David, Who is the media's customer? Isn't we the listeners and viewers. Pay attention to the fatigue that is now evident among many listeners, readers and viewers. I hope the Kenya Editors Guild, whoever these people are, will soon realize that you are loosing allies as fast as politicians are. Give us valuable and quality content, and we shall be enjoy supporting you. Let the Kenyan Media Stop "Lazy Journalism"! On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 4:09 PM, David Makali <dmakali@yahoo.com> wrote:
folks, quite a few things can be said about the new broadcasting regulations but the tendency on this forum to pooh pooh the media, as if it is the greatest sinner, is quite frankly discouraging. any one who is cheering the govt for the new regulations is urged to employ some skepticism.because sooner rather than later, they will begin to absorb the implications. it is quite clear that regulations are needed, but the devil is in the letter. the day you have the cck, which is yet to demonstrate its independence from political dictation, determining what is aired or not, and what constitutes a variety of views or objectivity, then you will reaslise what the apprehension is all about. i hesitate to get into specs and refer you to our (Kenya Editors Guild) ( http://www.eastafricapress.net/) position, as well as my comments on the regulations when they were first published ( http://www.eastafricapress.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=223 ) more later. makali
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From: alice <alice@apc.org> Subject: Re: [kictanet] New Regulations & the Media: Broadcasting Regulations and the Statute Misc Amendement Act To: dmakali@yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010, 9:03 AM Hi Warigia and all,
Attached broadcast regulation and the Miscellaneous amendment act.
best alice
Alice, can you upload a PDF of the new regulations for
warigia bowman wrote: the list?
Rigia
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:01 AM, alice <alice@apc.org <mailto:alice@apc.org>>
wrote:
But what happened to the right
to receive accurate and honest
information? On the current
coverage of the broadcast regulation,
the media seems to be focusing
on the political/economic self
interest aspect only rather
than the broader interplay between
technology, markets,
government and political self-interest and I
have not seen/heard or read
anything on the benefits to the
public, (viewers/consumers).
There is also some
misrepresentation of for example section 43 1.
Some of the TV and radio
stations have reported that the new
regulations will limit
broadcast and reporting of emergencies: But
that section (43 1 of the
"Kenya gazette supplement number 86 of
December 2009) in fact compels
broadcast service providers to
provide notice of public
emergencies:
'43 1) all broadcasting
service providers shall provide a public
notice of an emergency or a
public disaster announcement upon the
request of a person authorized
by the Government'
And did you know that the
recent STATUTE LAW (MISCELLANEOUS
AMENDMENTS) BILL, 2009
*deleted* the much contested section 88 of
the Kenya Communications Act
1998, which gave the minister powers
to "take temporary possession
of any telecommunication apparatus
or any radio communication
station apparatus within Kenya? If you
recall the drama at the
beginning of the year, when media stuck to
reporting, erroneously, that
this section was contained in the new
KCA amendment act 2009, while
it had been in existence since 1998.
The genesis of the broadcast
regulation is not just limited to
politics; rather, it has been
influenced by the rapid evolution of
broadcasting technology, and
especially the recent move from
analogue to digital which will
transform our broadcast landscape
beyond recognition.
Digitisation will enable grater compression of
content into what spectrum we
have available, so scarcity will no
longer be the issue for new
entrants, it will also enable viewers
to decide on what content they
care about to watch or listen to
and will depend less on the
platform used for transmission of the
content. The same content can
be viewed/listened to on mobiles,
computers, internet sites, etc
other factors include bundling of
attractive content with
advertising, unlike analogue, viewers can
block the adverts, which may
make the traditional way of financing
content unsustainable, but
will make processing (technical
aspects) of
information/content cheaper.
The changes for broadcasters
have major implications for
regulators, for example, while
digitisation will introduce more
competition, diverse market
for broadcast content and enhance
viewing decision making,
issues of piracy, abuse of intellectual
property (because of the ease
at which digitisation will provide
for copying of content) is
likely to rise. Further, there will be
need for vigilance on market
power of bigger broadcasters, or new
broadcasters, particularly
those who have the resources to corner
the market with say premium
content like football matches, etc. So
it’s not just about
politics, there is much much more...
Views expressed are personal
and not a reflection of any of the
institutions/organisations I
am affiliated with.
Best, Alice
Leonard Mware wrote:
Spot on Barak!
Tumechoka! The sooner something is done the
better, Bwana
Ndemo.
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From: Barrack
Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com
<mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com>> Subject: Re:
[kictanet] New Regulations & the Media
To: mleonardo@yahoo.com
<mailto:mleonardo@yahoo.com>
Cc: "KICTAnet
ICT Policy Discussions"
<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> Date: Thursday,
January 14, 2010, 12:22 PM
Bwana Wainaina
tumechoka!
I was just
listening to Classic 105 this morning in a matatu
and i was ashamed of what
i was hearing at 9.00 am, i thought we used to
have such programs
after 11 PM (late night ) as they were called at
this rate life
expectancy might as well be reduced to 30 (i have no
scientific
justification or research to support this). The
problem is not freedom, the
issue is what to do with the freedom, if i
heard Dr Ndemo correctly
when he did a press briefing, he mentioned the
fact that he had
invited all the stakeholders in the media
fraternity to deliberate on
the issue but they are either reluctant or
non-commital, i see the media
as a double edged sword, it can liberate and
it can kill, can the
media council and the media owners get their act
right in so far as
content regulation is concerned, otherwise we
might end up with a
scenario akin to the Matatu Industry madness which is
holding our
nation at ransom. (and by the way did anyone do some
research on how
much we lost during the two day strike?)
We shall
overcome
On 1/14/10,
Wainaina Mungai <wainaina@madeinkenya.org
<mailto:wainaina@madeinkenya.org> <
http://us.mc552.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=wainaina@madeinkenya.org>>
wrote: > Hi all, > > When Dr.
Ndemo published the new media regulations a few days
ago, the > Media
Owners complained..... naturally.
> > However,
there has been no debate on KICTANet and the press
seems > unsure on
whether to fight this time round.
> > I am
surprised at the very loud silence on the issue. Is it
a sign > there is a
major storm brewing?
> > Wainaina > > -- > Sent from
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