<div dir="ltr"><div>Let it be not be understood that the content is not interesting. What I am pointing to here is the fact that we need to really put in a lot more effort to even make this content appealing for people who can go out and pay for it, right here in Kenya. Nairobi Half Life is a case study for the movie and content industry for content that has worked out. We need to follow the Nairobi Half Life case study keenly.<br><br></div>Then Netflix follows.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ultimateprogramer@gmail.com" target="_blank">ultimateprogramer@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Well Ali I think we are differentiating here between an aired for free content and content people will need to pay for. And I can say this for free that the only content we have pirated for that as Kenyans is Nairobi Half Life. But we eagerly pirate Nollywood content. I think that says something already. Nollywood is already available on channels that are paid TV content and people actually watch.<br><br>I understand you are talking about Citizen TV aired content? Which has the best coverage countrywide? Lets analyze paid content - DSTV, Zuku, etc. These are demographics NetFlix will need to see. What is the habit of such people?<br></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Ali Hussein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Ahmed</div><div><br></div><div>Actually you are wrong there. The top viewed programme in the country are not foreign. They are local.</div><div><br></div><div>Papa Shirandula, Mother in Law, Tahidi High etc top the billing. It just makes commercial sense to have them on..<span><br><br><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><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></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</span></div><div><div><div><br>On 27 May 2016, at 8:52 PM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">I do agree with the notion Grace. I feel though the proposal to do so is not going to sell. Simply because you can not sell something that the local audience is not keen to watch any way. If the market can not show concrete local viewership in a place like Nairobi (to people who own a credit card - who are mostly on DSTV) then its going to be a tough sale.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 8:33 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr">+ 1 Waithaka. And this should have been or still should be what we should negotiate with Netflix as opposed to insisting on subjecting them to our rules. Netflix should also carry a certain percentage of our local content. <div><br></div><div>Rgds</div><div>G</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div><hr>Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 10:22:29 +0300<span><br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] EU PLANS TO LIFT BARRIERS ON INTERNET SHOPPING AND IMPOSE QUOTAS ON NETFLIX<br></span>From: <a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>CC: <a href="mailto:ngigi@at.co.ke" target="_blank">ngigi@at.co.ke</a>; <a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com" target="_blank">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a><div><div><br><br> <div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Lots of sense. Can you imagine if Vioja, Vitimbi, Tahamaki All Episodes were on Netflix?</div> <div style="width:100%;font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br style="display:initial"></div> <div style="font-size:initial;font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Waithaka Ngigi<br><br>Alliance Technologies<br><a href="http://www.at.co.ke" target="_blank">www.at.co.ke</a> </div> <table style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px" width="100%"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size:initial;text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-color:rgb(181,196,223);border-top-width:1pt;padding:3pt 0in 0in;font-family:Tahoma,'BB Alpha Sans','Slate Pro';font-size:10pt"> <div><b>From: </b>Ali Hussein via kictanet</div><div><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, May 26, 2016 9:52 AM</div><div><b>To: </b>Ngigi Waithaka</div><div><b>Reply To: </b>KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions</div><div><b>Cc: </b>Ali Hussein; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions</div><div><b>Subject: </b>Re: [kictanet] EU PLANS TO LIFT BARRIERS ON INTERNET SHOPPING AND IMPOSE QUOTAS ON NETFLIX</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-color:rgb(186,188,209);border-top-width:1pt;font-size:initial;text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></div><br><div><div>Ahmed</div><div><br></div><div>Makes sense for us too..</div><div><br></div><div>#JustSaying..<br><br><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">+254 0713 601113 </div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><br></div><div><p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"></span><p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p><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></span></p><br></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 26 May 2016, at 8:09 AM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy <<a href="mailto:ultimateprogramer@gmail.com" target="_blank">ultimateprogramer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote><div><div dir="ltr">Well.. they not only have but also actively encourage and develop local capacity to rival such products. For them I suppose it makes sense.<br></div><div><br><div>On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 6:15 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">The EU announced plans to free internet shopping and ban geo-fencing. Netflix and Amazon are to adhere to a 20% local content requirement (Seems like these guys are case studying Kenya). :-)</p>
<p dir="ltr">Read on:-</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/business/2016/05/eu-plans-free-internet-shopping-set-netflix-quotas/" target="_blank">http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/business/2016/05/eu-plans-free-internet-shopping-set-netflix-quotas/</a></p>
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