Kenya Television Network
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Kenya Television Network (KTN) is a Kenyan free-to-air television network that was launched in March 1990 by Jared Kangwana.[1] It is headquartered at Standard Group Centre, Nairobi.[2] It was the first privately owned free-to-air television network in Africa, and the first to break KBC's monopoly in Kenya.
KTN became famous for activist journalism in the 1990s.
History
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After its launch in 1990, KTN rebroadcast programmes from CNN International,[3] MTV Europe and other European, American and Australian television channels, in addition to TV networks from other African states. KTN started out as a pilot project for a 24-hour subscription-television channel in Nairobi and its surroundings. However, plans to scramble its signal were abandoned, and for most of the 1990s, KTN derived its revenue from advertisement and TV production services. Founded by Jared Kangwana, its early success attracted bids for joint ownership from London-based Maxwell Communications, South African MNET, and the then-ruling party Kenya African National Union (KANU). The station won the bid to carry the 1992 Summer Olympics, as well as the rights to several other international events. In 1992, M-Net planned to buy the network, but these plans were denied by its staff, as they demanded M-Net to provide technical co-operation instead.[4]
While Jared Kangwana planned to expand KTN, and had built new facilities to house the station, he granted KTN's news division free rein. KANU functionaries are said to have frequently called the newsroom and editors on behalf of the president of Kenya,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Daniel arap Moi, in order to censor news stories. This control was said to have been sanctioned by Moi himself, who had developed the habit while he was still vice-president under president Jomo Kenyatta. As vice-president, Daniel arap Moi had grown used to make regular calls to the offices of The Standard which was foreign-owned at that time, and to other media outlets, to demand that they drop stories or modify them. The practice was revived when KTN was established.[5]
In October 1993 security officers boarded a commercial airliner, seized the passport of KTN Director Jared Kangwana, and prevented him from leaving on a business trip. Kangwana said that the act was part of a government intimidation campaign to force him to relinquish control of KTN to the then-ruling party, KANU. The government took no action to institute criminal proceedings against Kangwana but ultimately succeeded in forcing him to cede the company to KANU. The station is since 9 December 1997[6] part of The Standard Group, which also publishes The Standard newspaper.
In March 1998, KTN started airing a four-hour block relaying South African network Channel O. The channel was aiming to introduce a new schedule effective 4 May 1998.[7]
The channel started nationwide broadcasts in 2002; until then, it had only covered Nairobi due to expensive costs of expansion.[8]
Programs
KTN was once a juggernaut in entertainment but has now been flooded with soap operas, long talk shows and CNN night time streaming. Some world class entertainment including sitcoms, thriller/detective, drama, action series and children's classics have all vanished.
Listed below are some of the shows the network was famous for;
Former
Imported shows
children's
- Template:Flagicon Adventures from the Book of Virtues
- Template:Flagicon Alvin and the Chipmunks
- Template:Flagicon Angels Friends
- Template:Flagicon Animaniacs
- Template:Flagicon Art Attack
- Template:Flagicon Barney & Friends
- Template:Flagicon Justice League (TV series)
- Template:Flagicon Superman The Animated Series
- Template:Flagicon Batman of the Future
- Template:Flagicon Batman: The Animated Series
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Beast Machines: Transformers
- Template:Flagicon Being Ian
- Template:Flagicon Bob in a Bottle
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Braceface
- Template:Flagicon Captain Planet and the Planeteers
- Template:Flagicon Casper the Friendly Ghost
- Template:Flagicon Count Duckula
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Denver, the Last Dinosaur
- Template:Flagicon The Fairly OddParents!
- Template:Flagicon Felix the Cat
- Template:Flagicon The Flintstones
- Template:Flagicon Hi-5
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Jackie Chan Adventures
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Jim Henson's The Hoobs
- Template:Flagicon Johnny Bravo
- Template:Flagicon Kim Possible
- Template:Flagicon The Little Rascals
- Template:Flagicon Mission Top Secret
- Template:Flagicon The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion
- Template:Flagicon New Captain Scarlet
- Template:Flagicon The Odyssey
- Template:Flagicon Out of the Box
- Template:Flagicon The Puzzle Place
- Template:Flagicon The Real Ghostbusters
- Template:Flagicon Recess
- Template:Flagicon The Road Runner Show
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid
- Template:Flagicon SilverHawks
- Template:Flagicon Sky Dancers
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Star Wars: Ewoks
- Template:Flagicon Tom & Jerry Kids
- Template:Flagicon X-Men: Evolution
- Template:Flagicon American Dragon:Jake Long
- Template:Flagicon The Proud Family
- Template:Flagicon Atomic Betty
- Template:Flagicon Jacob Two Two
- Template:Flagicon 6teen
- Template:Flagicon The Wild Thornberrys
- Template:Flagicon Lilo & Stitch
- Template:Flagicon Johnny Test
- Template:Flagicon Justice League
- Template:Flagicon My life as a teenage robot
- Template:Flagicon Danny Phantom
- Template:Flagicon Braceface
- Template:Flagicon Hey Arnold!
Drama
- Template:Flagicon 7th Heaven
- Template:Flagicon Alias
- Template:Flagicon Angel
- Template:Flagicon Baywatch
- Template:Flagicon Being Erica
- Template:Flagicon Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Template:Flagicon Charmed
- Template:Flagicon The Commish
- Template:Flagicon Dawson’s Creek
- Template:Flagicon Desperate Housewives
- Template:Flagicon ER
- Template:Flagicon Judging Amy
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
- Template:Flagicon Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
- Template:Flagicon Lost
- Template:Flagicon L.A. Law
- Template:Flagicon Monk
- Template:Flagicon Murphy Brown
- Template:Flagicon Prison Break
- Template:Flagicon Renegade
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Time Trax
Reality
- Template:Flagicon The Rebel Billionaire: Branson's Quest for the Best
- Template:Flagicon Beyond Chance
Soap Opera
- Template:Flagicon Days of Our Lives
- Template:Flagicon Egoli: Place of Gold
- Template:Flagicon Fashion House
- Template:Flagicon Melrose Place
- Template:Flagicon Neighbours
- Template:Flagicon The Stepdaughters
- Template:Flagicon The General's Daughter
- Template:Flagicon The Promise
- Template:Flagicon A Love to Last
- Template:Flagicon Lost Hearts
- Template:Flagicon Doble Kara
- Template:Flagicon A Mother's Guilt
- Template:Flagicon Prima Donnas
- Template:Flagicon Los Bastardos
Comedy
- Template:Flagicon The Benny Hill Show
- Template:Flagicon Desmond's
- Template:Flagicon Diff'rent Strokes
- Template:Flagicon Eve
- Template:Flagicon Everybody Hates Chris
- Template:Flagicon Full House
- Template:Flagicon Golden Girls
- Template:Flagicon Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
- Template:Flagicon Herman's Head
- Template:Flagicon The Jeffersons
- Template:Flagicon Kate & Allie
- Template:Flagicon Less than Perfect
- Template:Flagicon The Muppet Show
- Template:Flagicon Nurses
- Template:Flagicon Perfect Strangers
- Template:Flagicon Sanford and Son
- Template:Flagicon Sister, Sister
- Template:Flagicon Men Behaving Badly
- Template:Flagicon Friends
- Template:Flagicon Martin
Talk Shows
Game Shows
Anthology
References
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- ↑ "Cable news boosts Kenya TV", Africa Film & TV Magazine, nº. 1, July-September 1993
- ↑ "South Africa's giant on media safari", Africa Film & TV Magazine, nº. 1, July-September 1993
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- ↑ "Kenya TV Network taken over by Standard Newspapers Group", Africa Film & TV Magazine, nº. 16, January-March 1998
- ↑ "KTN re-launch", Africa Film & TV Magazine, nº. 17, April-June 1998
- ↑ "Kenya Television Network goes on Satellite", Africa Film & TV Magazine, nº. 36, February-April 2003
External links
- ktnkenya.tv
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- KTN Live Stream - Kenyan TV