[kictanet] EU PLANS TO LIFT BARRIERS ON INTERNET SHOPPING AND IMPOSE QUOTAS ON NETFLIX
Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)
nmutungu at gmail.com
Sat May 28 19:51:06 EAT 2016
I attended the European Film Festival, which just ended today, at Alliance
Francoise.
Though the festival shows films from different European countries, they
had space for one or two Kenyan films. I watched 'Watatu', a film shot by
Kenyans here in Kenya. Exploring the problem of radicalisation of youth...
Mostly in Swahili. Nicely done plot. Very authentic.
We already have lots of great local content to showcase. Regulators ought
to visit art spaces more often and we all must continue to assist to get
creative solutions.
Tarehe 28 Mei 2016 13:09, "DigitalTVAfrica via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> aliandika:
> Interesting views on content quotas, commercial case and local content
> production.
>
> Quota systems do not grow local content; but incentives to production
> houses and broadcasters will spur growth. Production requires investment,
> therefore broadcasters/video production houses will invest where there is a
> business case - whether in the EU or here in Kenya. The Citizen TV success
> story is a case in point -
> http://www.cto.int/media/events/pst-ev/2014/DBSF/Wainaina%20Mungai.pdf .
> It worked for them because they gave Kenyans what the audience asked for -
> it was not even about the "quality" of local content. It was "local",
> "relevant" and "general exhibition" or mass market; meaning something your
> grandmother and your grandson can sit and watch together.
>
> Ali says, *"**The point is there are many people beyond Kenya who may be
> interested but may not know where to find them."* But all that local
> content is available on http://www.kenyamoja.com/tv/ live and on the
> websites of each TV stations. However, broadcasters/producers need to
> explore the case for distributing and monetizing their archived local
> content as VoD on Netflix or similar platforms - which can be justified
> using *diaspora demand* for the Kenyamoja-style free live streaming.
>
> Before analogue switch-off, the local content stations succeeded because
> they had much better terrestrial coverage - so local content & good
> distribution delivered the stellar results. However, digital migration took
> away that distribution/coverage advantage. They now have to find new
> distribution channels that may demand better production quality. They also
> have to make a decision on how to comply with regulation as they mix their
> PayTV and Free-to-Air business models.
>
> Regards,
> Wainaina
>
>
> Digital Television policy, regulation and technology in Africa on issues
> relating to Consumers, Content and Coverage.
>
> On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 12:20 PM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> That is an interesting way of looking at it (in terms of audience
>> abroad). But then we still need to sell that concept to NetFlix. So some
>> work to be done there :)
>>
>> On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Ahmed
>>>
>>> As the people on this list who watch:-
>>>
>>> 1. House of Cards
>>> 2. Game of Thrones
>>> 3. Person of interest
>>> Etc
>>>
>>> If they pay for them..
>>>
>>> The point is there are many people beyond Kenya who amy be interested
>>> but may not know where to find them.
>>>
>>> There is huge demand for local content. We just don't have enough of it
>>> and lack of platforms too..
>>>
>>> *Ali Hussein*
>>> *Principal*
>>> *Hussein & Associates*
>>> +254 0713 601113
>>>
>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>>
>>> Skype: abu-jomo
>>>
>>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>>>
>>>
>>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking
>>> what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>> On 28 May 2016, at 11:26 AM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy <
>>> ultimateprogramer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Well Ali I think we are differentiating here between an aired for free
>>> content and content people will need to pay for. And I can say this for
>>> free that the only content we have pirated for that as Kenyans is Nairobi
>>> Half Life. But we eagerly pirate Nollywood content. I think that says
>>> something already. Nollywood is already available on channels that are paid
>>> TV content and people actually watch.
>>>
>>> I understand you are talking about Citizen TV aired content? Which has
>>> the best coverage countrywide? Lets analyze paid content - DSTV, Zuku, etc.
>>> These are demographics NetFlix will need to see. What is the habit of such
>>> people?
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ahmed
>>>>
>>>> Actually you are wrong there. The top viewed programme in the country
>>>> are not foreign. They are local.
>>>>
>>>> Papa Shirandula, Mother in Law, Tahidi High etc top the billing. It
>>>> just makes commercial sense to have them on..
>>>>
>>>> *Ali Hussein*
>>>> *Principal*
>>>> *Hussein & Associates*
>>>> +254 0713 601113
>>>>
>>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>>>
>>>> Skype: abu-jomo
>>>>
>>>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking
>>>> what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>> On 27 May 2016, at 8:52 PM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet <
>>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I do agree with the notion Grace. I feel though the proposal to do so
>>>> is not going to sell. Simply because you can not sell something that the
>>>> local audience is not keen to watch any way. If the market can not show
>>>> concrete local viewership in a place like Nairobi (to people who own a
>>>> credit card - who are mostly on DSTV) then its going to be a tough sale.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 8:33 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <
>>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> + 1 Waithaka. And this should have been or still should be what we
>>>>> should negotiate with Netflix as opposed to insisting on subjecting them to
>>>>> our rules. Netflix should also carry a certain percentage of our local
>>>>> content.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rgds
>>>>> G
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>> Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 10:22:29 +0300
>>>>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] EU PLANS TO LIFT BARRIERS ON INTERNET SHOPPING
>>>>> AND IMPOSE QUOTAS ON NETFLIX
>>>>> From: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>>>>> CC: ngigi at at.co.ke; kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>>>>> To: ggithaiga at hotmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Lots of sense. Can you imagine if Vioja, Vitimbi, Tahamaki All
>>>>> Episodes were on Netflix?
>>>>>
>>>>> Waithaka Ngigi
>>>>>
>>>>> Alliance Technologies
>>>>> www.at.co.ke
>>>>> *From: *Ali Hussein via kictanet
>>>>> *Sent: *Thursday, May 26, 2016 9:52 AM
>>>>> *To: *Ngigi Waithaka
>>>>> *Reply To: *KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>>>>> *Cc: *Ali Hussein; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>>>>> *Subject: *Re: [kictanet] EU PLANS TO LIFT BARRIERS ON INTERNET
>>>>> SHOPPING AND IMPOSE QUOTAS ON NETFLIX
>>>>>
>>>>> Ahmed
>>>>>
>>>>> Makes sense for us too..
>>>>>
>>>>> #JustSaying..
>>>>>
>>>>> *Ali Hussein*
>>>>> *Principal*
>>>>> *Hussein & Associates*
>>>>> +254 0713 601113
>>>>>
>>>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>>>>
>>>>> Skype: abu-jomo
>>>>>
>>>>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking
>>>>> what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>>
>>>>> On 26 May 2016, at 8:09 AM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy <
>>>>> ultimateprogramer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Well.. they not only have but also actively encourage and develop
>>>>> local capacity to rival such products. For them I suppose it makes sense.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 6:15 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
>>>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> The EU announced plans to free internet shopping and ban geo-fencing.
>>>>> Netflix and Amazon are to adhere to a 20% local content requirement (Seems
>>>>> like these guys are case studying Kenya). :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Read on:-
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/business/2016/05/eu-plans-free-internet-shopping-set-netflix-quotas/
>>>>>
>>>>> Ali Hussein
>>>>> Tel: +254 713 601113
>>>>>
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>> *Ahmed Maawy*
>> Executive Director - SwahiliBox / M-Power (CBO)
>> Ambassador - Open Knowledge
>> Director - Startup Grind Mombasa
>> Software Developer - AJ+ / EveryLayer
>> (KE) +254 714 960 627
>> Skype: ultimateprogramer
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