StarSat has less than three months to shut down in South Africa.
On Digital Media’s StarSat has been instructed by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa to shut down by 18 September 2024.
Reports that Icasa hadn’t renewed StarSat’s licence surfaced in early June 2024, and despite the instruction from the regulator, the broadcaster“We can assure you and the public that On Digital Media/StarSat will not be closing its operations anytime soon,” said On Digital Media CEO Debbie Wu. “The regulator does not have the legislative or regulatory mandate to consider a transfer application and/or renewal application an expired licence,” it said.
She added that On Digital Media is exploring all the regulatory and legal issues surrounding its licencing.A recent MyBroadband analysis revealed it was the second-most affordable of the three major players in the space: DStv, Openview, and StarSat.
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