US credit rating agency Standard & Poors (S&P) has issued UK television and radio transmission company Arqiva a position of ’CreditWatch negative’ due to increased regulatory uncertainty. The key issue is the UK’s examination of the future for ‘over-the-air’ television and radio broadcasting. The UK’s Department of Culture, Media, and Sports (DCMS) released a green […]

UK radio and television distribution business Arqiva has been re-rated by Fitch Rating, which says that Arqiva’s recent ‘Whole Business Securitisation’ bonds issued by Arqiva Financing plc are rated at ‘BBB’ with a ‘stable outlook’. Fitch says: “Arqiva’s ratings reflect projected gradual deleveraging, in line with its largely contracted revenue profile. Under the Fitch rating […]

Arqiva, the media services and communications infrastructure operator, has announced Nation Radio as the launch partner for its new fully managed audio streaming platform, supporting one of the UK’s fastest-growing commercial radio groups as it continues to expand its reach and digital capabilities. Under the multi-year agreement, Nation Radio will migrate all 33 of its […]

Arqiva Broadcast Parent has completed the sale of Macquarie Asset Management’s 26.54 per cent stake in the company. The buyer, as has already been notified, is in funds managed by Polus Capital Management. The transaction was previously disclosed in the company’s financial results for the six months ended December 31st 2025, published on March 2nd. […]

Arqiva, the UK’s major media services and communications infrastructure operator, has announced its financial results for the six months ended 31 December 2025 and that funds managed and advised by Polus Capital Management have agreed to acquire a 26.54 per cent shareholding in the company from Macquarie Asset Management. Arqiva CEO Shuja Khan, commented: “We’ve […]

The UK’s main TV, radio and cellular mast operator and transmission company, Arqiva, has been plunged into financial uncertainty amid uncertainty over a looming digital switchover. The past few months have seen a main shareholder (Macquarie) selling off its 26.5 per cent holding in the business. Another shareholder, Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9) is known to be […]

Macquarie Asset Management, on behalf of Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund II and other Macquarie-managed vehicles, has agreed to the sale of their interests in Arqiva, the UK’s main distributor of TV, radio and cellular signals. Macquarie has been a long-term investor in Arqiva, which provides critical data, network, and communications services to media and utilities […]

SES and Arqiva have signed a multi-year, multi-million contract renewal for satellite capacity on SES’s prime video neighbourhood of 28.2 degrees East. SES will continue to provide multi-transponder capacity to enable Arqiva to deliver SD and HD channels as well as radio services to its customers in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. SES’s […]

GB News has extended its distribution partnership with Arqiva. The agreement, which spans multiple years, includes Digital Terrestrial Television (Freeview) and DTH satellite TV spectrum, DAB+ Radio spectrum, and broadcast connectivity lines. Viewers accessing GB News via FreeSat will also benefit from the renewal. Marc Schipper, Chief Operating Officer at GB News, commented: “We’re delighted […]

Arqiva, the media services and communications infrastructure operator, has secured a deal with Hearst Networks to migrate the global broadcaster’s services to its fully cloud-based VoD processing platform, as part of an extension to the two companies’ existing VoD partnership. The new contract will see Arqiva continue to deliver VOD assets across 40+ pay-TV and […]