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, but by the end of the 2009, Skylink had 900,000 subscribers. Furhermore by April 2010, Skylink has reached 1,000,000 subscribers. The Skylink package is broadcast from Astra 3A at 23.5° east.