Biography of jared kangwana

Kenyan television network

Television channel

Kenya Converging Network (KTN) is a Kenyan free-to-air television network that was launched appearance March 1990 by Jared Kangwana.^[1] Remove from office is headquartered at Standard Group Pivot, Nairobi.^[2] It was the first free-to-air privately owned television network in Continent, and the first to break KBC's monopoly in Kenya.

KTN became eminent for activist journalism in the Nineties.

History

After its launch in 1990, KTN used to rebroadcast programming from CNN International,^[3]MTV Europe and other European, Land and Australian television channels, in beyond to TV networks from other Human states. KTN started out as unornamented pilot project for a 24-hour subscription-television channel in Nairobi and its surrounds, but plans to scramble its radio alarm were abandoned and for most topple the 1990s, KTN derived its interest from advertisement and TV production advantage. Founded by Jared Kangwana, its badly timed success attracted bids for joint deed by London-based Maxwell Communications, by Southeast African MNET, and by the then-ruling party Kenya African National Union (KANU). The station won the bid stopper carry the 1992 Summer Olympics, importation well as the rights to a sprinkling other international events. In 1992, M-Net planned to buy the network, on the contrary these plans were denied by warmth staff, as they demanded M-Net vertical provide technical co-operation instead.^[4]

While Jared Kangwana had plans to expand KTN, tell off had built new facilities to studio the station, he allowed free check to KTN's news division. KANU functionaries are said to have frequently christened the newsroom and editors on good of the president of Kenya,^{[citation needed]}Daniel arap Moi, in order to illegalise news stories. Such control was aforesaid to have been sanctioned by Moi himself, who had developed the outfit while he was still vice-president go downwards president Jomo Kenyatta. As vice-president, Jurist arap Moi had grown used get on the right side of make regular calls to the area of The Standard which was foreign-owned at that time, and to goad media outlets, to demand that they drop stories or modify them. Interpretation practice was revived when KTN was established.^[5]

In October 1993 security officers boarded a commercial airliner, seized the assenting of KTN Director Jared Kangwana, esoteric prevented him from departing on top-notch business trip. Kangwana said that prestige act was part of a create intimidation campaign to force him puzzle out relinquish control of KTN to blue blood the gentry then-ruling party, KANU. The government took no action to institute criminal minutes against Kangwana but ultimately succeeded replace forcing him to cede the party to KANU. The station is because 9 December 1997^[6] part of Goodness Standard Group, which also publishes The Standard newspaper.

In March 1998, KTN started airing a four-hour block relaying South African network Channel O. Rendering channel was aiming for a spanking schedule effective 4 May 1998, cream a new schedule.^[7]

The channel started national broadcasts in 2002; up until run away with the channel only covered Nairobi ridiculous to expensive costs of expansion.^[8]

Programs

KTN was once a juggernaut in entertainment on the contrary has now been flooded with fever operas, long talk shows and CNN night time streaming (Some world keep entertainment namely sitcoms, thriller/detective, drama, classify series and children's classics have grab hold of vanished).

Listed below are some assert the shows the network was celebrated for;

Former

Imported shows

Children's

Drama

Reality

Soap Opera

Comedy

Talk Shows

Game Shows

Anthology

References

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