please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message arqiva type private industry telecommunications founded 2005 headquarters winchester england united kingdom services transmissions website www.arqiva.com arqiva r ki v is a british telecommunications company which provides infrastructure and broadcast transmission facilities in the united kingdom and ireland along with commercial wifi 1 and smart metering for scotland and the north of england . 2 the company headquarters is located at crawley court in the village of crawley hampshire . its main customers are broadcasters and mobile phone network operators and its main asset is a network of over 1 000 radio and television transmission sites . it is owned by a consortium of investors led by cpp canadian pension plan and the australian investment house macquarie bank . 3 arqiva is a patron of the radio academy . 4 through its now digital subsidiary it operates various local digital radio ensembles . 5 contents 1 history 1.1 british broadcasting corporation bbc 1.2 national grid 1.3 independent television authority ita independent broadcasting authority iba 1.4 itc ra and transcom 1.5 cabletel simoco and ntl 1.6 macquarie 1.7 inmedia 1.8 bt broadcast 1.9 national grid wireless 1.10 jfmg 2 recent activity 2.1 onevision dtt licence application 2.2 seesaw 2.3 wifi 3 notable transmitter sites 4 see also 5 references 6 sources 7 external links history edit the company which has a history that dates back to the beginning of regular public broadcasting in the united kingdom was actually only formed in 2005 . 6 below is a potted history of the various organisations that are now part of arqiva british broadcasting corporation bbc edit responsibility for the transmitter assets of the bbc lay solely within the corporation until 1997 . the assets were then split into a separate company prior to being sold . the domestic transmitter network was purchased by a us company crown castle when it was privatised in 1997 . subsequently in 2004 this was purchased by national grid plc which merged in its own private communication network the name changing to national grid wireless in october 2005 . transmitters used by the bbc overseas services were sold to a new startup company called merlin communications national grid edit national grid plc had a large internal network for the communication of its engineers serving initially the electricity companies but subsequently the gas industry as well . this company developed on the back of the growth in mobile phones and its large portfolio of tower locations . this was added to by the purchase of the former bbc network as above national grid wireless as it became led a consortium bidding for the second uk national dab multiplex licence but was unsuccessful . the licence was awarded instead to 4 digital group in july 2007 . 7 independent television authority ita independent broadcasting authority iba edit the television act 1954 gave birth to the independent television authority ita . the ita appointed and regulated a number of regional programme contractors and built and operated a network of transmitters . the sound broadcasting act 1972 created legal commercial radio in the uk for the first time . it was modelled on itv in that programmes were made by local contractors while the regulator renamed the independent broadcasting authority owned and operated the transmitters . itc ra and transcom edit the broadcasting act 1990 split the iba into three bodies . the independent television commission itc regulated commercial tv and the radio authority ra regulated commercial radio . the iba s engineering division which operated the transmitters as well as doing research and development became an independent company called national transcommunications limited ntl also known as transcom . at this point technical standards regulation previously carried out in accordance with the iba engineering code of practice seems to have disappeared from the regulatory landscape . cabletel simoco and ntl edit transcom was acquired by international cabletel inc. which subsequently built its brand around the ntl name . it ran up huge debts during the dot com boom which crippled the company for many years . in 1998 ntl acquired the uk antenna sites business of simoco a private mobile radio pmr company formed from philips telecom pmr . in 1999 ntl acquired the uk field service operations business of simoco . in 2004 ntl sold its broadcast unit to macquarie communications infrastructure group but continued as a cable operator . macquarie edit in january 2005 macquarie communications infrastructure group renamed its new subsidiary arqiva . subsequently in july 2009 macquarie sold off a substantial part of its holding and moved the remaining amount to its investment fund . canada pension plan investment board cppib now has a 48 % holding and macquarie european infrastructure fund 2 meif 2 has 21 % with other macquarie group funds holding 13 % 8 inmedia edit arqiva acquired inmedia communications from the carlyle group for 68.5 million in july 2005 to form the new satellite media solutions business unit . inmedia was owned by kingston communications and known as kingston inmedia before being bought by the carlyle group in 2004 . bt broadcast edit arqiva announced the signing of a sale & purchase agreement spa with bt to acquire the full time service components of bt s satellite broadcast services business for 25 million in cash in november 2006 . the deal will include long term customer contracts operations and personnel located in the usa france italy and the netherlands as well as the uk . deal completion is subject to regulatory approval in the uk and germany . national grid wireless edit arqiva purchased national grid wireless on 3 april 2007 for 2.5 billion . 9 the company planned to run ngw as a separate company macquarie uk broadcast ventures ltd pending review of the deal by competition regulators . regulatory agreement was reached in late 2008 and national grid wireless was amalgamated into arqiva . the new company employs around 2 300 people and operates all the tv and most of the radio transmitters in the uk bbc national and local and many commercial stations . it is deemed to be a monopoly operator and as such is regulated by ofcom . 10 jfmg edit arqiva purchased pmse band manager jfmg 19 february 2009 . 11 jfmg were contracted by communications regulator ofcom to provide spectrum management and licensing services for programme making and special events pmse . in may 2015 ofcom made the decision to end the contract with arqiva and to insource the existing services . 12 recent activity edit onevision dtt licence application edit main article one vision dtt during 2009 arqiva were involved in the possibility of provision of digital pay tv in ireland . 13 seesaw edit main article seesaw internet television in march 2010 arqiva invested in and launched a catch up internet television iptv service called seesaw . 14 subsequently the holding in the company was reduced to 25 % . wifi edit in july 2012 arqiva bought spectrum interactive a wholesale only wifi provider . 15 notable transmitter sites edit map all coordinates using osm map all coordinates using google map up to 200 coordinates using bing export all coordinates as kml export all coordinates as georss export all coordinates as gpx map all microformatted coordinates place data as rdf alexandra palace 51 35 40 n 0 7 45 w 51.59444 n 0.12917 w 51.59444 ; 0.12917 angus 56 33 18 n 2 59 10 w 56.55500 n 2.98611 w 56.55500 ; 2.98611 arfon 53 1 11 n 4 16 24 w 53.01972 n 4.27333 w 53.01972 ; 4.27333 ashkirk 55 30 39 n 2 50 26 w 55.51083 n 2.84056 w 55.51083 ; 2.84056 ashton moss 53 28 59 n 2 7 43 w 53.48306 n 2.12861 w 53.48306 ; 2.12861 ashton moss west mf station & 53 29 28 n 2 6 55 w 53.49111 n 2.11528 w 53.49111 ; 2.11528 ashton moss east mf station beacon hill 50 26 47 n 3 36 39 w 50.44639 n 3.61083 w 50.44639 ; 3.61083 beacon hill a & 50 26 49 n 3 36 37 w 50.44694 n 3.61028 w 50.44694 ; 3.61028 beacon hill b belmont 53 20 9 n 0 10 19 w 53.33583 n 0.17194 w 53.33583 ; 0.17194 black hill black mountain bilsdale west moor blaenplwyf 52 21 38 n 4 6 10 w 52.36056 n 4.10278 w 52.36056 ; 4.10278 bluebell hill 51 19 27 n 0 31 14 e 51.32417 n 0.52056 e 51.32417 ; 0.52056 bressay brookmans park brougher mountain 54 25 24 n 7 27 45 w 54.42333 n 7.46250 w 54.42333 ; 7.46250 burghead burnhope caldbeck caradon hill carmel 51 49 6.5 n 4 3 58 w 51.818472 n 4.06611 w 51.818472 ; 4.06611 chatton 55 31 55 n 1 50 3 w 55.53194 n 1.83417 w 55.53194 ; 1.83417 chillerton down clevedon 51 25 24 n 2 51 52 w 51.42333 n 2.86444 w 51.42333 ; 2.86444 craigkelly croydon crystal palace 54 49 19 n 1 42 53 w 54.82194 n 1.71472 w 54.82194 ; 1.71472 darvel 55 34 46 n 4 17 23 w 55.57944 n 4.28972 w 55.57944 ; 4.28972 daventry divis douglas 54 8 26 n 4 29 35 w 54.14056 n 4.49306 w 54.14056 ; 4.49306 dover droitwich durris eitshal 58 10 45 n 6 35 6 w 58.17917 n 6.58500 w 58.17917 ; 6.58500 emley moor 53 36 44 n 1 39 52 w 53.61222 n 1.66444 w 53.61222 ; 1.66444 forfar 56 33 27 n 2 50 37 w 56.55750 n 2.84361 w 56.55750 ; 2.84361 fort william 56 50 54 n 5 5 19 w 56.84833 n 5.08861 w 56.84833 ; 5.08861 fr mont point hannington 51 18 28.5 n 1 14 41 w 51.307917 n 1.24472 w 51.307917 ; 1.24472 haverfordwest heathfield holme moss 53 32 00 n 1 51 29 w 53.53333 n 1.85806 w 53.53333 ; 1.85806 huntshaw cross 50 58 45 n 4 5 56 w 50.97917 n 4.09889 w 50.97917 ; 4.09889 keelylang hill 58 58 31 n 3 5 2 w 58.97528 n 3.08389 w 58.97528 ; 3.08389 kilvey hill 51 37 45 n 3 55 13 w 51.62917 n 3.92028 w 51.62917 ; 3.92028 kirk o shotts knock more 57 31 57 n 3 8 6 w 57.53250 n 3.13500 w 57.53250 ; 3.13500 les platons 49 14 46 n 2 6 5 w 49.24611 n 2.10139 w 49.24611 ; 2.10139 lichfield 52 38 12 n 1 45 32 w 52.63667 n 1.75889 w 52.63667 ; 1.75889 limavady 55 6 33 n 6 53 11 w 55.10917 n 6.88639 w 55.10917 ; 6.88639 lisnagarvey llanddona llangollen 53 1 52 n 3 10 50 w 53.03111 n 3.18056 w 53.03111 ; 3.18056 londonderry 55 0 15 n 7 22 8 w 55.00417 n 7.36889 w 55.00417 ; 7.36889 manningtree 51 55 26 n 1 5 10 e 51.92389 n 1.08611 e 51.92389 ; 1.08611 meldrum 57 23 13 n 2 24 0 w 57.38694 n 2.40000 w 57.38694 ; 2.40000 melvaig membury mendip mendlesham midhurst 51 1 1 n 0 42 3 w 51.01694 n 0.70083 w 51.01694 ; 0.70083 moel y parc moorside edge 53 38 05 n 1 53 37 w 53.63472 n 1.89361 w 53.63472 ; 1.89361 mounteagle north hessary tor 50 33 1 n 4 0 30 w 50.55028 n 4.00833 w 50.55028 ; 4.00833 oban 56 24 15 n 5 29 9 w 56.40417 n 5.48583 w 56.40417 ; 5.48583 oxford 51 47 26 n 1 10 44 w 51.79056 n 1.17889 w 51.79056 ; 1.17889 peterborough pontop pike preseli redruth ridge hill rosemarkie 57 38 0 n 4 4 31 w 57.63333 n 4.07528 w 57.63333 ; 4.07528 rowridge rumster forest sandale sandy heath selkirk skriaig 57 23 12 n 6 14 33 w