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    "id": 185827,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Poghisio",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Information and Communications",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Losuron Poghisio",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The number of frequencies assigned to each broadcaster are as indicated in this document here which will be tabled. I hope that the hon. Member has copies. (b) From the data in Appendix I which is in that document, the KBC has been assigned 84 FM frequencies and 47 TV frequencies which is more than any other broadcaster. The broadcaster with the second highest allocation of frequencies is Royal Media Services Ltd. (c) First, I wish to clarify that transition to digital broadcasting is not affecting FM broadcasting but is limited to television broadcasting only and in the frequency bands of 174 to 230 megahertz and 740 to 862 megahertz. The current FM broadcasting is in the 87.5 to 108 megahertz frequency bands and shall not be migrating to digital. However, up to the full migration of TV from analog to digital, a new service shall emerge for digital sound broadcasting. This new digital sound broadcasting is called Terrestrial Digital Audio Broadcasting (TDAB). There shall be many benefits of migrating to digital television. The two major benefits are; (i) There will be compression of spectrum in digital and thus more frequencies shall become available for TV broadcasting. (ii) One frequency will be able to accomodate up to eight broadcasters as opposed to one broadcaster per frequency as is the case today with analog television broadcasting. This is a major benefit, the first point above not withstanding. (iii) A new value added service by the name of TDAB shall become possible for digital sound broadcasting as a result of that migration. The transition to digital broadcasting is schedule to be realised in the year 2012. In preparation for the introduction of digital broadcasting, the CCK discontinued the assignment of analogue frequencies in October, 2006. A public notice was issued to this effect. In order to prepare and manage this migration, the Government has established a Digital Television Committee (DTC). This Committee has its membership drawn from the private August 6, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2345 broadcasters, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), CCK, National Communications Secretariat and Ministry of Information and Communications. The following are the major milestones for this migration:- Activity is switched on digital and commencement of Simulcast, that is, Simultaneous Broadcasting. This will be on 30th August, 2009. The Simulcast period will be 30th August, 2009 to 30th June, 2012. We will have the end of Simulcast period and Switch-Off days of the analogue period being 1st July, 2012. That means that for sometime until that date, we will carry both analogue and digital frequencies."
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