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

[Ngigi Waithaka]

Listers,

There is something that I don't really get in this "Copyright" claim by the
media houses.

If you have a free-air service (TV, Webpage), as an example, and where your
business model is based on this free-air service reaching the most eyeballs
as you possibly can (advertising) in a certain market, then why would you
oppose someone who is helping you to reach even higher numbers of eyeballs
in that exact same market?

This is akin to Google suing an ISP in Kenya that is connecting more end
user clients to its ISP Network, so that they can have access to Google
Search, of violating Google's Copyright! Ridiculous!

Or is there an underlying argument based on say when the copyright holders
license NTV, as an example to license a Soap/Series, they base their
licensing fees to NTV based on the No Of Viewers NTV claims it has. So if
you 'magnify' this No by re-distributing the signal to even more viewers,
NTV is supposed to increase its licensing fees to the actual copyright
holders?

I understand the argument on the number of channels that have been licensed
to the PANG guys being excessive (60% or thereabouts) and this is the
debate that we should be having.


Rgds

On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Baiju Shah via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> The content rights issues needs to address with clear direction from the
> governing authority. There needs to be a clear outline of what can be done
> and what cannot be done. The charging by different Signal Carriers /
> Platform owners is imminent but there needs to be an outline how much can a
> platform charge the content / channel owner to broadcast their content. It
> is expensive and world over it is an accepted practice as there are costs
> of broadcasting and it is up to the channel owners what reach in viewers
> they want and how they plan to build a sustainable revenue model.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Baiju
>
> On 27 January 2015 at 11:00, 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
>>
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>> higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson
>>
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