Rev. 2011]
Kenya Information and Communications
CAP. 411A
179
[Subsidiary]
15. (1) A person licensed to provide subscription broadcasting service or Obligations for
subscription management services shall provide a subscriber with information, subscription
broadcasting
in writing, relating to the—
services licensees
and subscription
(a) products and services offered;
management
services.
(b) cost of subscription including installation and maintenance;
(c) options of programming service available;
(d) conditions under which the service is supplied;
(e) instructions regarding to usage of the service in the official
languages;
(f) number and allocation of channels carried on the system and the
programming available on each channel;
(g) billing and complaints procedures;
(h) address and telephone number of the licensee’s business office.
(i) notice period of at least fourteen days to be given before effecting
to any changes in the programming service or channel allocation,
in writing.
(2) A person licensed to provide subscription broadcasting service or
subscription management services shall provide means that parents or guardians
may use to control access to broadcast content that is accessible and that they
may consider inappropriate.
16. (1) The Commission may upon application in the prescribed form Terrestrial digital
grant a licence for the provision of terrestrial digital broadcasting signal broadcasting signal
distribution services.
distribution services.
(2) The Commission may require a person granted a licence under
paragraph (1) to—
(a) distribute on its digital platform free to air and subscription
broadcasting services and related data on behalf of other licensed
broadcasters;
(b) submit to the Commission for approval any contractual agreements
entered into with other licensed broadcasters for the distribution of
broadcasting services prescribed under its license;
(c) provide its services on such terms and conditions as to access, tariffs
and quality of service as the Commission may prescribe.
(d) terminate the provision of services to a broadcaster within fourteen
days of notification by the Commission.