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

Thu Dec 26 11:55:53 EAT 2013

I couldn't agree more.
On 26 Dec 2013 11:46, "James Mbugua" <jgmbugua at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Ruling
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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
>
> Sent from my Windows Phone From: Ohaga JB
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> To: jgmbugua at gmail.com
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> 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>
> <DIV dir=3Dltr>
> <HR>
> <SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif;
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> JB</A></SPAN><BR><SPA=
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> rif"><A href=3D"mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke">KICTAnet ICT Policy
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>  11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses
> prote=
> 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
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> 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>
>  =09=09 =09   =09=09  </div></div>
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