CS Link

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| name = CS Link

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| type = Private

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| foundation = {{start date and age|2006}}

| location = Prague, Czech Republic

| key_people = Daniel Klička, Managing Director

| industry = Telecommunication

| products = Direct broadcast satellite

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| parent = M7 Group (part of Canal+/Vivendi)

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| homepage = {{URL|http://www.cslink.cz/}}

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CS Link was a satellite service that offers Czech and Slovak TV and radio stations to residents of Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Previously owned by J&T, CS Link was acquired by the Luxembourg media group M7 Group (Canal+ Luxembourg S.a.r.l.) in 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2011/10/03/cs-link-owner-m7-acquires-rival-skylink-service/|title=CS Link owner M7 acquires rival SkyLink service|date=2011-10-03|website=Digital TV Europe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124016/https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2011/10/03/cs-link-owner-m7-acquires-rival-skylink-service/|archive-date=2018-12-09}} M7 Group (Canal+ Luxembourg S.a.r.l.) is part of Canal+/Vivendi since September 2019.

The original package included digital channels received without subscription (free-to-view) including HD channels and pay-TV channels. CS Link had 419,000 customers at the end of 2009.{{cite web | url=http://www.parabola.cz/clanky/3787/cs-link-uspechy-digitalni-satelitni-televize-v-roce-2009/ | title=CS Link: Úspěchy digitální satelitní televize v roce 2009 | date=11 January 2010 }} From September 2012 the company introduced a monthly service charge of 29 CZK, citing a tenfold increase in customer numbers in the five years up to that point.{{cite web|url=https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/ekonomika/bezplatne-sluzby-za-poplatek-skylink-a-cs-link-v-hledacku-ctu-281254|title=Bezplatné služby za poplatek? Skylink a CS Link v hledáčku ČTÚ|language=cs|work=Czech Television|date=31 July 2012|access-date=26 February 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.idnes.cz/technet/audio-foto-video/cs-link-a-skylink-zavadeji-poplatek.A120530_170815_tec_video_vse|title=Skylink a CS Link už nebudou mít bezplatné služby|language=cs|work=idnes.cz|date=30 May 2012|access-date=26 February 2025}} This change to the previously free model prompted a wave of customer complaints and resulted in an official complaint to the {{ill|Office for the Protection of Competition|cs|Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže}} (ÚOHS).{{cite web|url=https://www.e15.cz/byznys/obchod-a-sluzby/skylink-a-cs-link-pry-klamou-spotrebitele-775602|title=Skylink a CS Link prý klamou spotřebitele|language=cs|work=e15.cz|date=21 June 2012|access-date=27 February 2025}} In 2015 CS Link's monthly fee increased from 33 to 55 CZK, allowing users access to 36 standard definition and 12 high definition channels.{{cite web|url=https://www.idnes.cz/technet/audio-foto-video/cs-link-a-skylink-zdrazuji-servisni-poplatek.A150211_113318_tec_video_vse|title=Satelitní televize zdarma zdražuje. Skylink a CS Link zvyšují poplatek|language=cs|work=idnes.cz|date=11 February 2015|access-date=26 February 2025}}