[kictanet] Digital TV Migration: Local stations turnoff digital transmission - the plot thickens

[Kivuva]

@GG,

Broadening the meaning of local content to mean East Africa might be
good for regional integration and also for artists to produce more
international content.

I also think Kenya might benefit more from this.

Regards

On 01/07/2013, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Yawe for sharing the article.
> I am just curious at how the Ugandan broadcasters will react to the UCC
> proposal of a local content quota of 70 percent during prime time. It might
> be unmanageable.
> I am also concerned by the proposal by the regional broadcasters to broaden
> the definition of 'local content' to include content from the East African
> countries. Lets hypothesize that Station A in Kenya decides to  air say one
> Kenyan production, and the rest from the UG and TZ to fill up the quota.
> Would this be content that is relevant to us and therefore deemed local? Or
> how would we define 'local' in this case?
> RgdsGG
>
> Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 17:06:24 +0100
> From: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
> Subject: [kictanet] Digital TV Migration: Local stations turnoff
> digital	transmission - the plot thickens
> CC: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> To: ggithaiga at hotmail.com
>
> Hi,
>
> http://www.cio.co.ke/news/main-stories/east-africa-broadcasters-raise-concern-over-startimes,-digital-migration,-local-content
>
> Regards
>  Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>         From: robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
>  To: Kictanet Mail list <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>  Sent: Thursday, 2 May 2013, 17:35
>  Subject: Digital TV Migration: Local stations turnoff digital transmission
>
> Hi,
> Thought the share some new developments in the Digital Migration issues, as
> of last Saturday all the local TV stations except for KBC and family have
> disconnected their channel feed over the digital frequency.
> I believe this is to enforce the recent demand by the Media Owners
> Association  to be issued with a digital TV distribution license which is
> likely to slowdown the migration and also the roll out of LTE.
>
> (http://www.cofek.co.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1552:kneya-media-owners-demand-third-digital-signal-licence-&catid=1:latest-news)
>
> As of this posting over 1,000,000 consumers (COFEK), spread across the
> country, of the Startimes service do not have access to the local TV
> channels some are situated in areas that only received the KBC channels.
> If this is how the private sector intends to arm twist the government into
> getting
>  their way then as a nation we are in trouble, this action is jeopardizing a
> second foreign investors investment in the digital TV space.
>
> We have got to this situation all because of the meddling in a process by
> COFEK therefore I expect them to be on the streets tomorrow demanding that
> the signal be reinstated with immediate effect.
>
>  Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
> Kenya
>
> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>
>
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