Satellite operator StarSat is prepared to return to court to prevent its platform being shut down after a directive by SA’s broadcast regulator.

The company is hoping to persuade the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) that shutting it down would lead to further destruction of SA’s media industry at a time when jobs cuts are on the cards at Naspers owned Media24, Independent Media, and Daily Maverick. ..

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