<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Simpler analogy...<br><br>Suppose one lives not so far away from Muthaiga Country Club. That person claims can never afford matatu fare to be visiting beautiful open air Uhuru Park in the city centre. Muthaiga Club offers the person a more affordable membership and a bonus 2-week free lift to the club, even after their membership has expired.<br><br>The person says NO! "Every person, by virtue of being resident in Kenya, must be granted free lift and unfetted access to all open spaces at Muthaiga Country Club at all times, save for accessing inside the Club House(s)."<br><br>Well, well, well ... very humourous. <br><div><span><br></span></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida
Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Sunday, January 5, 2014 11:06 AM, ICT Researcher <ict.researcher@yahoo.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv4225840753"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><h2>
List of Type Approved DVB-T2 Set Top Boxes and Authorised Vendors </h2><div align="center"><b>AS AT SEPTEMBER 2013</b></div>
<h3 align="center">FREE TO AIR SET TOP BOXES</h3>
<div><i>Free to air set top boxes (FTA) describes set top boxes
(decoders) that do not require subscriptions. Allowing any person with
the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the digital signal and
view or listen to the content without requiring other ongoing cost or
one-off fee. <br clear="none"></i></div><b><br clear="none"></b>Read more: <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="color:rgb(112, 172, 237);">http://www.digitalkenya.go.ke/list-of-type-approved-dvb-t2-set-top-boxes-and-authorised-vendors</span></span><b><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></b><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;"><i><br clear="none"></i></div><div><span></span></div><div class="yiv4225840753yahoo_quoted" style="display:block;"> <br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div class="yiv4225840753yqt0695333773" id="yiv4225840753yqt56101"><div dir="ltr"> <font
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#yiv4225840753 </style><div><div dir="ltr">@ Ali, so this option 2 means there is going to be a monthly charge for the FTA channels? If this is the case, then Lucy's house manager is right. <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div><div class="yiv4225840753yqt6528529602" id="yiv4225840753yqtfd39348"><hr id="yiv4225840753stopSpelling">From: ali@hussein.me.ke<br clear="none">Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 08:54:42 +0300<br clear="none">Subject: Re: [kictanet] Cofek to sue CCK for defaulting on television deal<br clear="none">CC: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<br clear="none">To: ggithaiga@hotmail.com<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div>Startimes has had an Ad running where they are offering two options</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>1. FTA one which I think is substantially higher. I think almost 5k</div><div>2. Subscription one which is like 2k.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"><div><span style="">Ali Hussein</span></div><div><br
clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;">+254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113</div><div><span style=""><br clear="none"></span></div><div>"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein</div><div><span style=""><br clear="none"></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br clear="none">On Jan 4, 2014, at 10:26 PM, Kivuva <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div><blockquote><div><div class="yiv4225840753yqt6528529602" id="yiv4225840753yqtfd42400"><span>This report seems to contradict CCK's communications manager Mr.</span><br clear="none"><span>Wambua who said today on another thread on this list that all</span><br clear="none"><span>subscriber-based digital set boxes
have FTA channels for end users who</span><br clear="none"><span>don't want to pay subscription fees</span><br clear="none"><span></span><br clear="none"><span>On 04/01/2014, Grace Githaiga <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><br clear="none"><blockquote><span>“Customers who fail to pay subscription fees on time will</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote><span>continue to access the must-carry free-to-air services (FTA) for a</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote><span>period of at least two weeks,” read a letter from CCK director-general</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote><span>Francis Wangusi (pictured, below left) to pay-TV providers.</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote><span>Through</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote><span> the letter, CCK is reneging on an
earlier agreement with Cofek that</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote><span>made it compulsory for pay-TV companies to give subscribers access to</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote><span>all free-to-air channels, even without a paid-up subscription.</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote><span>This</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote><span> agreement saw the providers introduce a new range of decoders that</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote><span>would allow customers view all the FTA channels – KBC, NTV, KTN, K24 and</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote><span> Citizen TV for free.</span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote><span></span><br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank"
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