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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><b>Previously and not too long ago...</b><br><br>The CA Monday said Netflix will not be asked to apply for a local
broadcasting licence, meaning the US firm is exempt from local
broadcasting regulations that are part of the licensing conditions. <br><br>Francis Wangusi, the CA director- general, told the <em>Business Daily</em>
that Netflix falls in the category of content providers that do not
control transmission of their material - commonly referred to as
over-the-top (OTT) -- and are unlike cable companies that transmit own
content over managed networks, making it impossible to license them
locally or regulate their content. <a href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Regulators-clash-over-plan-to-censor-Netflix-online-movies/539550-3029548-eroxncz/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Regulators-clash-over-plan-to-censor-Netflix-online-movies/539550-3029548-eroxncz/index.html</a><br><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 22:21:37 +0300<br>Subject: [kictanet] Kenyan State to Regulate YouTube and Netflix<br>From: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<br>CC: nmutungu@gmail.com<br>To: ggithaiga@hotmail.com<br><br><p dir="ltr">And then this:</p>
<p dir="ltr">“We have been looking at how to regulate over-the-top providers possibly through the 2016 ICT Policy document or through additional amendments to the Communications Act,” Wangusi said. The plan to regulate the streaming service comes a few months after another Government agency warned Netflix that it would block the service if it aired inappropriate content.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><a href="http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/mobile/article/2000213158/kenyan-state-to-regulate-youtube-and-netflix" target="_blank">http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/mobile/article/2000213158/kenyan-state-to-regulate-youtube-and-netflix</a></font></p>
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