Dirty Secrets Behind
NTV,KTN And CITIZEN TV
Media Blackout That
They Are Hiding
REVEALED
On Monday high court judge
Manyanja ruled against the Media
Owners plea of suspending digital
migration which would see many
screens blur. They acted by
switching off the stations as a way
of protesting.
The reasoning they give to the
layman is a hogwash saying the
migration will lock out many
people who can't afford,they want
the public to feel that they are
emphatic but as you are about to
realise,its all a sham and a huge
scandal behind. To a simple
backgrounding.
A few years ago, the Kenyan
government invited tenders for the
distribution of digital signal amid
pressure from the International
Telecommunication Union that was
pushing to abandon the outdated
analogy signal.
At the end of the process, Signet
and PAN won the tender, edging
out a consortium of that included
Citizen, NTV and KTN. Despite
losing, the three broadcasters
loathing the fact that they would
have to pay KBC-affiliated Signet
and the Chinese firm pushed the
government to approve the third
licence.
But CCK rejected, claiming it was
set aside for a telecommunication
firm. Since then they've been
pulling a number of tricks and
stunts e.g. they once all removed
their channels from star times, this
is just the nation one stunt they
have pulled.
KTN, NTV and Citizen have no
problem with the migration.That's
not really what they are fighting.
They know it is inevitable and they
can't stop it. What they want and
the reason they all came together
like loving brothers and sisters is
because they want to be the
supplier of YOUR set box (e.g. like
Star-times) why so that they can
charge you a monthly fee
It's a different way to earn revenue
from TV, like the Zuku's and DSTVs!
They however did not win that
tender and that's why they are
fighting and delaying the migration
in the name of "the public ain't
ready".
Another fear is competition,once
the digital migration is effective a
lot of content will be available on
different platforms,the big three
are worried of losing their
monopolistic grip of the
advertisement industry. These
stations entirely depend on
advertisement so in the case many
competitors gets into the market
then their revenue will
undoubtedly be affected. Now you
understand their little fear.
Many Kenyans especially online
were unamused and the blackout
got a backlash reception: