[kictanet] Cofek to sue CCK for defaulting on television deal

[Kivuva]

Wambua, is CCK ensuring that starTV, GoTV, et-al are giving consumers
the correct information when they approach them, or are they dumping
devices on consumers to meet sales targets?

On 05/01/2014, Wambua, Christopher <Wambua at cck.go.ke> wrote:
> Grace,
>
> As Ali has alluded, there are two types of set top boxes or decoders: pay TV
> (aka subscription) and Free to Air ( FTA).
>
> As the names suggest, FTA decoders do not require any monthly subscription
> or payment while pay TV decoders are relatively cheaper but require
> subscribers to pay  a monthly fee. Pay/subscription decoders also enable
> access to a bouquet of additional content.
>
> In light of the foregoing, no consumer will be denied access to information
> on account of inability to afford monthly subscription fees.
>
> CCK has so far type approved over 40 different models of FTA decoders for
> use in the country.
>
> Wambua
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>
> From: Grace Githaiga
> Sent: Sunday, 5 January 2014 10:22 PM
> To: Wambua, Christopher
> Cc: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Cofek to sue CCK for defaulting on television deal
>
>
> @ Ali, so this option 2 means there is going to be a monthly charge for the
> FTA channels? If this is the case, then Lucy's house manager is right.
>
> ________________________________
> From: ali at hussein.me.ke
> Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 08:54:42 +0300
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Cofek to sue CCK for defaulting on television deal
> CC: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> To: ggithaiga at hotmail.com
>
> Startimes has had an Ad running where they are offering two options
>
> 1. FTA one which I think is substantially higher. I think almost 5k
> 2. Subscription one which is like 2k.
>
>
> 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 Jan 4, 2014, at 10:26 PM, Kivuva
> <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com<mailto:Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>> wrote:
>
> This report seems to contradict CCK's communications manager Mr.
> Wambua who said today on another thread on this list that all
> subscriber-based digital set boxes have FTA channels for end users who
> don't want to pay subscription fees
>
> On 04/01/2014, Grace Githaiga
> <ggithaiga at hotmail.com<mailto:ggithaiga at hotmail.com>> wrote:
> “Customers who fail to pay subscription fees on time will
> continue to access the must-carry free-to-air services (FTA) for a
> period of at least two weeks,” read a letter from CCK director-general
> Francis Wangusi (pictured, below left) to pay-TV providers.
> Through
> the letter, CCK is reneging on an earlier agreement with Cofek that
> made it compulsory for pay-TV companies to give subscribers access to
> all free-to-air channels, even without a paid-up subscription.
> This
> agreement saw the providers introduce a new range of decoders that
> would allow customers view all the FTA channels – KBC, NTV, KTN, K24 and
> Citizen TV for free.
>
>
>
> http://www.nation.co.ke/business/-/996/2134512/-/h3rhar/-/index.html
>
>
>
>
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