Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital Migration
Ruling MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0033418865==" --===============0033418865== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf307f3526789bdc04ee67c636 --20cf307f3526789bdc04ee67c636 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable These are truly unbelievable arguments. I'm not sure how many remember Watchman's columns in the dark days of Telkom's monopoly when applying for a line was an excruciating process before we brought in foreign investors to set up mobile networks. Right now because of bickering we cannot get a working consortium of locals to rollout LTE yet Ericsson is willing to build it for free. Which option do you take? This fight for protected commercial interests disguised as national interests is subjecting us to mediocrity and inordinate delays in doing the inevitable. Tanzania started some time back, why should Kenya keep getting dragged back by frivolous cases when we know the eventuality? Let media houses concentrate on content provision, infrastructure is not their forte. Otherwise Signet, just like Multichoice Kenya, is a partnership of KBC and multichoice and I think DsTV works fine just as Signet will. KTN, NTV and CTV should invest in and distribute as many set top boxes not aligned to either signal distributor as possible. That will ensure their viewers move with them. James Sent from my Windows Phone From: Ohaga JB Sent: =E2=80=8E12/=E2=80=8E26/=E2=80=8E2013 6:43 AM To: jgmbugua@gmail.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital Migration Ruling @Ali I might be wrong bt did the govt not already practice some aspect of protectionism by awarding KBC the license without subjecting it to a tender process? Believe it or not KBC is owned by the Kenyan public n whether it underperforms or not is a different kettle of soup altogether. Plus KBC insists tht Signet is actually an independent subsidiary with its own independent human resource n management n with a different mandate from that of KBC thus as such will actually perform much better than everyone is forecasting. On free markets, its not true to keep saying tht it only applies in Africa, Ofcom usually holds public auctions of licences where the bottom line is cash, the one with the deepest pocket wins. Sky Mobile always wins n yet its Australian/American! Ps. N why are the media houses fighting the migration anyways? Even if we let them be, the world will be migrating by 2015 so who will they fight then? N it's abt time someone reminded the Kenyan media that they're really not as powerful as they seem to think, they're beginning to lose battles from all fronts. In judicial courts, at the president's court, even on social media. I didn't read that many flattering reactions to their ill informed broadcast boycott. N they're perpetrating a lot of misrepresentation of facts. After the ruling, The Standard carried a front page story with the title 'KTN, NTV n Citizen to be switched off' like the three have been singled out. The question now is whether the 'critical issues' that they claim have not been addressed are in the interests of private capital or the Kenyan public? On 23 Dec 2013 9:01 PM, "Grace Githaiga" <ggithaiga@hotmail.com> wrote:
NTV Kenya <https://www.facebook.com/NTVKenya> #DigitalMigration<https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/digitalmigration?sourc= e=3Dfeed_text>: The Big Switch-off In the High Court sitting in Nairobi Monday, Justice David Majanja dismissed a petition by three media houses - the Standard Group, Nation Media Group and Royal Media- to have the digital migration postponed unti= l certain critical issues spelt out in the petition are resolved. He dismissed the case and as a consequence digital migration takes effect immediately. In compliance with that judgement, we (the Media Owners' Association) are left with no option but to go off-air. We have instructed our lawyers to appeal against the High Court decision in the Court of Appeal. At the sam= e time, we are pursuing other avenues to resolve the issue so that you can continue watching your favourite television station. We hope to be back o= n air as soon as possible.
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--20cf307f3526789bdc04ee67c636 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" http-equiv=3DContent-Type></HE= AD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">These are t= ruly unbelievable arguments. <BR><BR>I'm not sure how many remember Watchma= n's columns in the dark days of Telkom's monopoly when applying for a line = was an excruciating process before we brought in foreign investors to set u= p mobile networks. <BR><BR>Right now because of bickering we cannot get a w= orking consortium of locals to rollout LTE yet Ericsson is willing to build= it for free. Which option do you take?<BR><BR>This fight for protected com= mercial interests disguised as national interests is subjecting us to medio= crity and inordinate delays in doing the inevitable.<BR><BR>Tanzania starte= d some time back, why should Kenya keep getting dragged back by frivolous c= ases when we know the eventuality?<BR><BR>Let media houses concentrate on c= ontent provision, infrastructure is not their forte.<BR><BR>Otherwise Signe= t, just like Multichoice Kenya, is a partnership of KBC and multichoice and= I think DsTV works fine just as Signet will.<BR><BR>KTN, NTV and CTV shoul= d invest in and distribute as many set top boxes not aligned to either sign= al distributor as possible.<BR><BR>That will ensure their viewers move with= them.<BR><BR>James <BR><BR>Sent from my Windows Phone</DIV></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <HR> <SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGH= T: bold">From: </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,= sans-serif"><A href=3D"mailto:durojb@gmail.com">Ohaga JB</A></SPAN><BR><SPA= N style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: b= old">Sent: </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans= -serif">=E2=80=8E12/=E2=80=8E26/=E2=80=8E2013 6:43 AM</SPAN><BR><SPAN style= =3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To= : </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif"><= A href=3D"mailto:jgmbugua@gmail.com">jgmbugua@gmail.com</A></SPAN><BR><SPAN= style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bo= ld">Cc: </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-se= rif"><A href=3D"mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">KICTAnet ICT Policy D= iscussions</A></SPAN><BR><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calib= ri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject: </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE:= 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses prote= st Majanja's Digital Migration Ruling</SPAN><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML><p = dir=3D"ltr">@Ali I might be wrong bt did the govt not already practice some= aspect of protectionism by awarding KBC the license without subjecting it = to a tender process? Believe it or not KBC is owned by the Kenyan public n = whether it underperforms or not is a different kettle of soup altogether. P= lus KBC insists tht Signet is actually an independent subsidiary with its o= wn independent human resource n management n with a different mandate from = that of KBC thus as such will actually perform much better than everyone is= forecasting. On free markets, its not true to keep saying tht it only appl= ies in Africa, Ofcom usually holds public auctions of licences where the bo= ttom line is cash, the one with the deepest pocket wins. Sky Mobile always = wins n yet its Australian/American! <br> Ps. N why are the media houses fighting the migration anyways? Even if we l= et them be, the world will be migrating by 2015 so who will they fight then= ? N it's abt time someone reminded the Kenyan media that they're re= ally not as powerful as they seem to think, they're beginning to lose b= attles from all fronts. In judicial courts, at the president's court, e= ven on social media. I didn't read that many flattering reactions to th= eir ill informed broadcast boycott. N they're perpetrating a lot of mis= representation of facts. After the ruling, The Standard carried a front pag= e story with the title 'KTN, NTV n Citizen to be switched off' like= the three have been singled out. The question now is whether the 'crit= ical issues' that they claim have not been addressed are in the interes= ts of private capital or the Kenyan public?</p> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 23 Dec 2013 9:01 PM, "Grace Githaiga&quo= t; <<a href=3D"mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>&g= t; wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div><div dir=3D"ltr"><h5 style=3D"font-size:13px;color:rgb(51,51,51);margi= n:0px 0px 2px;padding:0px 22px 0px 0px;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.38;= font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif"><div s= tyle=3D"color:gray"> <span style=3D"font-weight:bold"><a href=3D"https://www.facebook.com/NTVKen= ya" style=3D"color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">N= TV Kenya</a></span></div></h5><a href=3D"https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/d= igitalmigration?source=3Dfeed_text" style=3D"font-family:'lucida grande= ',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.38;color= :rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"colo= r:rgb(109,132,180)">#</span><span style=3D"text-decoration:underline">Digit= alMigration</span></a><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'l= ucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-heigh= t:1.38">: The Big Switch-off</span><div> <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',taho= ma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px">In the High Co= urt sitting in Nairobi Monday, Justice David Majanja dismissed a petition b= y three media houses - the Standard Group, Nation Media Group and Royal Med= ia- to have the digital migration postponed until certain critical issues s= pelt out in the petition are resolved. He dismissed the case and as a conse= quence digital migration takes effect immediately.</span><br style=3D"color= :rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,san= s-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px"> <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',taho= ma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px">In compliance = with that judgement, we (the Media Owners' Association) are left with n= o option but to go off-air. We have instructed our lawyers to appeal agains= t the High Court decision in the Court of Appeal. At the same time, we are = pursuing other avenues to resolve the issue so that you can continue watchi= ng your favourite television station. We hope to be back on air as soon as = possible.</span></div> =09=09 =09 =09=09 </div></div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> kictanet mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or= .ke</a><br> <a href=3D"https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target= =3D"_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br> <br> Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href=3D"https://lists.kictanet.or.= ke/mailman/options/kictanet/durojb%40gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">https://l= ists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/durojb%40gmail.com</a><br> <br> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for= people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulati= on. 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I couldn't agree more. On 26 Dec 2013 11:46, "James Mbugua" <jgmbugua@gmail.com> wrote:
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These are truly unbelievable arguments.
I'm not sure how many remember Watchman's columns in the dark days of Telkom's monopoly when applying for a line was an excruciating process before we brought in foreign investors to set up mobile networks.
Right now because of bickering we cannot get a working consortium of locals to rollout LTE yet Ericsson is willing to build it for free. Which option do you take?
This fight for protected commercial interests disguised as national interests is subjecting us to mediocrity and inordinate delays in doing the inevitable.
Tanzania started some time back, why should Kenya keep getting dragged back by frivolous cases when we know the eventuality?
Let media houses concentrate on content provision, infrastructure is not their forte.
Otherwise Signet, just like Multichoice Kenya, is a partnership of KBC and multichoice and I think DsTV works fine just as Signet will.
KTN, NTV and CTV should invest in and distribute as many set top boxes not aligned to either signal distributor as possible.
That will ensure their viewers move with them.
James
Sent from my Windows Phone From: Ohaga JB Sent: =E2=80=8E12/=E2=80=8E26/=E2=80=8E2013 6:43 AM To: jgmbugua@gmail.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses protest Majanja's Digital Migration Ruling @Ali I might be wrong bt did the govt not already practice some aspect of protectionism by awarding KBC the license without subjecting it to a tender process? Believe it or not KBC is owned by the Kenyan public n whether it underperforms or not is a different kettle of soup altogether. Plus KBC insists tht Signet is actually an independent subsidiary with its own independent human resource n management n with a different mandate from that of KBC thus as such will actually perform much better than everyone is forecasting. On free markets, its not true to keep saying tht it only applies in Africa, Ofcom usually holds public auctions of licences where the bottom line is cash, the one with the deepest pocket wins. Sky Mobile always wins n yet its Australian/American! Ps. N why are the media houses fighting the migration anyways? Even if we let them be, the world will be migrating by 2015 so who will they fight then? N it's abt time someone reminded the Kenyan media that they're really not as powerful as they seem to think, they're beginning to lose battles from all fronts. In judicial courts, at the president's court, even on social media. I didn't read that many flattering reactions to their ill informed broadcast boycott. N they're perpetrating a lot of misrepresentation of facts. After the ruling, The Standard carried a front page story with the title 'KTN, NTV n Citizen to be switched off' like the three have been singled out. The question now is whether the 'critical issues' that they claim have not been addressed are in the interests of private capital or the Kenyan public? On 23 Dec 2013 9:01 PM, "Grace Githaiga" <ggithaiga@hotmail.com> wrote:
NTV Kenya <https://www.facebook.com/NTVKenya> #DigitalMigration< https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/digitalmigration?sourc= e=3Dfeed_text>: The Big Switch-off In the High Court sitting in Nairobi Monday, Justice David Majanja dismissed a petition by three media houses - the Standard Group, Nation Media Group and Royal Media- to have the digital migration postponed unti= l certain critical issues spelt out in the petition are resolved. He dismissed the case and as a consequence digital migration takes effect immediately. In compliance with that judgement, we (the Media Owners' Association) are left with no option but to go off-air. We have instructed our lawyers to appeal against the High Court decision in the Court of Appeal. At the sam= e time, we are pursuing other avenues to resolve the issue so that you can continue watching your favourite television station. We hope to be back o= n air as soon as possible.
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<HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" http-equiv=3DContent-Type></HE= AD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">These are t= ruly unbelievable arguments. <BR><BR>I'm not sure how many remember Watchma= n's columns in the dark days of Telkom's monopoly when applying for a line = was an excruciating process before we brought in foreign investors to set u= p mobile networks. <BR><BR>Right now because of bickering we cannot get a w= orking consortium of locals to rollout LTE yet Ericsson is willing to build= it for free. Which option do you take?<BR><BR>This fight for protected com= mercial interests disguised as national interests is subjecting us to medio= crity and inordinate delays in doing the inevitable.<BR><BR>Tanzania starte= d some time back, why should Kenya keep getting dragged back by frivolous c= ases when we know the eventuality?<BR><BR>Let media houses concentrate on c= ontent provision, infrastructure is not their forte.<BR><BR>Otherwise Signe= t, just like Multichoice Kenya, is a partnership of KBC and multichoice and= I think DsTV works fine just as Signet will.<BR><BR>KTN, NTV and CTV shoul= d invest in and distribute as many set top boxes not aligned to either sign= al distributor as possible.<BR><BR>That will ensure their viewers move with= them.<BR><BR>James <BR><BR>Sent from my Windows Phone</DIV></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <HR> <SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGH= T: bold">From: </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,= sans-serif"><A href=3D"mailto:durojb@gmail.com">Ohaga JB</A></SPAN><BR><SPA= N style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: b= old">Sent: </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans= -serif">=E2=80=8E12/=E2=80=8E26/=E2=80=8E2013 6:43 AM</SPAN><BR><SPAN style= =3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To= : </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif"><= A href=3D"mailto:jgmbugua@gmail.com">jgmbugua@gmail.com </A></SPAN><BR><SPAN= style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bo= ld">Cc: </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-se= rif"><A href=3D"mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">KICTAnet ICT Policy D= iscussions</A></SPAN><BR><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calib= ri,sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject: </SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE:= 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri,sans-serif">Re: [kictanet] 3 Media houses prote= st Majanja's Digital Migration Ruling</SPAN><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML><p = dir=3D"ltr">@Ali I might be wrong bt did the govt not already practice some= aspect of protectionism by awarding KBC the license without subjecting it = to a tender process? Believe it or not KBC is owned by the Kenyan public n = whether it underperforms or not is a different kettle of soup altogether. P= lus KBC insists tht Signet is actually an independent subsidiary with its o= wn independent human resource n management n with a different mandate from = that of KBC thus as such will actually perform much better than everyone is= forecasting. On free markets, its not true to keep saying tht it only appl= ies in Africa, Ofcom usually holds public auctions of licences where the bo= ttom line is cash, the one with the deepest pocket wins. Sky Mobile always = wins n yet its Australian/American! <br>
Ps. N why are the media houses fighting the migration anyways? Even if we l= et them be, the world will be migrating by 2015 so who will they fight then= ? N it's abt time someone reminded the Kenyan media that they're re= ally not as powerful as they seem to think, they're beginning to lose b= attles from all fronts. In judicial courts, at the president's court, e= ven on social media. I didn't read that many flattering reactions to th= eir ill informed broadcast boycott. N they're perpetrating a lot of mis= representation of facts. After the ruling, The Standard carried a front pag= e story with the title 'KTN, NTV n Citizen to be switched off' like= the three have been singled out. The question now is whether the 'crit= ical issues' that they claim have not been addressed are in the interes= ts of private capital or the Kenyan public?</p>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 23 Dec 2013 9:01 PM, "Grace Githaiga&quo= t; <<a href=3D"mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com </a>&g= t; wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir=3D"ltr"><h5 style=3D"font-size:13px;color:rgb(51,51,51);margi= n:0px 0px 2px;padding:0px 22px 0px 0px;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.38;= font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif"><div s= tyle=3D"color:gray"> <span style=3D"font-weight:bold"><a href=3D" https://www.facebook.com/NTVKen= ya" style=3D"color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">N= TV Kenya</a></span></div></h5><a href=3D" https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/d= igitalmigration?source=3Dfeed_text" style=3D"font-family:'lucida grande=
',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.38;color= :rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"colo= r:rgb(109,132,180)">#</span><span style=3D"text-decoration:underline">Digit= alMigration</span></a><span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'l= ucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-heigh= t:1.38">: The Big Switch-off</span><div> <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',taho= ma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px">In the High Co= urt sitting in Nairobi Monday, Justice David Majanja dismissed a petition b= y three media houses - the Standard Group, Nation Media Group and Royal Med= ia- to have the digital migration postponed until certain critical issues s= pelt out in the petition are resolved. He dismissed the case and as a conse= quence digital migration takes effect immediately.</span><br style=3D"color= :rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,san= s-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px"> <span style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',taho= ma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:17px">In compliance = with that judgement, we (the Media Owners' Association) are left with n= o option but to go off-air. We have instructed our lawyers to appeal agains= t the High Court decision in the Court of Appeal. At the same time, we are = pursuing other avenues to resolve the issue so that you can continue watchi= ng your favourite television station. We hope to be back on air as soon as = possible.</span></div> =09=09 =09 =09=09 </div></div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> kictanet mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke ">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or= .ke</a><br> <a href=3D"https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target= =3D"_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br> <br> Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href=3D" https://lists.kictanet.or.= ke/mailman/options/kictanet/durojb%40gmail.com" target=3D"_blank"> https://l= ists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/durojb%40gmail.com</a><br> <br> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for= people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulati= on. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in s= upport of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.<br>
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Bernard Kioko -
James Mbugua