[kictanet] Is CCK's move to renege on a promise to award a 3rd digital signal distributor license justified?

[Harry Hare | African eDevelopment Resource Centre]

Mark,

You took the words out of my mouth. Its economics, period!

Harry

From:  Mark Mwangi <mwangy at gmail.com>
Date:  Wed, 22 May 2013 19:47:57 +0300
To:  Cio_Magazine Hare <harry at africanedevelopment.org>
Cc:  KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Subject:  Re: [kictanet] Is CCK's move to renege on a promise to award a 3rd
digital signal distributor license justified?

Let us not try and make this a regulatory or policy issue what with
theorizing the pros and cons. Incumbent broadcasters are about to be stuck
with millions worth of obsolete equipment and a cartel that will be
worthless soon enough. it is this investment that they are fighting to
maintain a stranglehold on the industry.

Its a commercial issue plain and simple. I would be amused if the CCK was to
hold its ground and find other stations to fill the incumbents shoes. Nobody
is indispensable. 


On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:58 PM,  <ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Listers,
> In my view, digital migration is "Free to air". A consumer should therefore
> not be required to join any subscription  service in order to migrate.
> 
> John Kariuki
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Regards,

Mark Mwangi

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