TV

In Numbers

1,154 sites

We transmit from 1,154 TV broadcast sites

98.5 %

We reach 98.5% of the UK population through Freeview

275 channels

We deliver over 275 channels into the UK and Ireland

Television and video managed services

From the earliest days of television, through the birth of satellite to the launch of digital terrestrial television, we have been trusted by broadcast and media brands across the globe. Now, that experience comes together with a proven portfolio of broadcast infrastructure, end-to-end networks, next-generation connectivity and cloud solutions to help our clients innovate, compete and grow.

UK television channel distribution

Reach over 96% of UK households with Arqiva: our fully managed Satellite Direct to Home (DTH) and Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) services make it easy to distribute your channels across all major UK platforms including Sky, Freesat and Freeview.

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Broadcast and OTT headend services

Simplify operations, reduce costs and inject agility at every stage of the content journey with Arqiva broadcast and OTT operations. From channel aggregation to cloud based processing and multichannel distribution, our managed services eliminate complexity across your headend operations.

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Affiliate distribution

Boost channel viewership and revenues around the world with our affiliate distribution service for broadcasters and channel owners. Working together, we’ll co-create the distribution models to meet the unique needs of your business, affiliates and audiences.

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Sports, news and events

Be sure to break the big stories, show every goal and screen every gig. We take your live event content from anywhere and deliver it everywhere; over conventional or the latest OTT and cloud acquisition and distribution channels – with unmatched reliability.

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Video-on-demand (VOD) services

Extend your reach and embrace evolving platform opportunities with our VOD processing services. Our automated workflows and off-the-shelf integrations with over 50 of the biggest name platforms make it easy to deliver your on-demand content to new and existing audiences across the world.

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Television transmission services

Keeping the UK’s digital terrestrial television (DTT) services on air, we manage and maintain more that 1,100 transmitter sites up and down the country – all supported by a 24/7 service management centre and countrywide field service team ensuring five-nines reliability.

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