<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Startimes has had an Ad running where they are offering two options</div><div><br></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></div><div><br><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);">Ali Hussein</span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">+254 0770 906375 / 0713 601113</div><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></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="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Jan 4, 2014, at 10:26 PM, Kivuva <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>This report seems to contradict CCK's communications manager Mr.</span><br><span>Wambua who said today on another thread on this list that all</span><br><span>subscriber-based digital set boxes have FTA channels for end users who</span><br><span>don't want to pay subscription fees</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 04/01/2014, Grace Githaiga <<a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>“Customers who fail to pay subscription fees on time will</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>continue to access the must-carry free-to-air services (FTA) for a</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>period of at least two weeks,” read a letter from CCK director-general</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Francis Wangusi (pictured, below left) to pay-TV providers.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Through</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> the letter, CCK is reneging on an earlier agreement with Cofek that</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>made it compulsory for pay-TV companies to give subscribers access to</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>all free-to-air channels, even without a paid-up subscription.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>This</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> agreement saw the providers introduce a new range of decoders that</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>would allow customers view all the FTA channels – KBC, NTV, KTN, K24 and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Citizen TV for free.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/business/-/996/2134512/-/h3rhar/-/index.html">http://www.nation.co.ke/business/-/996/2134512/-/h3rhar/-/index.html</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> </span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>______________________</span><br><span>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya</span><br><span><a href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a></span><br><span>kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know</span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>kictanet mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a></span><br><span><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/info%40alyhussein.com</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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