[kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital Migration Ruling
Ali Hussein
ali at hussein.me.ke
Fri Dec 27 12:52:12 EAT 2013
ICT Researcher
We don't leave in a utopian world..He who pays the piper calls the tune.
At the risk of belaboring the point it is a competitive issue that has to be addressed. In fact we are already seeing trends of content providers and infrastructure owners morphing into one:-
1. Google is busy laying fibre/buying fibre across the world
2. Facebook is doing the same
3. Zuku is a triple play player - owning the infrastructure and at the same time involved heavily in content creation and distribution
4. Safaricom is moving the same way.
5. Infact all across the world we are seeing the convergence of content and infrastructure.
This is partly due to competitive pressures and at the same time an answer to policy, regulatory and legislative pressures.
By the way one of the key bones of contention at WCIT12 in Dubai was the principle of whether content providers should pay telcos to carry their content.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2011/02/14/should-content-providers-pay-telcos-to-carry-their-data/
The point is that there is no simple answer to this.
@Wambua - lastly I'm really curious as to what shareholder (percentage terms) was offered to the media Owners in Signet. And whether the Media owners are just Wagging the dog and distracting from the real issues or it is the Government that is Wagging the dog.
Bottom-line? There has been too much brinkmanship on both sides and its time to sit down and sort these issues out for the betterment of the country.
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
Sent from my iPad
> On Dec 27, 2013, at 12:00 PM, ICT Researcher <ict.researcher at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> Sure! They would like us ti believe that is has been and should remain ok for them to hold public freedom of expression hostage? Priority given to those with deep pockets aka advertisers?
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>> On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 11:28 AM MSK Mark Elkins wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 2013-12-26 at 21:49 +0000, Omo, John wrote:
>>> Thanks Steve,
>>> The question you raise to Mr Wambua has been answered on this thread:
>>> there is currently not enough spectrum to licence a third operator .
>>
>> I don't understand the "not enough spectrum" position. Technically
>> speaking,
>>
>> 1 - with Analogue switched off - there will be more unused spectrum. I'm
>> sure plans are being made as to how it will be used though.
>>
>> 2 - The two licensed holders presumably have enough spectrum to both
>> distribute and broadcast all current TV stations - plus many, many
>> more..
>>
>> I guess the issue is TV signal producers (content) would rather
>> distribute and broadcast (control) their own signal rather than enrich
>> and be held hostage (unknown performance/censored) by a third party?
>>
>> That's a familiar argument.
>>
>>> Let me attempt a layman's answer to your second question. Many an
>>> Editor/Correspondent from the so called mainstream media are on this
>>> list. Their silence on such a topical issue is telling of one of the
>>> major ills besseting our media industry: one way- (as opposed to what
>>> I call discourse-) journalism. One way journalism prefers to give
>>> information in/on its own way/terms but quite shy in hard-talk
>>> engagement.
>>> When you dialogue with some of our Editors, they bemoan the loss of
>>> professionalism, largely due to 'censorship from inside'. Many of what
>>> they would write on such a 'sensitive' issue is 'edited' by a non
>>> editor sitting much higher up. The irony is that this is part of what
>>> is killing the mainstream media. Engaged viewer/reader-ship has little
>>> or no time for a 130-paged newspaper, or some evening outdated screen
>>> verbiage.
>>> I do this in my private capacity from my Land's end village with no TV
>>> signals and does not receive 130-paged newspapers. We though envision
>>> additional community ICT centres around schools and the only one
>>> available is over stretched.
>>> Omo
>>>
>>> From: Collins Areba | Tel +254 707 750 788 | twitter @brainiacKE
>>> [mailto:arebacollins at gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 11:19 PM
>>> To: Omo, John
>>> Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital
>>> Migration Ruling
>>>
>>>
>>> @wambua,
>>> I guess my question is on the issue of the 3rd signal distibution
>>> license.. Why not award it to the players crying foul and asking for
>>> it? Might it be because the two awardees could not survive without
>>> content from these players if they focused their content on their own
>>> distribution network? Might that explain why Digital migration has not
>>> taken off as effectively (because it lacks prime movers).
>>>
>>>
>>> and to the Media Houses..
>>> Were you soo sure you would win on an extended technicality that the
>>> ruling caught you off guard? at what point were you planning to shift
>>> focus from protecting turf to getting into the formidable arena of
>>> competing in a crowded arena?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 11:02 PM, Bernard Kioko [Bernsoft Group]
>>> <bkioko at bernsoft.com> wrote:
>>> Wambua,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I see stations now scrolling messages and one saying they are
>>> not against the migration and in fact they support it, and
>>> that their concern is “…not enough set top boxes have been
>>> acquired or that adequate stocks are available for acquisition
>>> by viewers”.
>>>
>>> I only wish they started scrolling this a month ago…
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What is you comment on this statement currently scrolling on
>>> screens?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces
>>> +bkioko=bernsoft.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of
>>> Wambua, Christopher
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 10:21 PM
>>> To: 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
>>>
>>>
>>> Because of frequency spectrum limitations.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>>>
>>> From:Watila Alex
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent:Thursday, 26 December 2013 21:56 PM
>>>
>>>
>>> To:Wambua, Christopher
>>>
>>>
>>> Reply To:awatila at yahoo.co.uk
>>>
>>>
>>> Cc:Consumer and Public Affairs; KICTAnet ICT Policy
>>> Discussions
>>>
>>>
>>> Subject:Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's
>>> Digital Migration Ruling
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> why was the number of signal distributors limited to two?
>>> --
>>> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>> From: Wambua, Christopher <Wambua at cck.go.ke>;
>>> To: <awatila at yahoo.co.uk>;
>>> Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs <CPA at cck.go.ke>; KICTAnet ICT
>>> Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>;
>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's
>>> Digital Migration Ruling
>>> Sent: Thu, Dec 26, 2013 6:43:55 PM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The tender for the 2nd signal distribution licence was an open
>>> one. And indeed some of the local media set up a consortium
>>> through which they submitted a bid. Their bid was however
>>> unsuccessful.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If they had put in an attractive bid, they could have improved
>>> their chances of winning. Even if CCK were to float another
>>> tender for signal distribution restricted only to local firms,
>>> interested companies would have to compete for the licence.
>>> Firms that submit poor bids would still lose.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Local firms need to improve their capacity in responding to
>>> government tenders. If they don't, they will continue losing
>>> out to international firms even in businesses where they have
>>> proven expertise.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Wambua
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>>>
>>> From:Watila Alex
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent:Thursday, 26 December 2013 21:22 PM
>>>
>>>
>>> To:Ngigi Waithaka
>>>
>>>
>>> Reply To:awatila at yahoo.co.uk
>>>
>>>
>>> Cc:Consumer and Public Affairs; KICTAnet ICT Policy
>>> Discussions
>>>
>>>
>>> Subject:Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's
>>> Digital Migration Ruling
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> i think their major compliant is the limiting of the number of
>>> signal distributors. they had hoped to also be signal
>>> distributors
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>> From: Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi at at.co.ke>;
>>> To: <awatila at yahoo.co.uk>;
>>> Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs <CPA at cck.go.ke>; KICTAnet ICT
>>> Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>;
>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's
>>> Digital Migration Ruling
>>> Sent: Thu, Dec 26, 2013 4:01:53 PM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Quick one,
>>>
>>> Why would the media houses object to going Digital? Are there
>>> any advantages to remaining analog?
>>>
>>> While I support that the 2nd license ought to have gone to the
>>> Kenyan Consortium, I don't support us remaining on the analog
>>> broadcasting platform.
>>>
>>> For the uninitiated, Digital is equivalent to FM in radio
>>> while Analog takes you back to Short Wave radio. Good luck
>>> tuning that....
>>>
>>> Waithaka Ngigi
>>>
>>> Alliance Technologies
>>> Nairobi, Kenya
>>>
>>> www.A1.io
>>>
>>> On 26 Dec 2013 13:56, "Bernard Kioko [Bernsoft Group]"
>>> <bkioko at bernsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ali,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It’s no secret am for the digital migration.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sometime in 2006, a worldwide decision was taken to migrate to
>>> Digital by 17th June 2015. Kenya actively started this process
>>> in 2009. Many consultative meetings have been held (75
>>> according to CS Information). Of the 9yrs allocated for this
>>> transition, Kenya has already used up 7 doing rounds and
>>> entertaining selfish interests like we are seeing now. We have
>>> 2 to go on now if we are to meet this deadline. Question: When
>>> do these media houses feel is the right time to move?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> These media houses were running in 2006….2009 … 2013… so their
>>> inability to appropriately plan to migrate should not be used
>>> to hold the country against the development and opportunities
>>> that Digital broadcasting brings to the people of Kenya.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What I find distasteful in their argument is that Nairobians
>>> need more time to acquire these devices. CCK had a clear
>>> awareness campaign which involved running advertisements
>>> informing Nairobians of this switch over and the need to
>>> purchase settop boxes. These media houses found it ideal to
>>> refuse to run these advertisements – even though CCK was going
>>> to pay for the advertisements.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Secondly, It was these media houses that asked that the
>>> deadline be moved to December instead of August as CCK had
>>> wanted. Instead of supporting their own December date, they
>>> rushed to court to make an effort to block the migration. A
>>> judge has made a decision and I appreciate that they have a
>>> right to the appeal – but what was the need to maliciously
>>> deceive Kenyans that they have been switched off? They were
>>> transmitting. When DSTV and Zuku took them off their bouquets
>>> the game changed abit of course! What is the reason they
>>> resumed their broadcast? Did CCK change any terms?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If you watched the CS explain his frustrations with these
>>> media houses, then you can understand more why we must not
>>> allow them to hold us ransom.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> BTW, it needs to be noted that there are no technical issues
>>> around the media houses being able to broadcast digitally.
>>> They are all currently technically able to broadcast.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Just like they resisted having their print newspaper on the
>>> Internet – and were eventually forced to, they will need to
>>> understand that Digital Broadcasting is technology they have
>>> no choice but to embrace.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> PS: I wish they were telling CCK, we will comply with Digital
>>> broadcast fully right now, but allow us to stay on the analog
>>> for another 3 months so that we are available on both analog
>>> and digital for that period. That to me would be a slightly
>>> reasonable bargaining point.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces
>>> +bkioko=bernsoft.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Ali
>>> Hussein
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 1:16 PM
>>> To: bkioko at bernsoft.com
>>> Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs; kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's
>>> Digital Migration Ruling
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> @Wambua
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for that information. If that is the case then the
>>> media houses are definitely not acting in good faith. I
>>> suspect though that there may be an issue of who controls
>>> what..which in my opinion is shortsighted. I stand corrected
>>> in my assertions then.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> @ICT Researcher, what in your view is my stand? I'm simply
>>> making my personal assertions on this issue. We can of course
>>> agree to disagree.
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 26, 2013, at 1:03 PM, "Wambua, Christopher"
>>> <Wambua at cck.go.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Ali,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I know that the government has on a number of
>>> occasions offered to offload some shares in Signet to
>>> interested media houses.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Instead of taking up the offer, the media houses have
>>> instead persisted in their clamour to be issued with
>>> the third signal distribution licence.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is this insistence in the interest of optimal use of
>>> frequency spectrum resources?
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>>>
>>> From: Ali Hussein
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent: Thursday, 26 December 2013 12:29 PM
>>>
>>>
>>> To: ICT Researcher
>>>
>>>
>>> Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs;
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>>>
>>>
>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest
>>> Majanja's Digital Migration Ruling
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> @ Ohaga, ICT Researcher
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Lest we forget
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. http://www.cio.co.ke/news/main-stories/cck-caught-in-surprise-cabinet-secretary-directive-to-issue-3rd-digital-tv-signal-licence#
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/KBC-set-for-split-as-State-registers-Signet-subsidiary--/-/539550/1384608/-/m5c6khz/-/index.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The issue guys isn't whether the media houses are
>>> right or wrong. Digital Migration is a foregone
>>> conclusion. The issues is how we make policy in this
>>> country on ICT issues. And this is not a reference to
>>> the current administration. This is a blanket
>>> discussion on the last 15 years to date.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Admittedly good things have happened and that is why
>>> this country has progressed to where we are. There is
>>> a lot to celebrate but there is also a lot to be done.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The digital migration ought from the onset (and I say
>>> this with a straight face and no shame at all) to have
>>> been skewed towards local media houses as a matter of
>>> course. In fact the first CIO article I mentioned
>>> above (see the link) seemed to have alluded to the
>>> fact that the ministry had realized its error and
>>> decided to award a 3rd digital license to local media
>>> houses...then poof! Something happened again and the
>>> decision was rescinded.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ohaga, forgive me for being underwhelmed by the
>>> Government's awarding a digital platform license to
>>> KBC. No one on this list can deny the fact that KBC is
>>> a shadow of itself (if ever it was a whole being).
>>> Even its mandate of being the Government's mouthpiece
>>> is not being fulfilled. So why waste such a
>>> strategically important asset to it?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The second article in the business daily alludes to
>>> the fact that the AG registered Signet as a separate
>>> entity from KBC. That is as it should be. I wonder
>>> where that process is at...in fact I will be daring
>>> enough to say that Signet should be reconfigured and
>>> shares offered to the local media houses so that there
>>> is ownership of the local content producers. This is
>>> the prudent thing to do. After all why offer a share
>>> of Signet to DSTV (which is owned by Naspers of South
>>> Africa) and not to other media houses?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Lastly I would like to address the issue of policy
>>> making and regulation. I'm not a lawyer but a simple
>>> explanation:-
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The policy maker decides what the regulations should
>>> be and passes the laws implementing the regulations.
>>> The government regulator enforces those regulations.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This issue has been addressed before by different
>>> listers on the list. I humbly submit that the lines
>>> here are very blurred in government as to who shapes
>>> policy and who regulates. I think its time someone
>>> took the bull by its horns and does what needs to be
>>> done.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 26, 2013, at 11:03 AM, ICT Researcher
>>> <ict.researcher at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> i.e. one fails to understand what new
>>> arguement is, beyond all those dealt with on
>>> judgement at:
>>> http://kenyalaw.org/caselaw/cases/view/93274/
>>>
>>> Commeding Kenyalaw.org people for opening up
>>> court decisions to the public, without which
>>> we used to argue on third parties' opinions,
>>> views, hearsy, innuendos etc...
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 8:38 AM MSK ICT
>>> Researcher wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -2 @Ali -1 @Ngigi -1
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -------------------------------
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 12:04 AM MSK S.M.
>>> Muraya wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> +1 @Ali +1 @Ngigi +1
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Murigi / Stanley Muraya
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *"Better a patient person than
>>> a warrior, one with
>>> self-control than one
>>>
>>> who takes a city." Prov 16:32*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 10:27
>>> AM, Ngigi Waithaka
>>> <ngigi at at.co.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This is the same corruption
>>> issues disguised as
>>> 'competitive' tender...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Look at it this way, you want
>>> Kenya's airwaves to be
>>> digital. On one hand
>>>
>>> you get a national parastatal
>>> which performs below average
>>> on the other
>>>
>>> hand a foreign company.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We all know KBC wouldn't
>>> perform, so we will have our
>>> key national
>>>
>>> broadcast handled by a foreign
>>> firm. If some guy in China
>>> pushes a certain
>>>
>>> button, we could get a
>>> complete news blackout. Is
>>> that not a serious
>>>
>>> security risk that ought to
>>> have mitigated against during
>>> the bid
>>>
>>> requirements stage?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Now my hypothesis, the Chinese
>>> got this since the ones
>>> handling the tender
>>>
>>> could not get kickbacks from
>>> either KBC nor from the Kenyan
>>> consortium that
>>>
>>> generally operates in an
>>> industry where they dont have
>>> to pay kickbacks.
>>>
>>> With the incoming new
>>> government the ones handling
>>> the tender, had to line
>>>
>>> their pockets quick. Damn
>>> national interests!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> But, we are where we are and
>>> them TV stations have been
>>> down for a number
>>>
>>> of days, interestlingly enough
>>> I havent noticed!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Merry Xmas.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Waithaka Ngigi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Alliance Technologies
>>>
>>> Nairobi, Kenya
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> www.A1.io
>>>
>>> On 25 Dec 2013 07:32, "Ali
>>> Hussein" <ali at hussein.me.ke>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Wambua
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The issue I raise is beyond
>>> 'competitive bidding issues'.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Try owning digital signals in
>>> China, US or Europe if you are
>>> a foreign
>>>
>>> company. Why is it that we
>>> think that 'free markets' are
>>> only 'free' when
>>>
>>> African countries are
>>> involved?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> History is littered with local
>>> protectionism for certain
>>> industries. In
>>>
>>> fact China and Japan are the
>>> biggest examples of this. Way
>>> do we see it fit
>>>
>>> to just give away our Crown
>>> Jewels in the guise of free
>>> and competitive
>>>
>>> bidding?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I understand that this may be
>>> beyond CCK's pay grade and
>>> should actually
>>>
>>> be addressed to policy
>>> makers...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 24, 2013, at 6:41 PM,
>>> Bernard Kioko
>>> <bkioko at bernsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> They can't share or come out
>>> like he just did. Theirs is
>>> not based on
>>>
>>> honesty and valid reasons. The
>>> use of court is so they can
>>> hide behind
>>>
>>> legal technicalities.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The CS said he has been
>>> available for dialog but they
>>> go chest thumb and
>>>
>>> threatening.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If they had any previous
>>> effort towards educating
>>> consumer they would
>>>
>>> hold moral authority in my
>>> space. Refusing to air paid
>>> adverts by cck....I
>>>
>>> say very irresponsible.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> sad though.
>>>
>>> On 24 Dec 2013 18:35,
>>> "Walubengo J"
>>> <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> @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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> <
>>> ...
>>>
>>> [Message clipped]
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