Skylink (TV platform)

Not to be confused with Sky UK, a different European Satellite Pay TV provider.
For other uses, see Skylink (disambiguation).
Skylink
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTelecommunication
Founded2007 (2007)
HeadquartersPrague, Czech Republic
Bratislava, Slovakia
Key people
Jaromír Glisník
ProductsTelevision, direct broadcast satellite
ParentM7 Group
Websitewww.skylink.cz
www.skylink.sk

Skylink is a satellite service that offers Czech and Slovak TV and radio stations to residents of Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The package includes channels received without subscription and pay-TV channels.

A number of HDTV channels were introduced into the package in 2009, and Skylink claimed to have 500,000 subscribers from Slovakia and the Czech Republic,[1] but by the end of the 2009, Skylink had 900,000 subscribers.[2] Furthermore by April 2010, Skylink has reached 1,000,000 subscribers. Skylink is part of M7 Group (Canal+ Luxembourg S.a.r.l.) which since september 2019 is part of Canal+/Vivendi.

The Skylink package is broadcast from Astra 3B and Astra 3C at 23.5° east.

References

  1. ^ Dziadul, Chris (17 March 2009). "Sky Link prepares more HD". Broadband TV News.
  2. ^ "Počet zákazníků Skylinku překročil 900 000" (Press release) (in Czech). Parabola.cz. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
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