The consequences of the unfortunate Valentine Day events included the disruption of the analogue broadcasts and subsequent withdrawal of regular programming by our stations namely NTV and QTV operated by the Nation Media Group, Standard Group’s KTN and Citizen TV of the Royal Media Services. Together, these stations accounted for more than 80 percent of the country’s television viewership.
For millions of our viewers, the last three weeks have been difficult as have been unprecedented. Never before, since the liberalization of the country’s airwaves have television broadcasts been interrupted or subjected to a crisis of the proportions just witnessed. All this we sadly note, transpired in the name of Digital Migration, a process that we maintain, has grossly been mishandled.
Through our self-provisioning digital signal carrier consortium the Africa Digital Network Limited ADNL, we have now completed the installation of our digital signal distribution infrastructure around Nairobi and we are pleased to inform our esteemed viewers that tonight, beginning 6.50pm, we are resuming regular programming across the 4 channels.
We would also like to inform our viewers that our channels NTV, KTN CITIZEN and QTV are and must remain Free-To Air (FTA) available to you free of charge and without monthly subscription on all universal decoders. To this end, we are in the process of importing our own Set Top Boxes (STBs) that would guarantee the right of all viewers to watch our channels free of charge just as they did before.
As we resume our broadcasts, we would like to indicate that many of the concerns we have articulated around the management of the Digital Migration process remain unresolved. The matter of copyrights to our content and a guarantee of non-interference on our channels on Pay TV platforms remain particularly pertinent. We will continue pursuing a resolution to these and other outstanding issues in the best interest of our viewers, our journalists and our businesses.
We thank our viewers for the patience they demonstrated thTroughout the difficult 19 days of darkness and for their continued faith in our television channels.
We wish you a very happy viewing.
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