[kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital Migration
Ali Hussein
ali at hussein.me.ke
Fri Dec 27 13:19:58 EAT 2013
James
Please make a distinction between Free to Air and Pay TV.
I doubt you will get Discovery, EPL etc on the Free to Air Channels. Even Star times makes a distinction on their pay packages..
The point is that there is merit on both sides and they just need to meet halfway and move on. After all Digital Migration is a foregone conclusion.
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 12:42 PM, James Mbugua <jgmbugua at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ruling
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
> I suppose National Geographic, Discovery, The EPL, BBC, CNN etc should
> not trust and enrich third parties like Multichoice DsTV and should
> transmit the content themselves?
>
> These guys have no argument. Have they heard of companies like Comcast,
> DirecTv, Time Warner who are carriers? Their core business is content
> not infrastructure.
>
> Even if a third license was to be issued there is no guarantee that
> they would get it. If Safaricom and Airtel were to bid and win, they
> would get it not media houses.
>
> James
>
> Sent from my Windows Phone From: Mark Elkins
> Sent: =E2=80=8E12/=E2=80=8E27/=E2=80=8E2013 11:31 AM
> To: jgmbugua at gmail.com
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital
> Migration Ruling
>> 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,=20
>
> 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..=20
>
> 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
>> =20
>> From: Collins Areba | Tel +254 707 750 788 | twitter @brainiacKE
>> [mailto:arebacollins at gmail.com]=20
>> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 11:19 PM
>> To: Omo, John=20
>> Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>=20
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital
>> Migration Ruling=20
>> =20
>> =20
>> @wambua, =20
>> 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).=20
>> =20
>> =20
>> and to the Media Houses..=20
>> 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?
>> =20
>> =20
>> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 11:02 PM, Bernard Kioko [Bernsoft Group]
>> <bkioko at bernsoft.com> wrote:
>> Wambua,
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> 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 =E2=80=9C=E2=80=A6not enough set top boxes =
> have been
>> acquired or that adequate stocks are available for acquisition
>> by viewers=E2=80=9D.=20
>> =20
>> I only wish they started scrolling this a month ago=E2=80=A6
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> What is you comment on this statement currently scrolling on
>> screens?
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Regards=20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces
>> +bkioko=3Dbernsoft.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of
>> Wambua, Christopher
>> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 10:21 PM
>> To: bkioko at bernsoft.com
>> =20
>> =20
>> Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs; KICTAnet ICT Policy
>> Discussions
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's
>> Digital Migration Ruling
>> =20
>> =20
>> Because of frequency spectrum limitations.=20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>> =20
>> From:Watila Alex
>> =20
>> =20
>> Sent:Thursday, 26 December 2013 21:56 PM
>> =20
>> =20
>> To:Wambua, Christopher
>> =20
>> =20
>> Reply To:awatila at yahoo.co.uk
>> =20
>> =20
>> Cc:Consumer and Public Affairs; KICTAnet ICT Policy
>> Discussions
>> =20
>> =20
>> Subject:Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's
>> Digital Migration Ruling
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> why was the number of signal distributors limited to two?=20
>> --
>> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> From: Wambua, Christopher <Wambua at cck.go.ke>;=20
>> To: <awatila at yahoo.co.uk>;=20
>> Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs <CPA at cck.go.ke>; KICTAnet ICT
>> Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>;=20
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's
>> Digital Migration Ruling=20
>> Sent: Thu, Dec 26, 2013 6:43:55 PM=20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> 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.=20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> 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.=20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> 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.=20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Wambua
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>> =20
>> From:Watila Alex
>> =20
>> =20
>> Sent:Thursday, 26 December 2013 21:22 PM
>> =20
>> =20
>> To:Ngigi Waithaka
>> =20
>> =20
>> Reply To:awatila at yahoo.co.uk
>> =20
>> =20
>> Cc:Consumer and Public Affairs; KICTAnet ICT Policy
>> Discussions
>> =20
>> =20
>> Subject:Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's
>> Digital Migration Ruling
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> i think their major compliant is the limiting of the number of
>> signal distributors. they had hoped to also be signal
>> distributors=20
>> =20
>> --
>> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> From: Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi at at.co.ke>;=20
>> To: <awatila at yahoo.co.uk>;=20
>> Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs <CPA at cck.go.ke>; KICTAnet ICT
>> Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>;=20
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's
>> Digital Migration Ruling=20
>> Sent: Thu, Dec 26, 2013 4:01:53 PM=20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Quick one,
>> =20
>> Why would the media houses object to going Digital? Are there
>> any advantages to remaining analog?
>> =20
>> 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.
>> =20
>> For the uninitiated, Digital is equivalent to FM in radio
>> while Analog takes you back to Short Wave radio. Good luck
>> tuning that....=20
>> =20
>> Waithaka Ngigi
>> =20
>> Alliance Technologies
>> Nairobi, Kenya
>> =20
>> www.A1.io
>> =20
>> On 26 Dec 2013 13:56, "Bernard Kioko [Bernsoft Group]"
>> <bkioko at bernsoft.com> wrote:
>> =20
>> Ali,
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> It=E2=80=99s no secret am for the digital migration.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> 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?=20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> These media houses were running in 2006=E2=80=A6.2009 =E2=80=A6 2=
> 013=E2=80=A6 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.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> 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 =E2=80=93 even though CCK was =
> going
>> to pay for the advertisements.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> 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 =E2=80=93 but what was the need to maliciousl=
> y
>> 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?
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> 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.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> 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.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Just like they resisted having their print newspaper on the
>> Internet =E2=80=93 and were eventually forced to, they will need =
> to
>> understand that Digital Broadcasting is technology they have
>> no choice but to embrace.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Regards=20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> 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.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces
>> +bkioko=3Dbernsoft.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
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> @Wambua
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> 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.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> @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. =20
>> =20
>> Ali Hussein
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The
>> world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Sent from my iPad
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> On Dec 26, 2013, at 1:03 PM, "Wambua, Christopher"
>> <Wambua at cck.go.ke> wrote:
>> =20
>> =20
>> Ali,
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> I know that the government has on a number of
>> occasions offered to offload some shares in Signet to
>> interested media houses.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Instead of taking up the offer, the media houses have
>> instead persisted in their clamour to be issued with
>> the third signal distribution licence.=20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Is this insistence in the interest of optimal use of
>> frequency spectrum resources?
>> =20
>> =20
>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>> =20
>> From: Ali Hussein
>> =20
>> =20
>> Sent: Thursday, 26 December 2013 12:29 PM
>> =20
>> =20
>> To: ICT Researcher
>> =20
>> =20
>> Cc: Consumer and Public Affairs;
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>> =20
>> =20
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest
>> Majanja's Digital Migration Ruling
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> @ Ohaga, ICT Researcher
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Lest we forget
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> 1. http://www.cio.co.ke/news/main-stories/cck-caught-in-s=
> urprise-cabinet-secretary-directive-to-issue-3rd-digital-tv-signal-licence#
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> 2. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/KBC-=
> set-for-split-as-State-registers-Signet-subsidiary--/-/539550/1384608/-/m5c=
> 6khz/-/index.html
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> 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.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> 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.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> 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.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> 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?=20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> 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?=20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Lastly I would like to address the issue of policy
>> making and regulation. I'm not a lawyer but a simple
>> explanation:-=20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> The policy maker decides what the regulations should
>> be and passes the laws implementing the regulations.
>> The government regulator enforces those regulations.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> 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.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Ali Hussein
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> "I fear the day technology will surpass human
>> interaction. The world will have a generation of
>> idiots". ~ Albert Einstein
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Sent from my iPad
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> On Dec 26, 2013, at 11:03 AM, ICT Researcher
>> <ict.researcher at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> 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/=20
>> =20
>> 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...
>> =20
>> ------------------------------
>> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 8:38 AM MSK ICT
>> Researcher wrote:
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> -2 @Ali -1 @Ngigi -1=20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> -------------------------------
>> =20
>> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 12:04 AM MSK S.M.
>> Muraya wrote:
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> +1 @Ali +1 @Ngigi +1
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Regards
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Murigi / Stanley Muraya
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> *"Better a patient person than
>> a warrior, one with
>> self-control than one
>> =20
>> who takes a city." Prov 16:32*
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 10:27
>> AM, Ngigi Waithaka
>> <ngigi at at.co.ke> wrote:
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> This is the same corruption
>> issues disguised as
>> 'competitive' tender...
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Look at it this way, you want
>> Kenya's airwaves to be
>> digital. On one hand
>> =20
>> you get a national parastatal
>> which performs below average
>> on the other
>> =20
>> hand a foreign company.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> We all know KBC wouldn't
>> perform, so we will have our
>> key national
>> =20
>> broadcast handled by a foreign
>> firm. If some guy in China
>> pushes a certain
>> =20
>> button, we could get a
>> complete news blackout. Is
>> that not a serious
>> =20
>> security risk that ought to
>> have mitigated against during
>> the bid
>> =20
>> requirements stage?
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Now my hypothesis, the Chinese
>> got this since the ones
>> handling the tender
>> =20
>> could not get kickbacks from
>> either KBC nor from the Kenyan
>> consortium that
>> =20
>> generally operates in an
>> industry where they dont have
>> to pay kickbacks.
>> =20
>> With the incoming new
>> government the ones handling
>> the tender, had to line
>> =20
>> their pockets quick. Damn
>> national interests!
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> But, we are where we are and
>> them TV stations have been
>> down for a number
>> =20
>> of days, interestlingly enough
>> I havent noticed!
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Merry Xmas.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Waithaka Ngigi
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Alliance Technologies
>> =20
>> Nairobi, Kenya
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> www.A1.io
>> =20
>> On 25 Dec 2013 07:32, "Ali
>> Hussein" <ali at hussein.me.ke>
>> wrote:
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Wambua
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> The issue I raise is beyond
>> 'competitive bidding issues'.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Try owning digital signals in
>> China, US or Europe if you are
>> a foreign
>> =20
>> company. Why is it that we
>> think that 'free markets' are
>> only 'free' when
>> =20
>> African countries are
>> involved?
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> History is littered with local
>> protectionism for certain
>> industries. In
>> =20
>> fact China and Japan are the
>> biggest examples of this. Way
>> do we see it fit
>> =20
>> to just give away our Crown
>> Jewels in the guise of free
>> and competitive
>> =20
>> bidding?
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> I understand that this may be
>> beyond CCK's pay grade and
>> should actually
>> =20
>> be addressed to policy
>> makers...
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Ali Hussein
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> +254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> "I fear the day technology
>> will surpass human
>> interaction. The world will
>> =20
>> have a generation of idiots".
>> ~ Albert Einstein
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Sent from my iPad
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> On Dec 24, 2013, at 6:41 PM,
>> Bernard Kioko
>> <bkioko at bernsoft.com> wrote:
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> They can't share or come out
>> like he just did. Theirs is
>> not based on
>> =20
>> honesty and valid reasons. The
>> use of court is so they can
>> hide behind
>> =20
>> legal technicalities.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> The CS said he has been
>> available for dialog but they
>> go chest thumb and
>> =20
>> threatening.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> If they had any previous
>> effort towards educating
>> consumer they would
>> =20
>> hold moral authority in my
>> space. Refusing to air paid
>> adverts by cck....I
>> =20
>> say very irresponsible.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> sad though.
>> =20
>> On 24 Dec 2013 18:35,
>> "Walubengo J"
>> <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> @Wambua
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> jst seen the CS
>> breathing fire on
>> K24 on this matter. It
>> looks like
>> =20
>> this fight is moving
>> from the courts into
>> the public space. It
>> sounds like
>> =20
>> its going to be looong
>> and bloody. Ave heard
>> from the Govt side, I
>> wonder
>> =20
>> what the Media house
>> side is...they are all
>> here on KICTAnet and I
>> wish
>> =20
>> they would freely
>> share their view
>> -outside the
>> constraints of a court
>> case.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> One good outcome of
>> the blackout from NTV,
>> KTN and Citizen is the
>> =20
>> discovery of KBC and
>> KT24...had forgotten
>> they exist :-)
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> walu.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> -------------------------=
> -----
>> =20
>> On Tue, Dec 24, 2013
>> 4:39 PM AST (Arabian)
>> Wambua, Christopher
>> wrote:
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Bernard,
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> CCK has not
>> issued a third
>> licence for
>> digital signal
>> distribution.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Christopher
>> Wambua
>> =20
>> Manager -
>> Communications
>> =20
>> Consumer and
>> Public Affairs
>> Department
>> =20
>> Communications
>> Commission of
>> Kenya
>> =20
>> P.O. Box 14448
>> NAIROBI 00800
>> =20
>> Tel: +254 20
>> 4242209
>> =20
>> info at cck.go.ke<ma=
> ilto:info at cck.go.ke>
>> =20
>> www.cck.go.ke<htt=
> p://www.cck.go.ke>
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> From: Bernard
>> Kioko
>> [Bernsoft
>> Group]
>> [mailto:bkioko at be=
> rnsoft.com]
>> =20
>> Sent: Tuesday,
>> December 24,
>> 2013 4:35 PM
>> =20
>> To: Wambua,
>> Christopher
>> =20
>> Cc: Consumer
>> and Public
>> Affairs;
>> 'KICTAnet ICT
>> Policy
>> Discussions'
>> =20
>> Subject: RE:
>> [kictanet] 3
>> Media houses
>> protest
>> Majanja's
>> Digital
>> =20
>> Migration Ruling
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Christopher,
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> I am an ardent
>> supporter of
>> the migration
>> but I need to
>> ask.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Have you
>> issued any 3rd
>> license to
>> anyone?
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Regards
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> From: kictanet
>> [mailto:kictanet-=
> bounces+bkioko=3D
>> =20
>> bernsoft.com at lists.kictan=
> et.or.ke]<mailto:[mailto:
>> =20
>> kictanet-bounces
>> +bkioko=3Dbernsoft.com at li=
> sts.kictanet.or.ke]> On Behalf
>> =20
>> Of Wambua, Christopher
>> =20
>> Sent: Tuesday,
>> December 24,
>> 2013 12:54 PM
>> =20
>> To:
>> bkioko at bernsoft.c=
> om<mailto:bkioko at bernsoft.com>
>> =20
>> Cc: Consumer
>> and Public
>> Affairs;
>> KICTAnet ICT
>> Policy
>> Discussions
>> =20
>> Subject: Re:
>> [kictanet] 3
>> Media houses
>> protest
>> Majanja's
>> Digital
>> =20
>> Migration Ruling
>> =20
>> Importance:
>> High
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> You will
>> recall that
>> the 2nd
>> licence for
>> digital
>> broadcasting
>> signal
>> =20
>> distribution was
>> issued out
>> competitively through
>> an open tender. Some
>> of
>> =20
>> the local media houses
>> expressed interest in
>> the tender but lost
>> out to the
>> =20
>> licence by the
>> Pan-Africa Network
>> Group in an open and
>> transparent
>> =20
>> tendering process.
>> They subsequently
>> lodged an appeal to
>> the Public
>> =20
>> Procurement Oversight
>> Authority (PPOA) which
>> was dismissed as
>> lacking any
>> =20
>> merit.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> The two firms
>> have set up
>> digital
>> platforms in
>> Nairobi and
>> other major
>> =20
>> towns in country to
>> support the migration
>> from analogue to
>> digital TV
>> =20
>> broadcasting. The
>> issue of awarding the
>> licences to a Chinese
>> firm and a
>> =20
>> subsidiary of a firm
>> on its deathbed is
>> therefore a non-issue.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Best regards
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Christopher
>> Wambua
>> =20
>> Manager -
>> Communications
>> =20
>> Consumer and
>> Public Affairs
>> Department
>> =20
>> Communications
>> Commission of
>> Kenya
>> =20
>> P.O. Box 14448
>> NAIROBI 00800
>> =20
>> Tel: +254 20
>> 4242209
>> =20
>> info at cck.go.ke<ma=
> ilto:info at cck.go.ke>
>> =20
>> www.cck.go.ke<htt=
> p://www.cck.go.ke>
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> From: kictanet
>> [mailto:kictanet-=
> bounces+wambua=3D
>> =20
>> cck.go.ke at lists.kictanet.=
> or.ke] On Behalf Of Kivuva
>> =20
>> Sent: Tuesday,
>> December 24,
>> 2013 12:25 PM
>> =20
>> To: Wambua,
>> Christopher
>> =20
>> Cc: KICTAnet
>> ICT Policy
>> Discussions
>> =20
>> Subject: Re:
>> [kictanet] 3
>> Media houses
>> protest
>> Majanja's
>> Digital
>> =20
>> Migration Ruling
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> On 23 December
>> 2013 19:01,
>> Ali Hussein
>> <ali at hussein.me.k=
> e<mailto:
>> =20
>> ali at hussein.me.ke>
>> wrote:
>> =20
>> Brinkmanship.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> To be fair
>> though I can't
>> help thinking
>> how skewed we
>> are as a
>> country
>> =20
>> that the two digital
>> signals are:-
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> 1. Controlled
>> by a Chinese
>> company
>> =20
>> 2. Controlled
>> by a defunct
>> media company
>> that is at its
>> death bed..
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> +1 Ali
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Capital flight
>> is a KILLER of
>> any economy.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Where have we
>> go we wrong?
>> =20
>> Ali Hussein
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> +254 0770
>> 906375 / 0713
>> 601113
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> "I fear the
>> day technology
>> will surpass
>> human
>> interaction.
>> The world
>> =20
>> <
>> ...
>> =20
>> [Message clipped] =20
>> _______________________________________________
>> kictanet mailing list
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
>> =20
>> Unsubscribe or change your options at
>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/arebacollin=
> s%40gmail.com
>> =20
>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder
>> platform for people and institutions interested and involved
>> in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a
>> catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the
>> national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
>> =20
>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable
>> behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect
>> people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or
>> abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not
>> market your wares or qualifications.
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> --=20
>> =E2=80=9CThe twentieth century has been characterized by three developmen=
> ts of
>> great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of
>> corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of
>> protecting corporate power against democracy=E2=80=9D
>> _______________________________________________
>> kictanet mailing list
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
>> =20
>> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailma=
> n/options/kictanet/mje%40posix.co.za
>> =20
>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform f=
> or people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regula=
> tion. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in=
> support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
>> =20
>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors on=
> line that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, sh=
> are knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not=
> spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
>
> --=20
> . . ___. .__ Posix Systems - (South) Africa
> /| /| / /__ mje at posix.co.za - Mark J Elkins, Cisco CCIE
> / |/ |ARK \_/ /__ LKINS Tel: +27 12 807 0590 Cell: +27 82 601 0496
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> kictanet mailing list
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
>
> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/=
> options/kictanet/jgmbugua%40gmail.com
>
> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for=
> people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulati=
> on. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in s=
> upport of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
>
> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors onli=
> ne that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, shar=
> e knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not s=
> pam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
>
> _______________________________________________
> kictanet mailing list
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
>
> Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com
>
> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
>
> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/pipermail/kictanet/attachments/20131227/b3a3032d/attachment.htm>
More information about the KICTANet
mailing list