They include Nigerian, Kenyan and Tanzanian movies and soaps.

Woi! more witchcraft on our screens.Nollywood and these soaps are extremely substandard. Are they offered free?
Hakuna anything like maendeleo wilayani kusaidia youths except silly soaps and nollywood?

'The channel, which takes over what was E-Africa, has adopted its name from NMG’s Kiswahili radio station, QFM. Mr Gitahi said the success realised in the Kiswahili radio ventures had inspired the launch of the TV station.

Why do we always make such assumptions?? And to make it worse,you proceed to offer stale stuff through your latest invention.
Nothing extraordinary or unique to keep us glued?
Now local channels have been left to house helps cz of those soaps and witchcraft

Next watatoa Nation herbal soap cz tv and radio is doing well?

Ati usiseme Boring, Sema Q tv

Kenyan stations and their programming is absolute makaratasi. No wonder Dstv becomes some sort of addiction. You can wake up on a weekend and watch CI, National Geographic, Wild etc and you will not know where the day went - assuming you just wanted to laze around the house. Try that with our local stations!

In the evening it is Mexican, Indian and Philipino crap in the name of soaps interspersed with crappy "talk shows" discussing obvious political & business manenos that don't add any value to your life.

I miss the days of Full House, Boston Legal, ER, Boston High, Friends, Mr. Cooper and the only soap I actually enjoyed, Melrose Place.

But I understand that what we have on our screens is adviced by two things.

1) Those Mexican, Indian and Philipino soaps are dirt cheap compared to (proper) local & Hollywood productions.

2) The Mexican, Indian and Philipino crap are rarely pirated - for whatever reason. Start airing season 1 of a popular series and in a month season 1 to 8 of the same will be available on the streets at 50 bob a piece. And that is what you were planning to air for the next 4 - 8 years!!!

which tech company?

Nollywood and spanish soaps appeal to female folks cz they stir up emotions.
They make them cry all the time,relate and feel.
Unfortunately there are more men in urban areas compared to their female counterparts.

Besides,women in rural areas are always busy working not sitting idly to watch tv.

Instead of educating the masses through worthwhile programs and empowering people,they are making the few women live in fantasy world.

That's pushing the country backwards.

One market segment that i feel has remained undeserved by free to air channels in Kenya is that of Sports lovers. Yes i know we are all glued to Super Sport for EPL but what if someone served us with soccer from other leagues like the Brazilian league or smaller European leagues plus other sports? I remember KBC airing the Brazilian league in the late 90's. That was quite something

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@ QW25091985, Quite true. They come at a premium and are scarce as well. I just wish that those who have them would put them to better and more creative use

E tv is still there on channel 144 on DSTV. NTV were just rebroadcasting it on their channel just like they do with CNN.

heheh and yesterday I decided to watch one vernacular programme on Q.
Lol is all I can say.From translation to the actors and drama? Ujinga mtupu and village romance by old men.
That is not tv stuff cz standards are lower than high school plays.