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

[Bitange Ndemo]

We had proposed a TEAMs model where the private sector held majority
share.  It is not possible even with private investors to recover the
investment without massive content to optimally utilize the resources. 
That is why DSTV is critical at the moment.  KBC owns 40% of DSTV.

Ndemo.



> Ali,
>
> I am not privy to the percentages that were on offer. The government is
> best placed to respond to this.
>
> Wambua
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>
> From: Ali Hussein
> Sent: Friday, 27 December 2013 12:54 PM
> To: Wambua, Christopher
> Cc: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital Migration
> Ruling
>
>
> 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
>
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