Previously and not too long ago...

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.

Francis Wangusi, the CA director- general, told the Business Daily 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. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Regulators-clash-over-plan-to-censor-Netflix-online-movies/539550-3029548-eroxncz/index.html

Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 22:21:37 +0300
Subject: [kictanet] Kenyan State to Regulate YouTube and Netflix
From: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke
CC: nmutungu@gmail.com
To: ggithaiga@hotmail.com

And then this:

“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.

http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/mobile/article/2000213158/kenyan-state-to-regulate-youtube-and-netflix

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