<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Barrack, Mwendwa and all</div><div><br></div><div>This is what happens when IMHO there is a flaw/gap in the regulatory/policy environment. This is the same as shared infrastructure. On the side of the four media houses I believe they have a right to have a commercial discussion with GOtv and the others since content drives advertising revenue. In the event that they disagree there must be a mechanism to resolve this. </div><div><br></div><div>Interesting times to be at CA. I would love to be a fly on the wall in Matano Ndaro's office...:) <br><br><div><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);"><b>Ali Hussein</b></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; ">+254 770 906375 / 0713 601113</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; "><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></a></span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font></span><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></p><font><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Blog: <a href="http://www.alyhussein.com/" target="_blank">www.alyhussein.com</a></span><br></font></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 20, 2015, at 5:12 PM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Afro Cinema continues.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Best Regards</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 1/20/15, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Some madness is brewing in the battle to control the Kenyan digital</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>airspace. The following advert has been running after every 30 minutes in</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>all the 4 TV stations:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"Viewers do not be duped into purchasing GOTv and StarTimes pay TV set-top</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>boxes as a means to access and watch Citizen TV, NTV, QTV, and KTN ... We</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>are finding ways to stop this infringement of copyright, we are soon</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>launching our own set-top boxes to distribute our free to air channels".</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>My questions are these:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>1. Do we need multiple set top boxes to watch content from the three</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>different consortium?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>2. Is it illegal to watch Citizen TV, NTV, and KTN using non-branded top</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>boxes, or even GOTv and Startimes?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>3. Is it that the 3 media houses have seen there is no way they will be</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>able to sell the one million set top boxes they have purchased thus they</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>want to offload electric waste to innocent Kenyan viewers?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>4. Is there any Kenya willing to buy a set-top box with only 4 stations?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>5. What is the stand of CA on this?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Does it matter if I watch the TV using LG, Samsung, Sanyo, Greatwall,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Panasonic, Sony ... because the Set-top box technology is just an extension</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>of the TV, and anybody with a build in DVBT2 TV set will be able to watch</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>this content without a set-top box anyway.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sincerely,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>______________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>Barrack O. 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