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

[Wambua, Christopher]

Kivuva,

Going by their adverts and random checks at their retail outlets, the two firms are giving consumers the right information.

Anyone with information regarding misinformation by the two firms is however encouraged to forward the same to us for regulatory action.

Wambua

Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.

From: Kivuva
Sent: Sunday, 5 January 2014 11:10 PM
To: Wambua, Christopher
Cc: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Cofek to sue CCK for defaulting on television deal


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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