[kictanet] Local media get digital TV signal distribution licence

[Dennis Kioko]

Interesting.

I've also gathered that local media houses are looking to partner with
Internet giants like Google and Microsoft, who are trialing TV White Spaces
for delivery of Internet.

Another M-Pesa moment for Kenya? I wonder what the regulators take will be
here.

On Fri, 28 Nov 2014 18:36 Eng. Wainaina Mungai <wainaina at madeinkenya.org>
wrote:

> My understanding of the Digital TV broadcast space implies that Broadcast
> Signal Distributors (SIGNET & PANG) are service providers to all Content
> Service Providers (ie. current radio and TV stations).
>
> Separately, there are those who are licensed as "self provisioning"
> broadcasters.
>
> 1) That is what the consortium of 3/4 free-to-air stations
> (NTV/QTV/KTN&Citizen) have been allowed to do. Carry their own signals but
> not to offer the service to other CSP. The announcement that Kenya has a
> third BSD was therefore surprising - if not all together misleading. We'll
> assume it was an editorial error (!).
>
> 2) That said, there has been little mention of BombaTV/RadioAfricaGroup
> that has been on a trial for "self provisioning" with a number of
> frequencies in several parts of the country.
>
> --- What is the future of self provisioning? Will these later become BSDs?
> If so, Kenya would end up with at least 5 BSDs.
>
> --- What of the ongoing controvery about PayTV operators carrying
> Free-to-Air (as well as Free to View) content?
>
> --- With the AnalogSwitchOff (ASO) date finally set at 30th December for
> Nairobi & 30th January for the rest of Kenya, it would be great to
> eliminate prevailing ambiguities to enable industry players to effectively
> support Consumer Education such as the one planned by COFEK.
>
> Tanzania and Rwanda switched off successfully. Burundi, that was lagging
> behind is already funded to atleast migrate by 17th July 2015. Uganda has
> its migration reliant on UBC which has completed 40% of the process and may
> soon begin to switch off Kampala - and hopefully meet the global deadline.
> Are we finally seeing light at the end of the Kenya's migration tunnel?
> On 28 Nov 2014 10:35, "Dennis Kioko via kictanet" <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>>
>> http://mobile.nation.co.ke/news/Local-media-get-digital-TV-licence/-/1950946/2537584/-/format/xhtml/-/byk09a/-/index.html
>>
>>
>> Interesting development, while this guarantees local media houses
>> independence in signal distribution, it will however cost them capital in
>> setting up at a time when they are competing with deep pocketed StarTimes,
>> who also have the advantage of a Nigeria to Kenya to South Africa scale.
>>
>> There's also small players, like our own Robert Yawe who may focus on
>> niches such as construction and property.
>>
>> Content, it appears, will be the new media war.
>>
>> Perhaps, revenues may drop at the big boys, alongside salaries, though
>> there will be more jobs overall in the sector and a wider distribution of
>> revenue.
>>
>> Game on.
>>
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