CELEBRATING RADIO
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WORLD RADIO DAY 2016
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SERVICE PROVIDERS
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THE BUSINESS OF RADIO
ARQIVA
BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL
DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSMISSION
EUTELSAT
Arqiva is a communications infrastructure and media
services company, operating at the heart of the
broadcast, satellite and mobile communications
markets.
In radio, Arqiva designs tailored radio networks to
perfectly meet the unique needs of each customer. The
company offers everything needed to get broadcasters
on air. This includes bespoke antenna design,
spectrum planning, site acquisition, vendor
management, procurement services and distribution
design. Arqiva is one of very few businesses to have
specialist knowledge in areas such as spectrum
planning and antenna design.
Already a key player in DAB, Arqiva (as part of
Sound Digital) will this Spring launch the second
national commercial DAB multiplex in the UK.
Babcock International has recognised expertise in radio
distribution combined with its global network of
owned and operated transmitters that provides flexible
worldwide distribution of programming on SW, MW,
FM, DAB, DRM and satellite.
Babcock International fully manages the critical
infrastructure used by world leading broadcasters and
has partnered with worldwide radio stations,
providing the best ways to reach audiences from
regional SW transmissions to FM slots targeting
specific cities.
In addition, comprehensive playout, turnaround
and uplink services are provided by the company.
Through capacity commercialised on 40 satellites
positioned to serve users in 150 countries in Europe,
Africa, Asia and the Americas, Eutelsat is one of the
world’s leading satellite operators.
Eutelsat's satellites sit at the heart of the video chain,
from outside broadcasting to viewing and listening in
the home.
In a fast-moving market where
innovation is propelling forward the quality of the
viewing experience, satellites are an unrivalled route to
ubiquitous coverage and a source of bandwidth for
media-rich services.
Many of the radio services provided by AIB
Members are carried on Eutelsat’s fleet of satellites.
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Founded in 1976 by the 21 member-states of the Arab
League, Arabsat has been serving the growing needs of
the Arab world for over 30 years.
Now one of the world’s top satellite operators, and
by far the leading satellite services provider in the
Arab world, Arabsat carries over 500 TV channels, over
200 radio stations, two pay-TV networks and a wide
selection of HD channels reaching tens of millions of
homes in more than 100 countries across the Middle
East, Africa, Europe, Central Asia--including an
audience of over 170 million viewers within the 21
Arab countries alone.
Arabsat customers benefit from unrivalled in-orbit
backup, as well as more space capacity than any other
player in the region to allow the distribution of more
TV and radio broadcasting services.
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