Wrong @ mwangi. Startimes, GoTV and Signet each operate their own infrastructure. Rollout thus is dependent on their own business strategy. Incidentally, even MOA wanted one of their own... Me thinks we Kenyans have been shafted fair and square.On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:Ok this is confusing.In my understanding Signet(a.k.a KBC) is the sole company that owns and operates the equipment thet transmits the DTV signal. The star-times and GOtvs are simply content providers and their proprietary decoders are the gateways to their content. So there is the proprietary content locked behind he custom decoders and the free to air channels that are open to anyone with the right decoder. So star-times bundles together the FTA together with their own channels so that when your subscription lapses they cut you off completely including from the free to air.Now that I think of it this sounds illegal.On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 10:22 AM, John Gitau <jgitau@gmail.com> wrote:
people say things all the time, with the best intentions, sometimes in the hope that the law and policy closely follows to enforce what was planned. Sometimes this is delayed. for instance the digital migration which is supposed to let us have a go at LTE has been pushed forward again. And yes the reasons might be valid but in the end it is still a delay.
My point being that guys like startimes today are not breaking a law by not showing 'free' channels, at least none that I know of, there are no penalties that I know of, I know of proposals. Again, as far as I know (and I don't know much so please correct me if you have the info) there is no document saying these are the free channels which technically means they can do whatever. They can be discriminatory.
If i were them there is no way I'd categorize a station that makes money off lets say advertisements as free; they would have to pay. And as Areba mentioned on a previous mail so long as someone is paying, the consumer has to pay up.
jgitauOn Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:Gitau, these guyz are licensed as digital TV service providers, and
there must be something in their licenses that makes the CCK & The PS
say they are breaking the law. I have no idea, but these two cannot
just wake up and say something like this without having some legal
backing. All your are saying about free channels is all in your mind
and not on the dotted lines their signed. maybe thay signed that free
channel is KBC1, I do not know.
./Ok3ch
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