My view (this is I , not .... ) is that it all amounts to greed. Granted, each of the one million and one Radio and TV stations would want and have a license to be a signal distributor first, not content provider. Which does not make sense at all, Everyone seems to be angling for the "iced" end of the cake and in so doing, crippling the main objective of the whole process. Take GOK for example, on one hand dancing with multichoice as partners in GoTV, and on the other trying to roll out this "free" thing, where would more effort be put? your guess as good as mine. 

This could just be me, But it seems fairly straight forward to me, For this thing to succeed, you need a backbone, ONE backbone delivering service to all the potential clients, and maintaining a standard, and not confusing everyone with standards and platform. Then The rest would compete on the content side, Someone explain to me like a baby, Why again do we need more than one signal distributor? 

On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 8:56 PM, <bitange@jambo.co.ke> wrote:
Washington,
The signal converter is actually available and you use the USB port.  Just
gave the sample to the regulator.


Ndemo.




> For once, I feel like a layman, not a qualified IT pro.
>
> I just didn't understand what Dr. Ndemo said in this post.
>
> Suddenly, there is talk of this DVB-T2 signal converter when all along the
> talk was about STBs.
>
> My TV has a USB slot, but it's a special port for the manufacturer's
> engineers to do their thing, not me to connect anything.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 2:52 PM, <bitange@jambo.co.ke> wrote:
>
>> Robert,
>> The cost of a set top box with conditional access functionality ranges
>> from Ksh. 3,500 to Ksh. 10,000.  However, the cost of DVBT2 signal
>> converter (the equivalent of Free to Air TV) ranges from $5 to $20.  The
>> problem is that the importers are only interested in set top boxes (the
>> mercedes of TV) and not just the converters.  The cost for Black and
>> White
>> however may be higher since the old TV sets have no USB slots.
>>
>> We should not be complaining on this matter.  In the UK you almost need
>> a
>> consultant to buy a TV set.  There are different formats of broadcast
>> ranging from Simple Definition (our regular TV), High Definition
>> (beggining to crip into our living rooms) with better picture quality
>> and
>> makes images look less fat and 3D TV which is undergoing through
>> research
>> to make it viewable without additional gadgets like special glasses.  So
>> before you but a TV set, you need to state your objectives.
>>
>> The DVBT2 signal today covers 70% of the population.  We can have
>> everybody switch tomorrow if we had better local content available.  THE
>> PROBLEM IS NOT THE SET TOP BOXES.  The problem is with Kenyans.  It is
>> ironcal to see many unemployed youth yet we cannot use them to create
>> content around us.  Do we want the rest of the world to start producing
>> our own content?
>>
>>
>>
>> Ndemo.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> >
>> > It was with shock and dismay that I watched the CCK director general
>> lie
>> > to the public on a mass broadcast on the reasons for the postponement
>> of
>> > the cutoff to digital.
>> >
>> > He said the reason was that the cost of decoders was still too high
>> for
>> > the common mwanainchi, he then proceed to lie by saying that the
>> average
>> > price was currently Kes. 6,500/-, yet the price for the StarTimes
>> decoder
>> > is 3,499/- and that of GoTV is Kes. 3,999/-.
>> >
>> > When I was in school many years ago the formula for calculating
>> average
>> > was the sum of the numbers divided by the number of numbers (3,499 +
>> > 3,999)/2 = 3,749/- so which formula was the DG using?
>> >
>> > What has incensed me more is that none of the members of the press has
>> > taken up the issue instead they have "liked" and "shared" the comments
>> as
>> > if they where gospel truth.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > PS.  Have an analog Christmas
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Robert Yawe
>> > KAY System Technologies Ltd
>> > Phoenix House, 6th Floor
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>> > Kenya
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