Here we go again with a round of +1'sOn Thu, May 16, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Stephen <wanjaustev@gmail.com> wrote:
Habari Peoples of Skunkworks!
Sometime back I was privileged to be taken on a tour of the Pan African Group digital transmission site at Limuru and there were quite some attention-grabbing discoveries which I hope in a way can be handy as we set up this tech show/Channel.
The group provides a platform for any licensed broadcaster out there who wants to reach any specific audience in Kenya. Whereas the viewers would gain from clear pictures the local broadcaster will benefit from reduction of operating costs since they would not need to heavily finance the distribution of their content as the case is for analogue transmissions thus leaving more time and resources to concentrate on the content.
This means that we can have a techies TV channel with the only requirement being a licence from CCK citing we are a broadcaster. All the Pan African Group would need from us would be the copy of the licence and what we intend to air even in soft copy plus the chums of course. If we want the channel to be only viewed in Nairobi then they can do that for us and that also applies to any other location. Na pia ukitaka watumie Uplink
My two cents worthy,
Cheers,
Stephen Wanjau| Technical Writer, Techweez Tel:+254 722 238 165 | Website:http://uwanja.wordpress.com | Skype ID: stevewanjau | Twitter ID:uwanja |On 05/15/2013 09:46 PM, Timothy Mutugi wrote:
+1 Count me in... Timo. On 5/14/13, Calvin Omari <calvinebarongo@gmail.com> wrote:Hi Techies, I hope this thread didn't die a natural death. can we fast track the idea? anybody who is in? regards Calvin On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 6:13 PM, Bogi Benga <bogibenda@gmail.com> wrote:I fully agree..The target should be anyone who is interested in technology. Remember that TV shows are all about ratings. may be a tiny section on hardcore stuff but 95% should be like IT for dummies. pardon the pun! Imagine ordinary people on FB learning how easy their account can be hacked or simple things as preventing stalkers from accessing their profile. Reviewing useful websites etc Of course I am in... :-) Unfortunately its a bit tricky at the moment to volunteer as the lead On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Watson Kambo <wkwats@gmail.com> wrote:I would want in on this one ... the Target should not be primarily Tech guys since then everyone runs away and goes to watch the damn Soaps ... how about even reviewing the normal house hold items to add some taste to it all ... On 28 March 2013 16:05, Claude D'souza <claudedsouza1@gmail.com> wrote:it could have a weekly guest drawing from different backgrounds and specialisms. i would love to go into phones and the entire rooting route On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Joan Wanjiku <jociku@gmail.com> wrote:Its about time! Nice idea - Bogi Benda. On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 2:30 PM, kris njoroge <krsnjo@gmail.com>wrote:Question: Who is the target group? IT geeks like you guys or everyday users of consumer electronic goods or would it be those interested intechbut not so good at it?. The best in my view would be a review ofgadgetslike phones, Cameras, DVD players, TVs howto's etc things thateveryone useswith a dash of next gen tech in there. For more IT geeks a magazineor awebcast would be a better medium to use in my opinion. On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com>wrote:We need a project lead on this - I would have offered myself but my busy schedule wont allow - can we get volunteers? ./Ok3ch On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Francis Njenga <korefn@gmail.com> wrote:@Peter we may also want to: -> review languages -> open source projects -> tooling(git vs svn, netbeans vs eclipse) -> Gaming(PC&Consoles) reviews and hacks -> Maybe a how to for Dummies(eg disable usb port) On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Moses <mosenetk@gmail.com>wrote:Good idea. As long as we try to maintain brand neutrality of thetechproducts (within reason) we should be fine. This will also helptheidea mutate into a sustainable one in the long term. Moses. On 27 Mar 2013 17:18, "Okechukwu" <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:I am up to this, and able to influence its broadcasting too - soallwe need is to put plan into action and move one, otherwise, Iwilltake it as my personal idea and champion it :-) Can we get a team on board and start working! ./Ok3ch On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Martin Chiteri <martin.chiteri@gmail.com> wrote:In response to what @Peter has said, maybe the distribution oftheshow(s) could be done via other mediums like DVD sets, a Website (buni.tvmaybe or something similar), perhaps a Youtube channel for starters, ftp downloads ...... Schools and other educational institutions can be targeted.Thatway, you are not implicitly required to dumb-down the material while reaching a substantially large audience all at once. Martin. On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com>wrote:@Bogi, I can't remember how I came by this information, but this iswhatI know... For a show to have marketable appeal to the major mediahouses, itneeds to have a large enough potential marketable audience. And therein lies the catch 22. For a techie show to have a large audience for make financial sense to the media houses, it needs to be dumbed down. The moment you dumbitdown, then it looses its appeal to most geeks since they will considerit,well, to be polite, a waste of time watching. For example, there is that techísh column in the Nation,writtenby a dude called Sam, I think. I would most certainly postulate that heisforced to simplify it. Larry Madowo used to have a very nice techie show, where hewasnot at liberty to dumb it down, and it was great! But, it waspositionedat around mid day, who watches tv at that time really? Unless of course, media houses are not the distributionmedium, inwhich case the aforementioned catch 22 does not exist. On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Francis Njenga <korefn@gmail.com>wrote:It is a great i-dea. I'd be up for it. Ideally there would have to be a direction from some(one/organization). I'm to assume its skunks. Why not get the space and invite us. On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 2:52 PM, John Matogo <jmatogo@strathmore.edu> wrote:Great Idea. I would support this. Regards. JM On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Bogi Benga <bogibenda@gmail.com> wrote:greetings fellow Skunks, It is evident from the list and the great IT minds we haveinKE and now with Konza city coming up, I believe that the market is ripe for a special tech TV show This could be an avenue to discuss anything from latest products and softwares Geeky Gadgets Phone specs and benchmarking Gaming Hacking awareness (the IEBC clip fallacy could be put toresthere) Animations Benchmarking various internet providers and Mobileprovidersthe list is endless. Here is another idea, what better waythanto get our best minds to produce and host it. 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