{UAH} Pojim/WBK: Citizen, KTN, NTV, QTV risk losing digital signals again over self-switch off | The Star
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Citizen, KTN, NTV, QTV risk losing digital signals again over self-switch off
The African Digital Network consortium risks losing broadcast signal distribution licences for going off air Saturday, ICT Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i has said.
Addressing a media briefing Sunday afternoon Mating'i said the decision by Citizen TV, KTN, NTV and QTV to go off air amounts to blackmail and contempt of a court order.
Matiang'i further said that an advert posted by the consortium explaining the reasons for being off air are untrue.
"The three media houses opted to screen inaccurate and misleading messages in an effort to incite the public. Both switching themselves off the digital transmission and screening inaccurate messages is illegal and a breach of their licences," Matiang'i said.
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered CA to restore digital frequencies to ADN that had been withdrawn following a breach of the terms of the permits.
The five-judge bench of justices Kalpana Rawal, Philip Tunoi, Jackton Ojwang, Mohammed Ibrahim and Njoki Ndung'u however gave CAK the authority to switch off analogue broadcast when it saw fit.
Matiang'i said the government will not revert to analogue broadcast and told ADN that they should operate within the law.
"The three media houses like all of us are in Kenya and not above the law. We expect responsibility on their part. We will not go back on digital migration," Matiang'i said.
This latest incident is the second time the ADN consortium is being put to task over information circulated to the public concerning the status of the digital migration.
ADN was accused of engaging in anti-competitive behaviour when they ran an advert warning viewers not to buy set-top boxes from GoTV and Star Times to access their content.
Matiang'i said Kenyans are the beneficiaries of digital migration which will not be hampered by ADN.
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/citizen-ktn-ntv-qtv-risk-loosing-digital-signals-again-over-self-switch-0
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