Digital Migration Kenya

TECHNOLOGY

Today, you really do not need a TV set to watch TV – thanks to Digital Migration

Do we really need TV sets after Digital Migration? Change is the only constant is a tautology. A statement whose fact cannot be disputed. Kenya as a country has experienced…

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TECHNOLOGY

The Commercial Free-To-Air TV Licenses Will Improve Local Content

The drama started when the government announced the turn off of analogue signal in 2013. Sometimes back media houses claimed that the Communications Authority issued licenses under stringent conditions. However,…

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TECHNOLOGY

The global digital migration deadline is not cast on stone

Kenya is likely to request for an extension of the global digital migration deadline, and theĀ International Telecommunications Union is likely to grant it. Don’t dismiss me just yet, read on….

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OPINION TECHNOLOGY

Kenya is currently vulnerable to Digital TV blackout

We are going digital, if not on Monday next week or in the course of this year then by June next year. The world has so decided. And there are…

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TECHNOLOGY

THY WORD DVB-T2/S2 PREMIUM SET TOP BOX

I’m not sure why the most expensive set top box for digital signal reception goes for KshsĀ 16,240 as most of the features I have read about it hereĀ are similar to…

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TECHNOLOGY

STB vendors are not signal distributors

The number one concern for Kenyans who want to buy a set top box is the price. The second concern is rather weird, the number of channels available on a…

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TECHNOLOGY

StarTimes decoder (DVB-T2) does not receive FTA channels

For the purposes of reviewing the StarTimes DVB-T2 decoder meant to allow viewers to receive the Free to Air TV channels even when they have not paid the monthly subscriptions,…

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TECHNOLOGY

Review: Smart-Beaver Coship DVB-T2 Decoder

One of the many available STBs in the market for Digital Migration is the the Smart-Beaver Coship DVB-T2 Decoder. Since this morning I have been watching TV on the decoder…

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TECHNOLOGY

Pay TV providers are right not to offer FTAs for free

Consumers Federation of Kenya has sought a meeting with CCK and Pay TV providers aimed at discussing the issue of Free to Air content not being free on the Pay…

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TECHNOLOGY

StarTimes DVB-T2 decoder

Are you considering to buy StarTimes decoder for Free to Air digital television; the StarTimes DVB-T2 decoder? I received mine from StarTimes this morning and since then I have been…

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OPINION

Lest you forget: the topics that touched you the most in 2013

As we steadily step into the year 2014, it is always important to look back and consider the year past. Here at Kachwanya.com we shared with you a number of…

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OPINION

2014 is pregnant with expectations

Being a naturalist on the world and religious views, I am not superstitious. Although I am not superstitious, I still want to believe that there is a cursed number. The…

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TECHNOLOGY

A digital Christmas gift for an analogue aunt

The last time I spent Christmas in Bulemia Village, Bunyala District, Busia County was in 2009. For three years Iā€™ve missed obusuma and ndemra prepared by aunty Nekesa. Thatā€™s why…

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OPINION

Digital Migration Kenya: Have we lost the freedom to access unbiased information?

Digital Migration is on and with it comes foreign and government control. The media houses have made a lot of noise in the recent past regarding the way government has…

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OPINION

5 biggest beneficiaries of Digital Migration

It’s about 4 hours left to analogue switch off in Nairobi and the surrounding counties. As we patiently wait to look at our blank screens come midnight, it is important…

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OPINION

Government’s shortcomings on Digital Migration

Tonight is the night for switching off the analogue signal in Nairobi and its environs. This means millions of homes will be in information darkness as millions still do not…

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TECHNOLOGY

5 lies by Daily Nation on Digital Migration

As part of their fight against digital migration and also as an attempt to get sympathy from the public, Nation Media Group has decided to publish, in Daily Nation, outright…

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OPINION

Digital Migration: Over 27 new TV stations are ready

After going on strike for about 21 hours, the TV Stations that participated in the strike are back. Did they gain anything? Yes. They achieved an important feat, that of…

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TECHNOLOGY

Media Blackout is good for Digital Migration

Ever since the Government announced that the deadline for Digital Migration in Nairobi will be on 13th December, we at Kachwanya.com have tried to enlighten Kenyans on the meaning and…

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OPINION

There is no real difference between analogue and digital

There is no real difference between analogue and digitalĀ is a philosophical article. The words analogue and digital have been in the lips of many Kenyans since the 2012/2013 political campaigns…

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TECHNOLOGY

Analogue TV switch off date extended but mainstream media should promote Digital Migration

Following the case filed by the Media Owners Association enjoining Consumer Federation of Kenya against Digital Migration, the High Court has extended the deadline for Analogue TV switch off date…

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TECHNOLOGY

Digital Migration: STBs should be subsidized

Kenyans want to love free things way too much. With the coming Digital Migration whose deadline will be confirmed or postponed on December 6th when the High Court offers its…

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