Grace,

As Ali has alluded, there are two types of set top boxes or decoders: pay TV (aka subscription) and Free to Air ( FTA). 

As the names suggest, FTA decoders do not require any monthly subscription or payment while pay TV decoders are relatively cheaper but require subscribers to pay  a monthly fee. Pay/subscription decoders also enable access to a bouquet of additional content.  

In light of the foregoing, no consumer will be denied access to information on account of inability to afford monthly subscription fees.

CCK has so far type approved over 40 different models of FTA decoders for use in the country. 

Wambua



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From: Grace Githaiga
Sent: Sunday, 5 January 2014 10:22 PM
To: Wambua, Christopher
Cc: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Cofek to sue CCK for defaulting on television deal

@ Ali, so this option 2 means there is going to be a monthly charge for the FTA channels? If this is the case, then Lucy's house manager is right. 

From: ali@hussein.me.ke
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 08:54:42 +0300
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Cofek to sue CCK for defaulting on television deal
CC: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke
To: ggithaiga@hotmail.com

Startimes has had an Ad running where they are offering two options

1. FTA one which I think is substantially higher. I think almost 5k
2. Subscription one which is like 2k.


Ali Hussein

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Sent from my iPad

On Jan 4, 2014, at 10:26 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> wrote:

This report seems to contradict CCK's communications manager Mr.
Wambua who said today on another thread on this list that all
subscriber-based digital set boxes have FTA channels for end users who
don't want to pay subscription fees

On 04/01/2014, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga@hotmail.com> wrote:
“Customers who fail to pay subscription fees on time will
continue to access the must-carry free-to-air services (FTA) for a
period of at least two weeks,” read a letter from CCK director-general
Francis Wangusi (pictured, below left) to pay-TV providers.
Through
the letter, CCK is reneging on an earlier agreement with Cofek that
made it compulsory for pay-TV companies to give subscribers access to
all free-to-air channels, even without a paid-up subscription.
This
agreement saw the providers introduce a new range of decoders that
would allow customers view all the FTA channels – KBC, NTV, KTN, K24 and
Citizen TV for free.



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