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<td valign="top" style="font:inherit;">Listers,<BR>Consumer Federation of Kenya (COFEK) has gone to court to stop the planned<BR>Digital Switchover in Nairobi at the end of this month. This is most<BR>unfortunate considering the fact that the current analogue broadcast has<BR>been the most discriminating. Majority of Kenyans have not seen the level<BR>of communication that Digital offers (this is what the constitution<BR>demands). In the new platform we have seen more vernacular channels<BR>delivering news in a language that people understand and relate to. It<BR>therefore surprises me when an organization such as COFEK moves to court<BR>to protect an elitist broadcast platform.<BR><BR>Further every one new channel creates more than thirty new jobs. There<BR>are more than one hundred and fifty new applications awaiting clearance to<BR>start digital broadcast. Twenty of these are
already on air. If we get<BR>two hundred new broadcasters, we shall have achieved our quest for having<BR>a pluralistic and diversified broadcast environment. In whose interest is<BR>COFEK advancing the agenda of maintaining monopolistic practices in Kenyan<BR>Media? Does COFEK really understands the seriousness of unemployment in<BR>Kenya?<BR><BR>The cost of not migrating is far too great than biting the bullet now and<BR>enable frequency spectrum to be used in more productive and inclusive<BR>manner. The benefits of mobile operators moving from 2G to 3G are<BR>glaring. We need to scale up to 4G and create a robust last mile that<BR>will reduce the rural urban digital divide; that will create an enabling<BR>playing field when we start delivering new local content to schools<BR>country-wide.<BR><BR>Most of the world has migrated and they fully understand why we need to<BR>free up spectrum. EAC member states agreed on the December
31st deadline<BR>and Tanzania for example has committed itself to this agreed deadline<BR>despite not having a completed the national roll-out of the digital<BR>signal. In Kenya we have adopted a phased plan starting from Nairobi.<BR>Technology changes every six months and Kenya must remain at the<BR>technological edge in order to remain the true hub of Africa. We seem to<BR>be exercising freedom without any responsibility.<BR><BR>Ndemo.<BR><BR><BR>> Hi,<BR>><BR>> This is where we are going wrong, the digital migration has nothing to do<BR>> with digital TV sets its about how the signal will be transmitted, please<BR>> try and see the bigger picture here.<BR>><BR>><BR>> When we moved from analogue internet connectivity where you needed a modem<BR>> to the digital transmission where you needed a DTU/ADSL/Dongle why didn't<BR>> you please with the government to stop the importation of Pentium<BR>> processor based
computers or 14" monitors or AT keyboards so that users<BR>> could transition? If you remember the ISPs never even gave us a<BR>> transition period and some never even implemented analogue connectivity. <BR>><BR>><BR>> This is the same case with the digital TV migration, you do not need a<BR>> digital TV to benefit from the new method of transmission all that you are<BR>> changing is the equivalent of your analogue modem with a digital receiver<BR>> and nothing more, also remember that this transition is a world wide<BR>> project and it would be foolhardy to try and stop the oncoming train. <BR>><BR>><BR>> As Kenyans, we have proven time and time again that we are resilient and<BR>> innovative, we turned off "fake" phones and on the following day they<BR>> where getting reactivated thanks to the power of google, turn off the<BR>> analogue signal tomorrow and we shall have 500/- decoders available
for<BR>> sale along the streets of Nairobi, keep postponing the switchoff and there<BR>> will be no meaning uptake of the digital devices, have you registered for<BR>> election yet?<BR>><BR>><BR>> All this noise from the entrenched media houses that we are propagating<BR>> has nothing to do with if Kenyans with black and white TVs can afford to<BR>> buy the decoder but more on trying to delay the shift of broadcasting<BR>> power to a more open platform, so before you come to the defense of Linus<BR>> and his ilk find out whose agenda you are promoting, instead of coming<BR>> forward and responding to the discussion going on here of which I am sure<BR>> they are listening, they send mercenaries .<BR>><BR>> Dr. Ndemo, I again say kudos and tell you keep the course and do what is<BR>> right for the Nation and avoid being distracted by those with selfish<BR>> agendas, deliver on this and Konza has a better
chance of seeing the light<BR>> of day.<BR>><BR>> Regards<BR>><BR>> <BR>> Robert Yawe<BR>> KAY System Technologies Ltd<BR>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor<BR>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<BR>> Kenya<BR>><BR>><BR>> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<BR>><BR>><BR>> ________________________________<BR>> From: meshack emakunat <<a ymailto="mailto:memakunat@yahoo.com" href="javascript:return">memakunat@yahoo.com</a>><BR>> To: <a ymailto="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" href="javascript:return">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a><BR>> Cc: Meshack <<a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="javascript:return">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><BR>> Sent: Wednesday, 5 December 2012, 16:48<BR>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance<BR>><BR>><BR>> Dear list<BR>> I read this thread and all i see is the "the cart before the horse". I<BR>> believe Mr
gitahi was referring to affordability rather compatibility and<BR>> adaptability. @Robert, don't you think Kenyans should be given enough time<BR>> to migrate rather than have a paradigm shift in tech use. I think that we<BR>> should ban the importation of analog TV as somebody suggested earlier then<BR>> will have a gradual change till 2015<BR>> Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> kictanet mailing list<BR>> <a ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" href="javascript:return">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><BR>> <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target=_blank >https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><BR>><BR>> Unsubscribe or change your options at<BR>> <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/robertyawe%40yahoo.co.uk" target=_blank
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