To echo Pres. Museveni we need to act as a regional block and have less emphasis on the countries. There is little benefit in insisting on national policies to the detriment of regional health and progression. <div>Uganda is more local than California or Mexico. <span></span><br>
<br>On Tuesday, July 2, 2013, Ali Hussein wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Across Africa there seems to be a concerted, bungled initiative to take more control of what Africans are watching by Governments. In South Africa the regulator is contemplating banning exclusive sports content. In East Africa there is the issue of minimum local content. Into this enter Star Times, a Chinese digital transmission platform. In an attempt to counter Western influences are we inadvertently surrendering our airwaves to the Chinese? Are we throwing the baby with the Bath water?</span> <br>
<br><div><span style="font-family:'.HelveticaNeueUI';font-size:15px;line-height:19px;white-space:nowrap"><a href="http://www.ventures-africa.com/2013/07/naspers-rejects-governments-attempt-to-ban-exclusive-broadcasting-rights/?utm_source=Monday%2C+24th+June+2013&utm_campaign=PR%2C+Africa+Business%2C+Africa+Economy%2C+Africa+Entrepreneur%2C+Ventures+Africa&utm_medium=email" target="_blank">http://www.ventures-africa.com/2013/07/naspers-rejects-governments-attempt-to-ban-exclusive-broadcasting-rights/?utm_source=Monday%2C+24th+June+2013&utm_campaign=PR%2C+Africa+Business%2C+Africa+Economy%2C+Africa+Entrepreneur%2C+Ventures+Africa&utm_medium=email</a></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">Ali Hussein</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd</span></div>
<div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd</div></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">+254 713 601113/ 0770 906375</div>
<div><span><br></span></div><div><span>"The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb</span></div><div><br></div><span>Sent from my iPad</span></div><div><br>On Jul 1, 2013, at 11:49 PM, Kivuva <<a href="javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'Kivuva@transworldafrica.com');" target="_blank">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>@GG,</span><br><span></span><br><span>Broadening the meaning of local content to mean East Africa might be</span><br><span>good for regional integration and also for artists to produce more</span><br>
<span>international content.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I also think Kenya might benefit more from this.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Regards</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 01/07/2013, Grace Githaiga <<a>ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><br>
<blockquote type="cite"><span>Thanks Yawe for sharing the article.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I am just curious at how the Ugandan broadcasters will react to the UCC</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">
<span>proposal of a local content quota of 70 percent during prime time. It might</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>be unmanageable.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I am also concerned by the proposal by the regional broadcasters to broaden</span><br>
</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the definition of 'local content' to include content from the East African</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>countries. Lets hypothesize that Station A in Kenya decides to air say one</span><br>
</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Kenyan production, and the rest from the UG and TZ to fill up the quota.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Would this be content that is relevant to us and therefore deemed local? Or</span><br>
</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>how would we define 'local' in this case?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>RgdsGG</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span>Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 17:06:24 +0100</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: <a>robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: [kictanet] Digital TV Migration: Local stations turnoff</span><br>
</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>digital transmission - the plot thickens</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>CC: <a>kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">
<span>To: <a>ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hi,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.cio.co.ke/news/main-stories/east-africa-broadcasters-raise-concern-over-startimes,-digital-migration,-local-content" target="_blank">http://www.cio.co.ke/news/main-stories/east-africa-broadcasters-raise-concern-over-startimes,-digital-migration,-local-content</a></span><br>
</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Regards</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Robert Yawe</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>KAY System Technologies Ltd</span><br>
</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Phoenix House, 6th Floor</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Kenya</span><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> From: robert yawe <<a>robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span><br>
</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> To: Kictanet Mail list <<a>kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Sent: Thursday, 2 May 2013, 17:35</span><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite"><span> Subject: Digital TV Migration: Local stations turnoff digital transmission</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hi,</span><br>
</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Thought the share some new developments in the Digital Migration issues, as</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>of last Saturday all the local TV stations except for KBC and family have</span><br>
</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>disconnected their channel feed over the digital frequency.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I believe this is to enforce the recent demand by the Media Owners</span><br>
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