Arqiva Rushes U.S. Content Into U.K. & Europe

Selected by IPTV to expand into the European market is Arqiva, who recently acquired two teleports and fiber networks in the U.S. offering direct access to Arqiva’s distribution capabilities within the United Kingdom and Europe. Simon Thrush, the company’s Senior Vice President and head of the firm’s U.S. operations, said, “We are now positioned as the major international gateway to Europe for American broadcasters. Our ability to take content from the US market and directly distribute it within Europe allows us to offer customers faster and simpler implementation times and more cost effective services.”




Once the content leaves the IPTV facilities in Santa Monica, Arqiva handles all elements of the onward distribution. From their teleport in Los Angeles, the content is delivered by fiber directly to one of their many Eurobird mutiplexes in the United Kingdom. The content then appears as part of the Sky direct-to-home (DTH) platform in the U.K. on Channel 670. Customers only have to deal with one entity for distribution of their content outside of the U.S., rather than multiple parties—Winchester, United Kingdom