Arqiva Sporting Uplinks

Arqiva’s Satellite Media Solutions division has announced they are providing a dedicated 36MHz transponder, plus associated multiplexing and uplinking, to support growth by sports TV broadcaster Setanta. Content will be delivered via a number of fibre sources and a dedicated multiplex capable of uplinking up to eight channels. A proportion of the available capacity is used to support a range of interactive services including Sky Bet and the Setanta ISub applications. Setanta is an owner and operator of premium, subscription-based, sports TV channels with more than three million customers worldwide. The dedicated transponder provides Setanta with greater efficiencies in broadcasting their growing number of sports-related channels, which include Racing World, Racing UK, Setanta Commercial, NASN, Setanta Island, Liverpool TV and Arsenal TV, which was launched on 14 January 2008—Hampshire, United Kingdom