I think the 'must carry' content must cut across all setop boxes whether terrestrial, satellite or cable. On Jan 24, 2015 12:00 PM, <isoc-request@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

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On 23 January 2015 at 12:02, Network of non- formal Educational institutions <nnfeischools@yahoo.com> wrote:

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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

______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya

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