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Skylink tops platform chart

August 22, 2014 10.58 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

SkylinkSkylink remains by far the most popular DTH platform in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

According to the latest figures compiled by Parabola, there were three DTH platforms in the Czech Republic at the end of Q2, namely Skylink (which now also includes its sister service CS link), Digi TV and freeSat.

Skyink had an 84% market share, with 1.41 million active cards, followed by Digi TV with 160,000 subscribers (10%) and freeSAT with 104,400 (6%).

Meanwhile, in Slovakia, which had four platforms, two of which were owned by the same company (Slovak Telekom), Skylink had 710,000 active smart cards (67%), Digi TV 200,000 subscribers (19%), Magio Sat 90,000 subscribers (8%) and freeSAT 65,300 subscribers (6%).

Overall, Skylink had 2,120,000 active cards and a market share of 77% in the two countries.

Digi was in second place with 360,000 customers (13%), followed by freeSAT with 167,700 subscribers (6%).

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Filed Under: Central & East Europe, Newsline, Platforms, Satellite Tagged With: Czech Republic, Skylink, Slovakia Edited: 22 August 2014 10:58

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