Either way, its still very tricky for NTV, KTN & Cord TV. Not too sure if consumers will want to buy an NTV set top box.

I dont think this will mean buying other sandukus. Just that we have one additional supplier of platform from the trio's consortium

Because of their massive 15-year investment, the media firms were entitled to a licence without going through tender, they said.

“It will be outrageous to reduce to waste the over Sh40 billion they have invested in the industry and it is our view that there should have been exception for them to get the licence.’’


Does this mean that an investor should be exempted from competing for a tender in their industry because of the money they have put in?

The key word is "WITHOUT PERMISSION".
DSTv is permitted, i think, but GoTv and StarTimes, am not sure.

Now I can say I told you so. The problem of getting old guard to understand what they voted yes to.

My only concern with the judgement is the moral like ruling giving the 3 local companies the right to a digital license simply because they have invested a lot of money. That one.....apana.

But this issue of forcing technology on people is unconstitutional and wrong. Now for the guys who bought these setboxes, shauri yenu.

They should also sue the gov't for allowing an illegality in their midst. But they won't. Accept and move on they will say.

First Konza, now digital migration. These were the real Ndemo years.

Does this include the billions Star times has invested in the business?

There is no problem with the set top boxes IMHO, they will still be needed even if the consortium was the sole provider of frequencies

Not unless the star times one can only work with certain providers, which would be strange

See, the sanduku allows you to view from different providers, now we have the third provider

Or am I missing something? Where's that wazuan who sells Yaojin boxes? Is it @Coolio?

if the judges argument were to be flipped, as long as you have invested, you need not compete. startimes are therefore entitled to the license because they have invested in the industry

These stations should not be concerned with decoders any company can provide eg Access Kenya Safcom Airtel etc. Technology changes with time and these decoders will have to be changed too. What the likes of Nations Standard etc should be working on is creating content. Just like the way we have BBC news, BBC travel, BBC documentaries, BBC Nature, BBC Drama etc. The production department should be gearing up to create worthy content not just broadcasting. Interesting times ahead.

I was thinking along the same line.
Am seeing a situation where the judges are over reaching themselves. They can't be the judiciary and the executive by themselves.
It's is a disease, we have with the three arms of the government, each want to carry the roles of the other arms,
I think one way or another, something will have to give way.