Hi David, Thanks for the kind words, I stand corrected on the payment issue but that was the last position I had and not being an employee or owner of Startimes (but I am a dealer) I based my statement on out dated information. Nonetheless the CCK requirement is that after the completion of the migration process will the current free to air channels become free to watch as the signal distributor will have revenue from the content providers to meet allow them to meet their costs. It is interesting how this discussion is progressing especially in view of the issue of Telkom/Orange wanting to charge Google for delivering their content yet the consumer pays Telkom/Orange for the bandwidth, the comment from Safaricom is a clear indication that over time they too will want to also get a share of Googles advertising revenue as opposed to increasing charges to their clients. The situation of Startimes a.k.a PanAfrican and Telkom/Orange are very similar which boils down to us getting down to generate local content, one of which ways would be for us to have a face to face discussion and record it. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: "dmakali@yahoo.com" <dmakali@yahoo.com> To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk Cc: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: Thursday, 23 May 2013, 21:43 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Is CCK' s move to renege on a promise to award a 3rd digital signal distributor license justified? Yawe: Your arguments are correct except the claim that media houses are charging startimes to air their content. Which media house? The main media hses were up against startimes because its selling their free to air content. the qn was - why disconnect local free to air channels when cutting off ur subscribers who default to pay the monthly fee wen u don't pay for it in the first place? Am not sure startimes had a good answer. Instead they tried to go round it by including signet in their bouquet! That's crooked biznez if ever there was any. David Sent from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: stephen Mutoro <smutoro@yahoo.com> Sender: "kictanet" <kictanet-bounces+dmakali=yahoo.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 09:25:27 To: <dmakali@yahoo.com> Cc: <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Is CCK' s move to renege on a promise to award a 3rd digital signal distributor license justified? _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/dmakali%40yahoo.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/robertyawe%40yahoo.co.... The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.