<div dir="ltr">Let us not try and make this a regulatory or policy issue what with theorizing the pros and cons. Incumbent broadcasters are about to be stuck with millions worth of obsolete equipment and a cartel that will be worthless soon enough. it is this investment that they are fighting to maintain a stranglehold on the industry. <div>
<br></div><div style>Its a commercial issue plain and simple. I would be amused if the CCK was to hold its ground and find other stations to fill the incumbents shoes. Nobody is indispensable. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 6:58 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Listers,<br>
In my view, digital migration is "Free to air". A consumer should therefore not be required to join any subscription service in order to migrate.<br>
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John Kariuki<br>
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