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

1,615

Headquarters

United Kingdom

Primary Segment

Connectivity and distribution services

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

News Summary:

On June 23, 2026, Arqiva welcomed the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) Green Paper "Watch this Space: A new strategic direction for UK media," emphasizing the priority for a clear and credible plan. Previously, on June 17, Arqiva detailed how SGN employs its Managed Connectivity to future-proof critical national infrastructure against disruptions, referencing events like Storm Eunice in February 2022. This followed Arqiva's call on June 11 for the maintenance of the terrestrial network, amidst UK government consideration of television distribution's future, which could impact the Freeview platform despite its funding organizations' intentions to switch it off by 2034. Earlier, on June 4, Arqiva proposed a viable, cost-effective plan to maintain digital terrestrial television until around 2045, ahead of the government's expected provisional conclusions on television distribution.

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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, media managed services, video processing and playout, connectivity and distribution 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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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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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

Jul

25th

2024

01:36

Management Changes

Hispasat, Arqiva executives sign up to World Teleport Association board

The World Teleport Association (WTA) announced the election of Hispasat's director of customer operations Pablo Hoyos and Arqiva's head of platform engineering & delivery Kenny Skillen as new members to its board of directors for three-year terms that began on 01 April.

Telecompaper

Jul

22nd

2024

07:20

Procurement and Sales, Procurement and Sales

Arqiva wins managed connectivity service contract from SGN

Arqiva has won a contract from gas distribution network SGN to provide a managed connectivity service across 230 sites in England and Scotland.

Telecompaper

Jul

21st

2024

18:30

Procurement and Sales

Arqiva to deliver Managed Connectivity for SGN : Europe : Argiva : International Broadcast News

Arqiva to deliver Managed Connectivity to support SGN's Operational Technology (OT) Telemetry NetworkMission critical unified communications solution will bring security, resilience and reliability to SGN's network infrastructure, wrapped up in a 24/7 managed serviceJuly 22, 2024, UK, Winchester, Hampshire: Leading UK communications infrastructure and media services company, Arqiva, has been selected by gas distribution network SGN to deploy its fully managed Managed Connectivity service across 230 sites throughout England and Scotland.

4rfv

Jul

14th

2024

18:30

Hiring

Digital Skills : Europe : Argiva : International Broadcast News

We spoke to some of our graduates and interns about their experiences at Arqiva and how they are growing their digital skillsAccording to recent research, 27% of UK workers say they lack the sufficient digital skills required for their job role.

4rfv

Jun

11th

2024

18:30

ESG

engaging children with science : Europe : Argiva : International Broadcast News

Expanding a connection running for over 20 years, find out more about Arqiva and WonderseekersMore than 20 years ago, Arqiva donated unused land next to its Morn Hill teleport site near Winchester, Hampshire to enable the creation of what is now known as the Winchester Science Centre.

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Jun

5th

2024

06:29

Blockchain

Whitepaper: Discover the future of media distribution with Arqiva

Whitepaper: Discover the future of media distribution with Arqiva The new age of media distribution is defined by a fast and deep convergence of consumers, technology and production. In this whitepaper, Arqiva explores the challenges and opportunities emerging from the convergence of evolving consumer habits, technological advancements and shifting industry priorities.

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

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