<p dir="ltr">Are you guys aware that in Malawi, the regulatory authority - Macra has completely been sidelined in the switchover n that the migration is currently being run exclusively n directly by the government? I thought the whole point of the ITU pushing for these bodies to be set up was for them to be autonomous from the governments n therefore be able to fairly arbitrate/regulate the communication industries? I totally support the digital migration, but there needs to be some order n rules need to be respected. </p>
<p dir="ltr">In Malawi, most of the tv licencees hold religious licenses n only two private tv stations have been licensed in the run up to the switchover, so there really is no much interest in the populace to get the STBs, which is making a mockery of the whole migration exercise...</p>
<p dir="ltr">JB...</p>
<div class="gmail_quot<blockquote class=" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Content is King, distribution is Queen. Those sentiments have also<br>
been echoed by the Malawian minister for information. That is also<br>
what Bill Gates thought way back in 1996<br>
<a href="http://www.craigbailey.net/content-is-king-by-bill-gates/" target="_blank">http://www.craigbailey.net/content-is-king-by-bill-gates/</a><br>
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Those who have invested in content are today ripping the benefits<br>
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On 03/01/2014, Bitange Ndemo <<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
> Content will always be King.<br>
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> Ndemo.<br>
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>> Malawi has switched to Digital Terrestrial Television. They had set a<br>
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