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

Tue Jan 27 18:35:55 EAT 2015

Walubengo am sorry to say that PANG and SIGNET brought the first point on
themselves. Example. ..CAK awarded me the temporary authorization to
broadcast...I built my broadcast station...then PANG and SIGNET gave me
run around for several months forcing me to have to seek extensions from
CAK and even forcing me to sign minimum 5 locations even though my strategy
was different... and further making me to resolve to wait until when full
migration happens so it's cheaper...my own analysis.  If PANG and SIGNET
were smart to enable the more than 100 licensees go live quick...the game
would be slightly different. Now they r stuck with BSD license that
....well...let me not say.
On 27 Jan 2015 18:29, "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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