Skylink (TV platform)
Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Telecommunication |
Founded | 2007 |
Headquarters | Prague, Czech Republic Bratislava, Slovakia |
Key people | Jaromír Glisník |
Products | Television, direct broadcast satellite |
Parent | M7 Group (Groupe Canal+) |
Website | www.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
- ^ Dziadul, Chris (17 March 2009). "Sky Link prepares more HD". Broadband TV News.
- ^ "Počet zákazníků Skylinku překročil 900 000" (Press release) (in Czech). Parabola.cz. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2021.