[kictanet] Kenyan State to Regulate YouTube and Netflix

[Ali Hussein]

A case of misreporting?

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> On 24 Aug 2016, at 10:30 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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> Previously and not too long ago...
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> The CA Monday said Netflix will not be asked to apply for a local broadcasting licence, meaning the US firm is exempt from local broadcasting regulations that are part of the licensing conditions. 
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> Francis Wangusi, the CA director- general, told the Business Daily that Netflix falls in the category of content providers that do not control transmission of their material - commonly referred to as over-the-top (OTT) -- and are unlike cable companies that transmit own content over managed networks, making it impossible to license them locally or regulate their content. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Regulators-clash-over-plan-to-censor-Netflix-online-movies/539550-3029548-eroxncz/index.html
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> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 22:21:37 +0300
> Subject: [kictanet] Kenyan State to Regulate YouTube and Netflix
> From: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> CC: nmutungu at gmail.com
> To: ggithaiga at hotmail.com
> 
> And then this:
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> “We have been looking at how to regulate over-the-top providers possibly through the 2016 ICT Policy document or through additional amendments to the Communications Act,” Wangusi said. The plan to regulate the streaming service comes a few months after another Government agency warned Netflix that it would block the service if it aired inappropriate content.
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> http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/mobile/article/2000213158/kenyan-state-to-regulate-youtube-and-netflix
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