<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">Hi David,<br><br>The statics are that about 120,000 DVB 2 decoders have been sold in the local market, Startimes has sold 40,000 units, GoTV about 60,000 which leave the balance of 20,000 sold by the free to air vendors, lets do the math<br><br>(2,999/=+3,999/-+6,500/-)/2 = 4,499/- still a far cry away from the 6.500/- that you and the DG would like us to believe is the cost of a decoder.<br><br>Startimes is in over 12 major towns in the country which means a reach of 60% of the population with electricity therefore again the DG is being conservative with the truth.<br><br>The reality is that the Media Owners Association which the Minister had indicated will not be getting a transmission license have finally done the Kenyan thing to get the issue revisited.<br><br>Regards<br><br>PS. Any guns for hire trying to call me
please be advised that I have installed a recording device in my phone.<br><div><span><br></span></div><div> </div><div>Robert Yawe<br>KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>Kenya<br><br></div><div>Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<br> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "dmakali@yahoo.com" <dmakali@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 18:13<br> <b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Digital TV migration postponement<br> </font> </div> <br>Robert,<br>Your correction is incorrect. The dg didn't lie. Those Gotv and star times services are commercial. They come with a subscription fee. The decoders for free to air viewers, i.e Signet signal which has all the current tv channels, are going for the price the dg said- 6,500. I bought one 2weeks ago. They are not even available easily. <br><br>Don't blame the dg or the press (surely, journalists don't walk to press conferences with a shopping list of everything and anything).<br><br>You will also have noticed that the digital signal is yet to reach most parts of the country. Very frustrating. <br><br>Regards,<br>David<br>Sent from my BlackBerry®<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: robert yawe <<a ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br>Sender: "kictanet"
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