Oooh Smart Tv is dead in Kenya..RIP. According to Businessdailyafrica, Mohammed Nyaoga, chairman of Transmex, which owns Smart TV, revealed the acute lack of funding for the project.
“We have closed shop and are currently shopping for an international investor following the exit of the Swedish investors – Next Generation Broadcasting (NGB) — which has put us into financial constraints,”
And the directors of the firm would meet on Friday to decide if subscribers will be refunded the Sh5, 000 they invested on decoders and the subscription fees for the month of January.
As we mourn the untimely death.. I have a question about the Decoders. Can the Smart Tv decoders be used to access the content of Dstv or Zuku? Unfortunately, Smart Tv has left more than 2000 subscribers stranded. Can these 2000 subcribers move to either Dstv or Zuku and use the same decoders?
this is irresponsible business, The government should as a matter of priority standardize all decorders coming into the country to allow for uniform uniform operational platform that will enable smooth switchover across the service providers. imagine buying a phone that can only operate through 1 mobile service provider!
In Rwanda, the regulators made sure that Cable TV companies paid hefty deposits before being granted licences to operate. When GTV collapsed ALL the subscribers were refunded using the money deposited with the regulator. This just shows us how CCK are asleep in their cosy offices on Waiyaki way.
The good thing about the latest smart tv’s is that they come with the latest
technologies like, LED, 3D Ready, Wifi Ready, Browser and some, have an app store- where you can download Netflix, Youtube BBC iPlayer and many other apps. Smart
tv is the way forward.Battle
Of Smart Televisions