 11:46:04 EAT 2013

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These are truly unbelievable arguments.

I'm not sure how many remember Watchman's columns in the dark days of
Telkom's monopoly when applying for a line was an excruciating process
before we brought in foreign investors to set up mobile networks.

Right now because of bickering we cannot get a working consortium of
locals to rollout LTE yet Ericsson is willing to build it for free.
Which option do you take?

This fight for protected commercial interests disguised as national
interests is subjecting us to mediocrity and inordinate delays in doing
the inevitable.

Tanzania started some time back, why should Kenya keep getting dragged
back by frivolous cases when we know the eventuality?

Let media houses concentrate on content provision, infrastructure is
not their forte.

Otherwise Signet, just like Multichoice Kenya, is a partnership of KBC
and multichoice and I think DsTV works fine just as Signet will.

KTN, NTV and CTV should invest in and distribute as many set top boxes
not aligned to either signal distributor as possible.

That will ensure their viewers move with them.

James

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Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital
Migration Ruling
@Ali I might be wrong bt did the govt not already practice some aspect of
protectionism by awarding KBC the license without subjecting it to a tender
process? Believe it or not KBC is owned by the Kenyan public n whether it
underperforms or not is a different kettle of soup altogether. Plus KBC
insists tht Signet is actually an independent subsidiary with its own
independent human resource n management n with a different mandate from
that of KBC thus as such will actually perform much better than everyone is
forecasting. On free markets, its not true to keep saying tht it only
applies in Africa, Ofcom usually holds public auctions of licences where
the bottom line is cash, the one with the deepest pocket wins. Sky Mobile
always wins n yet its Australian/American!
Ps. N why are the media houses fighting the migration anyways? Even if we
let them be, the world will be migrating by 2015 so who will they fight
then? N it's abt time someone reminded the Kenyan media that they're really
not as powerful as they seem to think, they're beginning to lose battles
from all fronts. In judicial courts, at the president's court, even on
social media. I didn't read that many flattering reactions to their ill
informed broadcast boycott. N they're perpetrating a lot of
misrepresentation of facts. After the ruling, The Standard carried a front
page story with the title 'KTN, NTV n Citizen to be switched off' like the
three have been singled out. The question now is whether the 'critical
issues' that they claim have not been addressed are in the interests of
private capital or the Kenyan public?
On 23 Dec 2013 9:01 PM, "Grace Githaiga" <ggithaiga at hotmail.com> wrote:

> NTV Kenya <https://www.facebook.com/NTVKenya>
> #DigitalMigration<https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/digitalmigration?sourc=
e=3Dfeed_text>:
> The Big Switch-off
> In the High Court sitting in Nairobi Monday, Justice David Majanja
> dismissed a petition by three media houses - the Standard Group, Nation
> Media Group and Royal Media- to have the digital migration postponed unti=
l
> certain critical issues spelt out in the petition are resolved. He
> dismissed the case and as a consequence digital migration takes effect
> immediately.
> In compliance with that judgement, we (the Media Owners' Association) are
> left with no option but to go off-air. We have instructed our lawyers to
> appeal against the High Court decision in the Court of Appeal. At the sam=
e
> time, we are pursuing other avenues to resolve the issue so that you can
> continue watching your favourite television station. We hope to be back o=
n
> air as soon as possible.
>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">These are t=
ruly unbelievable arguments. <BR><BR>I'm not sure how many remember Watchma=
n's columns in the dark days of Telkom's monopoly when applying for a line =
was an excruciating process before we brought in foreign investors to set u=
p mobile networks. <BR><BR>Right now because of bickering we cannot get a w=
orking consortium of locals to rollout LTE yet Ericsson is willing to build=
 it for free. Which option do you take?<BR><BR>This fight for protected com=
mercial interests disguised as national interests is subjecting us to medio=
crity and inordinate delays in doing the inevitable.<BR><BR>Tanzania starte=
d some time back, why should Kenya keep getting dragged back by frivolous c=
ases when we know the eventuality?<BR><BR>Let media houses concentrate on c=
ontent provision, infrastructure is not their forte.<BR><BR>Otherwise Signe=
t, just like Multichoice Kenya, is a partnership of KBC and multichoice and=
 I think DsTV works fine just as Signet will.<BR><BR>KTN, NTV and CTV shoul=
d invest in and distribute as many set top boxes not aligned to either sign=
al distributor as possible.<BR><BR>That will ensure their viewers move with=
 them.<BR><BR>James <BR><BR>Sent from my Windows Phone</DIV></DIV>
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sans-serif"><A href=3D"mailto:durojb at gmail.com">Ohaga JB</A></SPAN><BR><SPA=
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rif"><A href=3D"mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke">KICTAnet ICT Policy D=
iscussions</A></SPAN><BR><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calib=
ri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject: </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE:=
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st Majanja's Digital Migration Ruling</SPAN><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML><p =
dir=3D"ltr">@Ali I might be wrong bt did the govt not already practice some=
 aspect of protectionism by awarding KBC the license without subjecting it =
to a tender process? Believe it or not KBC is owned by the Kenyan public n =
whether it underperforms or not is a different kettle of soup altogether. P=
lus KBC insists tht Signet is actually an independent subsidiary with its o=
wn independent human resource n management n with a different mandate from =
that of KBC thus as such will actually perform much better than everyone is=
 forecasting. On free markets, its not true to keep saying tht it only appl=
ies in Africa, Ofcom usually holds public auctions of licences where the bo=
ttom line is cash, the one with the deepest pocket wins. Sky Mobile always =
wins n yet its Australian/American! <br>

Ps. N why are the media houses fighting the migration anyways? Even if we l=
et them be, the world will be migrating by 2015 so who will they fight then=
? N it's abt time someone reminded the Kenyan media that they're re=
ally not as powerful as they seem to think, they're beginning to lose b=
attles from all fronts. In judicial courts, at the president's court, e=
ven on social media. I didn't read that many flattering reactions to th=
eir ill informed broadcast boycott. N they're perpetrating a lot of mis=
representation of facts. After the ruling, The Standard carried a front pag=
e story with the title 'KTN, NTV n Citizen to be switched off' like=
 the three have been singled out. The question now is whether the 'crit=
ical issues' that they claim have not been addressed are in the interes=
ts of private capital or the Kenyan public?</p>

<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 23 Dec 2013 9:01 PM, "Grace Githaiga&quo=
t; <<a href=3D"mailto:ggithaiga at hotmail.com">ggithaiga at hotmail.com</a>&g=
t; wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<div><div dir=3D"ltr"><h5 style=3D"font-size:13px;color:rgb(51,51,51);margi=
n:0px 0px 2px;padding:0px 22px 0px 0px;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.38;=
font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif"><div s=
tyle=3D"color:gray">
<span style=3D"font-weight:bold"><a href=3D"https://www.facebook.com/NTVKen=
ya" style=3D"color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">N=
TV Kenya</a></span></div></h5><a href=3D"https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/d=
igitalmigration?source=3Dfeed_text" style=3D"font-family:'lucida grande=
',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.38;color=
:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"colo=
r:rgb(109,132,180)">#</span><span style=3D"text-decoration:underline">Digit=
alMigration</span></a><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'l=
ucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-heigh=
t:1.38">: The Big Switch-off</span><div>
<span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',taho=
ma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px">In the High Co=
urt sitting in Nairobi Monday, Justice David Majanja dismissed a petition b=
y three media houses - the Standard Group, Nation Media Group and Royal Med=
ia- to have the digital migration postponed until certain critical issues s=
pelt out in the petition are resolved. He dismissed the case and as a conse=
quence digital migration takes effect immediately.</span><br style=3D"color=
:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,san=
s-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px">
<span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',taho=
ma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px">In compliance =
with that judgement, we (the Media Owners' Association) are left with n=
o option but to go off-air. We have instructed our lawyers to appeal agains=
t the High Court decision in the Court of Appeal. At the same time, we are =
pursuing other avenues to resolve the issue so that you can continue watchi=
ng your favourite television station. We hope to be back on air as soon as =
possible.</span></div>
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