Communications Authority proposes 30 per cent slash in cost of airing TV content

CA Director General Francis Wangusi

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has proposed a 30 per cent reduction in the charges levied by Broadcast Signal Distributors (BSD) on content providers.

Through the findings of a contracted consultant, UK-based Analysys Mason, CA has proposed that content producers in Nairobi be charged a monthly maximum of Sh88,000 per megabit up until 2018, down from Sh128,000.