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Dear all, I am sure we have all heard about the digital migration launched in December 2009. Although of course the government said this will be complete by 2012, there is little on the ground to indicate this will happen. Besides, there are doubts that most Kenyans will afford the set-top boxes. Does anybody in this listserv believe the government will do it? Does anybody have data on current consumption of digital media (including for example the diffusion of mobile television)? How much user-generated content is there on the internet and mobile telephony in Kenya? Why have media been unable to develop the 40 per cent content to be broadcast on the digital platforms? Answers to some of these questions will help us understand digital media, its diffusion and utilisation in Kenya. -- Dr George Nyabuga Associate Director School of Journalism & Mass Communication University of Nairobi Education Building Harry Thuku Road PO Box 30197 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254(0)20 318262 Fax: +254(0)20 2229168 Mobile: +254 (0)72151 6573 Email: [email protected], [email protected] www.uonbi.ac.ke ----------------------------------------- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI IS ISO CERTIFIED The University of Nairobi is committed to providing quality services to all its clients. The University will monitor and review its quality performance from time to time through an effective implementation of the Quality Management System based on ISO 9001:2008 standard. University of Nairobi Website: http://www.uonbi.ac.ke/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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I am sure we have all heard about the digital migration launched in December 2009. Although of course the government said this will be complete by 2012, there is little on the ground to indicate this will happen. Besides, there are doubts that most Kenyans will afford the set-top boxes. Does anybody in this listserv believe the government will do it? Does anybody have data on current consumption of digital media (including for example the diffusion of mobile television)? How much user-generated content is there on the internet and mobile telephony in Kenya? Why have media been unable to develop the 40 per cent content to be broadcast on the digital platforms?
Answers to some of these questions will help us understand digital media, its diffusion and utilisation in Kenya.
Hello Daktari, Perhaps you should start by telling us how much appraised you are as far as the migration to Digital Broadcasting plans are concerned. Off the top of my head, I do not remember any requirement for the media "to develop the 40% content to be broadcast on the digital platform". What I recall is that the requirement that 40% of the content being broadcast be "local" or some %age closer to that. I am not Dkt. Ndemo (who is the right person to answer you) but speaking from what I've read in the media, the migration is very much on course, except it faced some hiccups as a result of the local Media Houses pulling off their content in protest as a result of disagreements with the govt as regards some foreign company which was rebroadcasting their content...Okay, I said off the top of my head, so I can make mistakes:) I know for a fact that the policy was shifted towards the use of DVB-T2 instead of DVB-T. That definately leads to (perhaps) more expensive set-top boxes. Whether they are affordable or not is contestable. The govt can only define standards, not prices! There are always those who can and those who can't afford. It's natural. Me not being an "early adopter", I must admit that I have not tasted the Digital Broadcasting changeover. I am waiting for digital TVs to enter the market so that I get all-in-one, instead of having to buy a set-top box. Whether it will be completed by 2012 is perhaps better answered by Dr. Ndemo. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
The initial plan was to try Nairobi and its environs. The government had promised in December 2009 that digital services would be extended to other remote towns and cities like Webuye, Nyeri, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Meru, Kisii and Malindi before the start of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. It is now March 2011, and the services have not spread to beyond Kajiado, Machakos, Naivasha and Muranga, the areas covered at the launch by President Kibaki in December 2009. This has been not achieved due to lack of funds according to officials of Digital Kenya Secretariat at the Communication Commission of Kenya. At this rate, it is clear that the deadline of 2012 will not be met. George
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 18:13, George Nyabuga <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear all,
I am sure we have all heard about the digital migration launched in December 2009. Although of course the government said this will be complete by 2012, there is little on the ground to indicate this will happen. Besides, there are doubts that most Kenyans will afford the set-top boxes. Does anybody in this listserv believe the government will do it? Does anybody have data on current consumption of digital media (including for example the diffusion of mobile television)? How much user-generated content is there on the internet and mobile telephony in Kenya? Why have media been unable to develop the 40 per cent content to be broadcast on the digital platforms?
Answers to some of these questions will help us understand digital media, its diffusion and utilisation in Kenya.
Hello Daktari,
Perhaps you should start by telling us how much appraised you are as far as the migration to Digital Broadcasting plans are concerned. Off the top of my head, I do not remember any requirement for the media "to develop the 40% content to be broadcast on the digital platform". What I recall is that the requirement that 40% of the content being broadcast be "local" or some %age closer to that.
I am not Dkt. Ndemo (who is the right person to answer you) but speaking from what I've read in the media, the migration is very much on course, except it faced some hiccups as a result of the local Media Houses pulling off their content in protest as a result of disagreements with the govt as regards some foreign company which was rebroadcasting their content...Okay, I said off the top of my head, so I can make mistakes:)
I know for a fact that the policy was shifted towards the use of DVB-T2 instead of DVB-T. That definately leads to (perhaps) more expensive set-top boxes. Whether they are affordable or not is contestable. The govt can only define standards, not prices! There are always those who can and those who can't afford. It's natural. Me not being an "early adopter", I must admit that I have not tasted the Digital Broadcasting changeover. I am waiting for digital TVs to enter the market so that I get all-in-one, instead of having to buy a set-top box.
Whether it will be completed by 2012 is perhaps better answered by Dr. Ndemo.
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
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George Nyabuga, Allow me to use Malcom X's words "By all means necessary" we shall have a national network by June 2012. In the next three months we shall cove at least 70% of the population. Regards Ndemo.
The initial plan was to try Nairobi and its environs. The government had promised in December 2009 that digital services would be extended to other remote towns and cities like Webuye, Nyeri, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Meru, Kisii and Malindi before the start of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. It is now March 2011, and the services have not spread to beyond Kajiado, Machakos, Naivasha and Muranga, the areas covered at the launch by President Kibaki in December 2009.
This has been not achieved due to lack of funds according to officials of Digital Kenya Secretariat at the Communication Commission of Kenya.
At this rate, it is clear that the deadline of 2012 will not be met.
George
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 18:13, George Nyabuga <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear all,
I am sure we have all heard about the digital migration launched in December 2009. Although of course the government said this will be complete by 2012, there is little on the ground to indicate this will happen. Besides, there are doubts that most Kenyans will afford the set-top boxes. Does anybody in this listserv believe the government will do it? Does anybody have data on current consumption of digital media (including for example the diffusion of mobile television)? How much user-generated content is there on the internet and mobile telephony in Kenya? Why have media been unable to develop the 40 per cent content to be broadcast on the digital platforms?
Answers to some of these questions will help us understand digital media, its diffusion and utilisation in Kenya.
Hello Daktari,
Perhaps you should start by telling us how much appraised you are as far as the migration to Digital Broadcasting plans are concerned. Off the top of my head, I do not remember any requirement for the media "to develop the 40% content to be broadcast on the digital platform". What I recall is that the requirement that 40% of the content being broadcast be "local" or some %age closer to that.
I am not Dkt. Ndemo (who is the right person to answer you) but speaking from what I've read in the media, the migration is very much on course, except it faced some hiccups as a result of the local Media Houses pulling off their content in protest as a result of disagreements with the govt as regards some foreign company which was rebroadcasting their content...Okay, I said off the top of my head, so I can make mistakes:)
I know for a fact that the policy was shifted towards the use of DVB-T2 instead of DVB-T. That definately leads to (perhaps) more expensive set-top boxes. Whether they are affordable or not is contestable. The govt can only define standards, not prices! There are always those who can and those who can't afford. It's natural. Me not being an "early adopter", I must admit that I have not tasted the Digital Broadcasting changeover. I am waiting for digital TVs to enter the market so that I get all-in-one, instead of having to buy a set-top box.
Whether it will be completed by 2012 is perhaps better answered by Dr. Ndemo.
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
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On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 18:29, <[email protected]> wrote:
George Nyabuga, Allow me to use Malcom X's words "By all means necessary" we shall have a national network by June 2012. In the next three months we shall cove at least 70% of the population.
Dr. Ndemo, And the production of the DVB-T2 by the UoN or some Kenyan company? Is that too on course for this projection? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
Haki ya Mungu we shall remain poor for ever since we tend to ask questions that we have no intention of dealing with the results. This is my third time in this forum responding to the very similar question on local assembly of set top boxes. Each time we have visted the University but nobody has ever taken up the idea of local assembly. This small gadgets looks faily simple even to me who has no engineering capabilty. We have a significant market and you are enjoying insider knowledge. Why then have we not moved to create employment in light electronic manufacturing then push the policy makers to give you tax advantage? Regards Ndemo.
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George Nyabuga, Allow me to use Malcom X's words "By all means necessary" we shall have a national network by June 2012. In the next three months we shall cove at least 70% of the population.
Dr. Ndemo,
And the production of the DVB-T2 by the UoN or some Kenyan company? Is that too on course for this projection?
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
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Hogera Ndemo, we need to walk the talk on many fronts those of us on this list. Me included. Sent from my iPhone. Njeri www.njeri-rionge.com On Mar 23, 2011, at 20:40, [email protected] wrote:
Haki ya Mungu we shall remain poor for ever since we tend to ask questions that we have no intention of dealing with the results. This is my third time in this forum responding to the very similar question on local assembly of set top boxes. Each time we have visted the University but nobody has ever taken up the idea of local assembly. This small gadgets looks faily simple even to me who has no engineering capabilty. We have a significant market and you are enjoying insider knowledge. Why then have we not moved to create employment in light electronic manufacturing then push the policy makers to give you tax advantage?
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On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 18:29, <[email protected]> wrote:
George Nyabuga, Allow me to use Malcom X's words "By all means necessary" we shall have a national network by June 2012. In the next three months we shall cove at least 70% of the population.
Dr. Ndemo,
And the production of the DVB-T2 by the UoN or some Kenyan company? Is that too on course for this projection?
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
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Bwana Ndemo, This is a great challenge to the industry. Great initiative to push the frontiers of innovation. I wonder if jua kali can do it? or some young innovators facilitated by IEEE (Kenya chapter)? Edith ________________ Edith Ofwona Adera Senior Program Specialist ICT4D Program and Climate Change & Water Program International Development Research Centre | Centre de recherches pour le développement international Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa Tel: +254202713160 | Fax/Téléc: +254202711063 | Skype: edithadera [email protected] | www.idrc.ca | www.crdi.ca ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] [[email protected]] Sent: 23 March 2011 20:40 To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital media Haki ya Mungu we shall remain poor for ever since we tend to ask questions that we have no intention of dealing with the results. This is my third time in this forum responding to the very similar question on local assembly of set top boxes. Each time we have visted the University but nobody has ever taken up the idea of local assembly. This small gadgets looks faily simple even to me who has no engineering capabilty. We have a significant market and you are enjoying insider knowledge. Why then have we not moved to create employment in light electronic manufacturing then push the policy makers to give you tax advantage? Regards Ndemo.
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 18:29, <[email protected]> wrote:
George Nyabuga, Allow me to use Malcom X's words "By all means necessary" we shall have a national network by June 2012. In the next three months we shall cove at least 70% of the population.
Dr. Ndemo,
And the production of the DVB-T2 by the UoN or some Kenyan company? Is that too on course for this projection?
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Thanks Daktari for the response. But does 70% coverage of the population mean people will have the necessary facilities to receive digital signals? Or does it mean that the signals will cover 70% of the country? I suppose there is a massive difference given the fact that TV has not diffused widely in Kenya. Does this also mean the problem that 'private commercial' broadcasters have had with the government, SmartTv and KBC over digital broadcasts will have been resolved? But I like your resolve to ensure the 2012 deadline is met. Best wishes, George
George Nyabuga, Allow me to use Malcom X's words "By all means necessary" we shall have a national network by June 2012. In the next three months we shall cove at least 70% of the population.
Regards
Ndemo.
The initial plan was to try Nairobi and its environs. The government had promised in December 2009 that digital services would be extended to other remote towns and cities like Webuye, Nyeri, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Meru, Kisii and Malindi before the start of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. It is now March 2011, and the services have not spread to beyond Kajiado, Machakos, Naivasha and Muranga, the areas covered at the launch by President Kibaki in December 2009.
This has been not achieved due to lack of funds according to officials of Digital Kenya Secretariat at the Communication Commission of Kenya.
At this rate, it is clear that the deadline of 2012 will not be met.
George
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 18:13, George Nyabuga <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear all,
I am sure we have all heard about the digital migration launched in December 2009. Although of course the government said this will be complete by 2012, there is little on the ground to indicate this will happen. Besides, there are doubts that most Kenyans will afford the set-top boxes. Does anybody in this listserv believe the government will do it? Does anybody have data on current consumption of digital media (including for example the diffusion of mobile television)? How much user-generated content is there on the internet and mobile telephony in Kenya? Why have media been unable to develop the 40 per cent content to be broadcast on the digital platforms?
Answers to some of these questions will help us understand digital media, its diffusion and utilisation in Kenya.
Hello Daktari,
Perhaps you should start by telling us how much appraised you are as far as the migration to Digital Broadcasting plans are concerned. Off the top of my head, I do not remember any requirement for the media "to develop the 40% content to be broadcast on the digital platform". What I recall is that the requirement that 40% of the content being broadcast be "local" or some %age closer to that.
I am not Dkt. Ndemo (who is the right person to answer you) but speaking from what I've read in the media, the migration is very much on course, except it faced some hiccups as a result of the local Media Houses pulling off their content in protest as a result of disagreements with the govt as regards some foreign company which was rebroadcasting their content...Okay, I said off the top of my head, so I can make mistakes:)
I know for a fact that the policy was shifted towards the use of DVB-T2 instead of DVB-T. That definately leads to (perhaps) more expensive set-top boxes. Whether they are affordable or not is contestable. The govt can only define standards, not prices! There are always those who can and those who can't afford. It's natural. Me not being an "early adopter", I must admit that I have not tasted the Digital Broadcasting changeover. I am waiting for digital TVs to enter the market so that I get all-in-one, instead of having to buy a set-top box.
Whether it will be completed by 2012 is perhaps better answered by Dr. Ndemo.
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
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We have requested Treasury to remove duty on the set top box in the coming budget. Otherwise one would have to raise up to 5,000 in order to enjoy digital TV. Coverage mean that some 70% of Kenyans can watch digital TV if they have the right gadgets. We have a disbute resolution mechanism at the Tribunal. That is if we have a disbute with media. The current problem is with media owners. The Government's position is that anybody with the right mind has a right to access the public resource and broadcast. We cannot allow anybody to carry channels they cannot put into use. And if you use them terrestrially, the 40% local content is a MUST. This how you can get jobs to our unemployed brothers. It is that simple and should not in any way bring any disbute. Regards Ndemo.
Thanks Daktari for the response. But does 70% coverage of the population mean people will have the necessary facilities to receive digital signals? Or does it mean that the signals will cover 70% of the country? I suppose there is a massive difference given the fact that TV has not diffused widely in Kenya.
Does this also mean the problem that 'private commercial' broadcasters have had with the government, SmartTv and KBC over digital broadcasts will have been resolved?
But I like your resolve to ensure the 2012 deadline is met.
Best wishes,
George
George Nyabuga, Allow me to use Malcom X's words "By all means necessary" we shall have a national network by June 2012. In the next three months we shall cove at least 70% of the population.
Regards
Ndemo.
The initial plan was to try Nairobi and its environs. The government had promised in December 2009 that digital services would be extended to other remote towns and cities like Webuye, Nyeri, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Meru, Kisii and Malindi before the start of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. It is now March 2011, and the services have not spread to beyond Kajiado, Machakos, Naivasha and Muranga, the areas covered at the launch by President Kibaki in December 2009.
This has been not achieved due to lack of funds according to officials of Digital Kenya Secretariat at the Communication Commission of Kenya.
At this rate, it is clear that the deadline of 2012 will not be met.
George
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 18:13, George Nyabuga <[email protected]> wrote:
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I am sure we have all heard about the digital migration launched in December 2009. Although of course the government said this will be complete by 2012, there is little on the ground
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I agree totally with Ndemo. The established media should not be a stumbling block obstacle to a better and more equitable country country merely because they got there first and benefitted frm popular agitation. We must free our country frm media monopoly. Now. As for local content, 40pc isn't too much and we shudnt even negotiate. Its a Vision 2030 imperative really. Makali Sent from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sender: [email protected] Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:25:32 To: <[email protected]> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital media We have requested Treasury to remove duty on the set top box in the coming budget. Otherwise one would have to raise up to 5,000 in order to enjoy digital TV. Coverage mean that some 70% of Kenyans can watch digital TV if they have the right gadgets. We have a disbute resolution mechanism at the Tribunal. That is if we have a disbute with media. The current problem is with media owners. The Government's position is that anybody with the right mind has a right to access the public resource and broadcast. We cannot allow anybody to carry channels they cannot put into use. And if you use them terrestrially, the 40% local content is a MUST. This how you can get jobs to our unemployed brothers. It is that simple and should not in any way bring any disbute. Regards Ndemo.
Thanks Daktari for the response. But does 70% coverage of the population mean people will have the necessary facilities to receive digital signals? Or does it mean that the signals will cover 70% of the country? I suppose there is a massive difference given the fact that TV has not diffused widely in Kenya.
Does this also mean the problem that 'private commercial' broadcasters have had with the government, SmartTv and KBC over digital broadcasts will have been resolved?
But I like your resolve to ensure the 2012 deadline is met.
Best wishes,
George
George Nyabuga, Allow me to use Malcom X's words "By all means necessary" we shall have a national network by June 2012. In the next three months we shall cove at least 70% of the population.
Regards
Ndemo.
The initial plan was to try Nairobi and its environs. The government had promised in December 2009 that digital services would be extended to other remote towns and cities like Webuye, Nyeri, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Meru, Kisii and Malindi before the start of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. It is now March 2011, and the services have not spread to beyond Kajiado, Machakos, Naivasha and Muranga, the areas covered at the launch by President Kibaki in December 2009.
This has been not achieved due to lack of funds according to officials of Digital Kenya Secretariat at the Communication Commission of Kenya.
At this rate, it is clear that the deadline of 2012 will not be met.
George
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 18:13, George Nyabuga <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear all,
I am sure we have all heard about the digital migration launched in December 2009. Although of course the government said this will be complete by 2012, there is little on the ground
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