Kenyan State to Regulate YouTube and Netflix
And then this: “We have been looking at how to regulate over-the-top providers possibly through the 2016 ICT Policy document or through additional amendments to the Communications Act,” Wangusi said. The plan to regulate the streaming service comes a few months after another Government agency warned Netflix that it would block the service if it aired inappropriate content. http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/mobile/article/2000213158/kenyan-state-to-reg...
Previously and not too long ago... The CA Monday said Netflix will not be asked to apply for a local broadcasting licence, meaning the US firm is exempt from local broadcasting regulations that are part of the licensing conditions. Francis Wangusi, the CA director- general, told the Business Daily that Netflix falls in the category of content providers that do not control transmission of their material - commonly referred to as over-the-top (OTT) -- and are unlike cable companies that transmit own content over managed networks, making it impossible to license them locally or regulate their content. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Regulators-clash-over-plan... Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 22:21:37 +0300 Subject: [kictanet] Kenyan State to Regulate YouTube and Netflix From: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke CC: nmutungu@gmail.com To: ggithaiga@hotmail.com And then this: “We have been looking at how to regulate over-the-top providers possibly through the 2016 ICT Policy document or through additional amendments to the Communications Act,” Wangusi said. The plan to regulate the streaming service comes a few months after another Government agency warned Netflix that it would block the service if it aired inappropriate content. http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/mobile/article/2000213158/kenyan-state-to-reg... _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ggithaiga%40hotmail.co... The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
A case of misreporting? Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad
On 24 Aug 2016, at 10:30 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Previously and not too long ago...
The CA Monday said Netflix will not be asked to apply for a local broadcasting licence, meaning the US firm is exempt from local broadcasting regulations that are part of the licensing conditions.
Francis Wangusi, the CA director- general, told the Business Daily that Netflix falls in the category of content providers that do not control transmission of their material - commonly referred to as over-the-top (OTT) -- and are unlike cable companies that transmit own content over managed networks, making it impossible to license them locally or regulate their content. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Regulators-clash-over-plan...
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 22:21:37 +0300 Subject: [kictanet] Kenyan State to Regulate YouTube and Netflix From: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke CC: nmutungu@gmail.com To: ggithaiga@hotmail.com
And then this:
“We have been looking at how to regulate over-the-top providers possibly through the 2016 ICT Policy document or through additional amendments to the Communications Act,” Wangusi said. The plan to regulate the streaming service comes a few months after another Government agency warned Netflix that it would block the service if it aired inappropriate content.
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/mobile/article/2000213158/kenyan-state-to-reg...
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Mr Mutua trying to regulate/ block OTT's by developing "Blocking software A" will spur an innovation "frenzy" from developers trying to out muscle and out wit KFCB, thus creating a never ending cycle, i like the response by Netflix " services delivered over the Internet present all sorts of novel questions for policymakers. " I tend to think that this is a high level policy issue rather than an operational one. On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 2:51 AM, Ali Hussein via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
A case of misreporting?
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On 24 Aug 2016, at 10:30 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
*Previously and not too long ago...*
The CA Monday said Netflix will not be asked to apply for a local broadcasting licence, meaning the US firm is exempt from local broadcasting regulations that are part of the licensing conditions.
Francis Wangusi, the CA director- general, told the *Business Daily* that Netflix falls in the category of content providers that do not control transmission of their material - commonly referred to as over-the-top (OTT) -- and are unlike cable companies that transmit own content over managed networks, making it impossible to license them locally or regulate their content. http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Regulators- clash-over-plan-to-censor-Netflix-online-movies/539550- 3029548-eroxncz/index.html
------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 22:21:37 +0300 Subject: [kictanet] Kenyan State to Regulate YouTube and Netflix From: kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke CC: nmutungu@gmail.com To: ggithaiga@hotmail.com
And then this:
“We have been looking at how to regulate over-the-top providers possibly through the 2016 ICT Policy document or through additional amendments to the Communications Act,” Wangusi said. The plan to regulate the streaming service comes a few months after another Government agency warned Netflix that it would block the service if it aired inappropriate content.
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/mobile/article/2000213158/ kenyan-state-to-regulate-youtube-and-netflix
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Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)