@ Mwendwa,

You are right it should be exceedingly cheap for Jane to transmit on the digital platform. Otherwise the whole essence of going digital is lost.  Here's my other take on the issue @

TV consumers should not be locked in, but neither should broadcasters - Walubengo - nation.co.ke TV consumers should not be locked in, but neither should broadcasters

From: Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
To: jwalu@yahoo.com
Cc: ISOC Kenya Chapter <isoc@lists.my.co.ke>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fw: [isoc_ke] The battle for control of Kenyan Digital airspace


On 23 January 2015 at 12:02, Network of non- formal Educational institutions <nnfeischools@yahoo.com> wrote:
We have also been paying Signet and Startimes monthly fees for carrying us and relaying our content to available free to air set boxes.

Jane, thank you for this. I need to understand something, do a digital content provider like ElimuTV need to pay all digital signal providers for them to be accessible by all set-top boxes? My understanding is if I buy any box (say Samsutech set-top box), I will be able to watch all non-subscription based TV stations. As per your email, it seems a content provider has to pay all licensed digital carriers. This is is a very expensive way of distributing content.

Let me understand, if you only paid Signet to carry your content, I would not be able to access it via Startimes set-top box?

There is something fundamentally wrong with how we have structured policy around the digital migration and we need to clearly define a set of principles that must be adhered to by all players.



Regards

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Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya

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