Media services and communications infrastructure operator, Arqiva, and design architect for live cloud and broadcast solutions, Techex have announced a partnership to offer seamless distribution of live event content, from any source to anywhere globally. The agreement between the firms, combining Arqiva’s managed services and live IP software solutions from Techex, aims to remove the […]

Media services provider Arqiva has enhanced its portfolio of streaming services with the addition of new broadcast optimisation capability. Provided in collaboration with System73, the new service offerings for optimisation, QoE analytics and seamless CDN switching aim to reduce the delivery cost, latency, environmental impact and viewer satisfaction issues that come with the increasing requirement […]

Matthew Huntington is joining the advisory board of the Service List Registry (SLR) to support its mission to simplify how people view television and video. SLR provides a global online platform that enables media providers to announce their services and programmes, allowing viewers to discover them through compatible devices, displays and applications. Huntington was previously […]

Arqiva, the communications infrastructure and media services company, has announced the appointments of Caroline Cardozo as Director of Product, and James Lelyveld as Director of Software Engineering. Cardozo joins Arqiva from Disguise, where she served as VP of Product. Prior to this, she was Director of Group Product, Discovery & AI at Sky where she […]

The General Assembly of the DVB Project has elected a new Steering Board to serve for the coming two years. It includes representatives of 43 companies across DVB’s four member constituencies. The companies represented on the DVB Steering Board 2023–2025 are as follows: Manufacturers / software suppliers: Ateme, Dolby, Enensys, Ericsson, Fraunhofer IIS, HiSilicon, InterDigital, […]

UK-based TV and radio transmission business Arqiva has just borrowed £250 million. Ratings agency Fitch has allocated a classification of ‘BBB’ with an ‘outlook is stable’ qualification. Fitch expects Arqiva’s debt to steadily fall to zero by 2032. The new cash will be used primarily to repay its existing European Investment Bank Loan and institutional […]

Communications infrastructure and media services company, Arqiva, has announced the appointment of Dom Wedgwood as Chief Technology Officer.  Wedgwood joins on June 1st and is appointed to Arqiva’s Executive Committee, reporting to CEO Shuja Khan.   Before joining Arqiva, Wedgwood was Senior Vice President for Broadcast Technology and OTT Playback Experience at DAZN Group, the […]

Communications infrastructure and media services provider Arqiva has been selected by digital platform cybersecurity specialist Irdeto to continue their partnership on the delivery of broadcast platforms to an audience of over 21 million people across 50 countries in South and Sub-Saharan Africa. Under the terms of the contract, Arqiva will provide managed services to Irdeto, […]

Channel 4 and ITV’s multiplex service Digital 3&4 has appointed Steve Holebrook as its new Managing Director as Greg Bensberg steps down after ten years in the role. Reporting into the Digital 3&4 board, Holebrook will lead the strategic approach of the business and manage the operations of the Digital 3&4 service across all engagement […]

UK communications infrastructure and media services company, Arqiva, has announced the appointment of Gaurav Jandwani as Executive Director, Media & Broadcast. Jandwani joins from Telia, where he was Business Head, TV & Streaming and will sit on the Arqiva Executive Committee (ExCo) reporting to CEO Shuja Khan. His appointment is effective from January 3rd 2023. […]