[kictanet] Fw: [isoc_ke] The battle for control of Kenyan Digital airspace - Way Forward

Thu Feb 12 10:44:47 EAT 2015

How about PANG floating the shares at NSE. Broadcasting should not be the
preserve of a few Kenyans....

On Wed Feb 11 2015 at 19:11:53 S.M. Muraya via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> @Walu
>
> How about forcing PANG to sell up to 80% of its shareholding to 5 local
> broadcasters?
>
> Foreigners MUST not solely control a company in Kenya with signal
> distribution rights.
>
> Regards
>
> Murigi / Stanley Muraya
>
> *"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one
> who takes a city." Prov 16:32*
>
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 6:25 PM, Walubengo J via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Its a very complicated chess game going on.
>>
>> 1. SIGNET+PANG are the designated national digital distributors - but
>> bila (without) content to distribute
>> 2. The 3private Broadcasters have content - but bila (without)
>> distribution rights or licenses.
>>
>> Regulatory Options:
>> 1. Do you FORCE the 3 to surrender their content to SIGNET+PANG for
>> distribution?
>> 2. Do you give the 3private Broadcasters their own distribution network
>> (BSD License?)
>>
>> Impact
>> 1. Option 1 can be and will be frustrated (cry copyright, cry media
>> freedom, cry all over to Supreme court +  now Paris :-)
>> 2. Option 2 seems attractive and doable - HOWEVER, giving the 3private
>> their own license has the following impact
>> a) It leaves SIGNET+PANG high and dry with close "nothing" to distribute.
>> Technically the close shop.
>> b) It leaves the 3broadcasters enjoying and sometimes exploiting their
>> dominant position (think Safcom :-)
>>
>> Way forward.
>> Seek solutions together since a local solution must be existing.  Thorax
>> and chest thumping by both government and broadcasters will not work and
>> will simply leave Kenya's digital migration process critically damaged and
>> perhaps beyond salvage.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>  *From:* Network of non- formal Educational institutions <
>> nnfeischools at yahoo.com>
>> *To:* Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> *Cc:* ISOC Kenya Chapter <isoc at lists.my.co.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy
>> Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 27, 2015 3:35 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Fw: [isoc_ke] The battle for control of Kenyan
>> Digital airspace
>>
>> Dear All
>> The cost charged by Signet is affordable on an open opportunity platform.
>> The delay in migration gives the old boys an advantage since advertises are
>> still not convinced off the viewership on the digital platform.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  On Tuesday, January 27, 2015 11:24 AM, Walubengo J via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>
>> @ Mwendwa,
>>
>> You are right it should be exceedingly cheap for Jane to transmit on the
>> digital platform. Otherwise the whole essence of going digital is lost.
>> Here's my other take on the issue @
>>
>> TV consumers should not be locked in, but neither should broadcasters -
>> Walubengo - nation.co.ke TV consumers should not be locked in, but
>> neither should broadcasters
>> <http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/-/2274560/2602512/-/10d292yz/-/index.html>
>>
>>
>> [image: image]
>> <http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/-/2274560/2602512/-/10d292yz/-/index.html>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> TV consumers should not be locked in, but neither should...
>> <http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/-/2274560/2602512/-/10d292yz/-/index.html>
>> It is not too far-fetched to imagine SIGNET and PANG would block content
>> deemed 'uncomfortable'.
>> View on www.nation.co.ke
>> <http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/blogs/dot9/walubengo/-/2274560/2602512/-/10d292yz/-/index.html>
>> Preview by Yahoo
>>
>>
>>   ------------------------------
>>  *From:* Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> *To:* jwalu at yahoo.com
>> *Cc:* ISOC Kenya Chapter <isoc at lists.my.co.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy
>> Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> *Sent:* Friday, January 23, 2015 1:23 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Fw: [isoc_ke] The battle for control of Kenyan
>> Digital airspace
>>
>>
>> On 23 January 2015 at 12:02, Network of non- formal Educational
>> institutions <nnfeischools at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> We have also been paying Signet and Startimes monthly fees for carrying
>> us and relaying our content to available free to air set boxes.
>>
>>
>> Jane, thank you for this. I need to understand something, do a digital
>> content provider like ElimuTV need to pay all digital signal providers for
>> them to be accessible by all set-top boxes? My understanding is if I buy
>> any box (say Samsutech set-top box), I will be able to watch all
>> non-subscription based TV stations. As per your email, it seems a content
>> provider has to pay all licensed digital carriers. This is is a very
>> expensive way of distributing content.
>>
>> Let me understand, if you only paid Signet to carry your content, I would
>> not be able to access it via Startimes set-top box?
>>
>> There is something fundamentally wrong with how we have structured policy
>> around the digital migration and we need to clearly define a set of
>> principles that must be adhered to by all players.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> ______________________
>> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
>>
>> "There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on
>> higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson
>>
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