Off air digital TV

Image caption Television is the main way to obtain news in Kenya's towns and locations

Three of Kenya's main personal television programs tend to be unavailable in many for the nation as a result of a-row within the switch from analogue to electronic transmission.

The analogue signal for KTN, Citizen, NTV and its own subsidiary QTV was turned-off across weekend.

The TV channels then powered down their digital indicators in protest.

This is basically the newest perspective in a long-running dispute over the change to digital broadcasting, which has resulted in a number of judge battles.

The BBC's Anne soya in Nairobi claims many Kenyans have already been kept confused plus in the black.

State-run broadcaster KBC and K24 television, that will be possessed because of the category of President Uhuru Kenyatta, remain on air.

International due date

The Supreme Court ruled on Friday your electronic migration must carry on, rejecting the TV stations' ask for a three-month wait.

The firms state they need more hours to import their particular set-top boxes that will distribute their content.

Two providers - one possessed by the Kenyan federal government and also the other by a Chinese firm - are generally functioning.

About a third of Kenya's homes possess a tv, the primary development origin in cities.

The Communications Authority of Kenya says 60percent of the have now obtained a set-top field for a digital signal.

Nevertheless media homes say around 90percent of Kenyans have already been remaining without accessibility television.

Neighbouring Tanzania went forward along with its electronic migration on 31 December 2013, the initial nation to do so of five people in the East African Community.