Arqiva

Arqiva Limited

Arqiva Limited is a telecommunications company which provides infrastructure and broadcast transmission facilities in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Its main customers are TV and Radio broadcasters and mobile phone network operators with its main asset being a network of over 1,000 radio and television transmission sites. It is owned by a consortium of 7 investment groups led by CPP (Canadian Pension Plan) and the Australian investment house Macquarie Bank. As Arqiva is deemed to be a monopoly operator, it is regulated by Ofcom.

Arqiva runs the UK DTT transmitter network on behalf of the multiplex licensees of which two of the multiplexes, COM5 and COM6, they own the operating licences themselves through Arqiva Services Ltd. In July of 2013 it was announced that Arqiva had been awarded the licences to operate the two new HD DTT multiplexes COM7 and COM8. They were the only company that expressed an interest.

In addition, Arqiva provides playout facilities from their Feltham media centre which is used by broadcasters, such as Chello Zone and Sony Pictures Television, with over 50 UK channels currently serviced. There is also a multi-line live ingest for sports channels like ESPN and British Eurosport and they also provide European distribution of channels emanating from the UK. In total, Arqiva handles 500+ TV channels and services.