Arqiva

Arqiva is a British communications-infrastructure company whose satellite division operates teleport and uplink facilities that broadcasters and satellite operators buy time on rather than build their own. The operating company, Arqiva Limited, was incorporated in April 1990; the Arqiva brand itself dates to May 2005, when Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group renamed the broadcast-infrastructure business it had acquired from NTL.

Arqiva's two principal teleports, Crawley Court (near Winchester, Hampshire, where the company is registered) and Chalfont Grove (Buckinghamshire), both hold Tier-4 accreditation — the highest rating — from the World Teleport Association, re-certified in 2026. The company provides satellite uplink and broadcast-distribution services; for example, it supplied the satellite uplink used to distribute beIN Sports' coverage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup via the Es'hailSat-1 satellite.

Beyond satellite services, Arqiva's larger business operates roughly 1,450 terrestrial radio and television transmission sites across the UK, smart-meter communications infrastructure, and, through its Inmedia Communications and former BT Satellite Broadcast Services acquisitions, satellite broadcast operations extending into the United States, France, Italy and the Netherlands. The company is privately held by a consortium comprising Digital 9 Infrastructure (48%), Macquarie Group (25%) and IFM Investors (14.8%).

Arqiva's satellite teleport business is a small part of a much larger broadcast-infrastructure group, but it is one of Europe's higher-accreditation commercial teleport operators.