[kictanet] Kenyan State to Regulate YouTube and Netflix

[Alfred Kinyua]

Mr Mutua trying to regulate/ block OTT's by developing "Blocking software
A"  will spur an innovation "frenzy" from developers trying to out muscle
and out wit KFCB, thus creating a never ending cycle, i like the response
by Netflix  " services delivered over the Internet present all sorts of
novel questions for policymakers. " I tend to think that this is a high
level policy issue rather than an operational one.

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 2:51 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> 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...*
>
> 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.
>
> 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
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> And then this:
>
> “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.
>
> http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/mobile/article/2000213158/
> kenyan-state-to-regulate-youtube-and-netflix
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