Icasa orders shutdown of one-time DStv challenger StarSat

StarSat, a Chinese-owned company that launched a direct challenge 15 years ago to MultiChoice Group’s DStv, has been ordered to shut down.
Communications regulator Icasa confirmed in a statement on Friday that StarSat, which was launched by On Digital Media (ODM) in 2008 as TopTV, failed to renew its operating licence, and suggested that as a result, the company is exiting the local market.
Update: See the statement below issued by ODM
However, the company’s website at starsat.co.za remains operational, and a call to the call centre number listed there was answered within seconds….