Arqiva

http://www.arqiva.com
https://www.linkedin.com/company/arqiva/

Arqiva, a privately owned company headquartered in the United Kingdom, was founded in 2005 and employs approximately 1,590 individuals. The company reported $890.7M in revenue as of 2025. Functioning as a tier 1 media tech buyer, its main product is connectivity and distribution services. Arqiva is a supplier of national terrestrial television and radio broadcasting services in the UK, and also distributes channels internationally using its managed fibre and satellite infrastructure.

2025 Revenue

Founded

2005

Headcount

1,567

Headquarters

United Kingdom

Primary Segment

Connectivity and distribution services

Ownership

Privately Owned

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On September 15, 2026, Arqiva received the Armed Forces Covenant Silver Award, recognizing its support for the Armed Forces community. Previously, on September 11, the company highlighted its satellite and fibre infrastructure's role in supporting beIN Sports’ coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2026 across the Middle East and North Africa, following the broadcaster's reported cumulative audience of 6.2 billion viewers for the tournament. On September 10, Arqiva announced a refreshed brand identity, aiming to reflect its evolution into a broader technology and critical infrastructure provider. Earlier, on August 13, Vale of Glamorgan MP Kanishka Narayan praised the engineering expertise and resilient broadcast services provided by the Wenvoe transmitting station, which serves over 1 million people across South Wales, after a visit to the site. This followed the completion of a multi-year program on August 11, when Arqiva migrated all 62 DAB multiplexes and more than 1,000 radio services onto its new Central Coding & Multiplexing System (CCMS), marking a major upgrade of its UK digital radio platform.

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Arqiva offers 10 products in the media tech and connectivity and cloud industries. Arqiva's product portfolio comprises of enterprise connectivity services, connectivity and distribution services, video processing and playout, media managed services and video data and analytics.

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Arqiva's revenues were less than $1B in 2025. Caretta Research has split Arqiva's revenue into 12 different product categories, the largest of which is terrestrial transmission services. For full access to Arqiva's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.

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Sep

15th

2026

06:30

Awards and Recognitions, B2B Tag, Award Wins

Arqiva recognised with Armed Forces Covenant Silver Award : Europe : Argiva : International Broadcast News

Arqiva recognised with Armed Forces Covenant Silver AwardPresented to organisations that demonstrate outstanding support for the Armed Forces community -- Share to Linkedin September 15, 2026 Press Office Keith Frost and Esme Gould of Arqiva

4RFV International Broadcast News

Sep

11th

2026

00:50

Sports Rights Updates, B2B Tag

Arqiva highlights role in delivering beIN Sports’ FIFA WC 2026 coverage

Arqiva has highlighted the role of its satellite and fibre infrastructure in supporting beIN Sports’ coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2026 across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), following the broadcaster’s reported cumulative audience of 6.2bn viewers for the tournament.

BroadcastPro Middle East

Sep

10th

2026

07:25

B2B Tag, Rebranding

Arqiva announces refreshed brand identity

Arqiva, UK-based global broadcasting and communications infrastructure services group, has announced a brand refresh to reflect its evolution into a wider technology and critical infrastructure provider.

Telecompaper

Aug

13th

2026

06:30

Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

Vale MP praises Wenvoe's broadcast role and engineering expertise : Europe : Argiva : International Broadcast News

Wenvoe serves over 1 million people across South Wales 13 August 2026, Winchester, UK - Vale of Glamorgan MP, Kanishka Narayan, has praised the engineering expertise and resilient broadcast services provided by the Wenvoe transmitting station following a visit to the site.

4RFV International Broadcast News

Aug

11th

2026

06:30

ESG, B2B Tag, Sustainability Initiatives

Arqiva completes major upgrade of UK digital radio platform

Arqiva has migrated all 62 DAB multiplexes and more than 1,000 radio services onto its new Central Coding & Multiplexing System (CCMS). It marks the completion of a multi-year programme to modernise one of the world's most complex DAB radio networks.

IBC UK

Aug

7th

2026

06:30

ESG, B2B Tag

Arqiva completes transformation of UK radio infrastructure

August 7, 2026 Arqiva, the UK’s communications infrastructure and media services company, has completed a major transformation of the infrastructure that supports commercial digital radio across the UK, successfully migrating all 62 DAB multiplexes and more than 1,000 radio services onto its new Central Coding & Multiplexing System (CCMS).

Advanced Television

Jun

23rd

2026

01:00

B2B Tag

Arqiva response to DCMS Green Paper : Europe : Argiva : International Broadcast News

The priority now is a clear and credible plan June 23, 2026, Winchester, UK - Arqiva, the UK's leading communications infrastructure provider, welcomes today's publication by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) of its Green Paper, Watch this Space: A new strategic direction for UK media.

4RFV International Broadcast News

Jun

17th

2026

01:00

Partnerships and Alliances, B2B Tag

Building resilience in an era of compounding threats : Europe : Argiva : International Broadcast News

How SGN is future-proofing critical national infrastructure with Arqiva Managed Connectivity. When disruption becomes the norm As Storm Eunice tore across the UK in February 2022, winds of more than 120mph brought down power lines, damaged substations and left more than a million homes without electricity.

4RFV International Broadcast News

Jun

11th

2026

01:00

B2B Tag

Arqiva calls to maintain terrestrial network

The government in the United Kingdom is considering the future of television distribution, which could affect the prospects of the digital terrestrial platform that is marketed at Freeview. Strangely, the organisation responsible for Freeview, and the public service broadcasters that fund it, wants to switch if off by 2034.

Informitv

Jun

4th

2026

01:00

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Future of terrestrial television

With the government in the United Kingdom expected to publish its provisional conclusions on the future of television distribution, the company that runs the terrestrial transmission network has proposed what it calls a viable, cost-effective and future-proofed plan that would maintain digital terrestrial television until around 2045.

Informitv

Apr

10th

2026

04:22

B2B Tag

Arqiva signs managed audio streaming contract with Nation Radio

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Telecompaper

Apr

10th

2026

04:10

B2B Tag

Arqiva helps United Utilities roll out 200,000 smart water meters

UK water company United Utilities, operating in the NW of England, has reached the milestone of installing more than 200,000 smart meters over the last 12 months, supported by Arqiva and Network Plus. It plans to install and upgrade more than one million smart meters over the next four years. This initial deployment focused on cities and towns in Greater Manchester, Cumbria and Merseyside.

Telecompaper

Arqiva's customers primarily consist of telecoms and broadcast television and radio companies. Examples of Arqiva's customers include BBC, NBCUniversal and Sky Group. Arqiva has commercial and technical partners like Viasat, Irdeto and Techex. Examples of Arqiva's suppliers include 3SS, Skyline Communications and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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