M7 strikes Skylink deals with commercial broadcasters

M7 Group, owner of Czech and Slovak pay TV platform Skylink, has finalised agreements with Czech broadcasters Nova Group, owner of the Nova TV commercial channel, and Prima TV.

The deal with Nova means that Skylink customers will again be able to view HD channels Nova HD, Nova Cinema HD and Fanda HD as part of the services’ Digital HD package. Skylink will also extend the availability of Nova Sport 1 HD, hitherto only available to Kombi, Multi HD, Flexi 7 and Komplet package susbscribers, to subscribers of the Multi pack.

The agreement with Prima will see the addition of Prima Max HD, which offers a mix of homegrown comedy and Hollywood movies, as part of the Digital HD pack.

Skylink also plans to offer two other Nova Group channels, Nova Sport HD 2 and Nova International, to its customers.