Arqiva can help you with all three stages: business planning, securing spectrum, and building and operating the broadcast network.

Business planning
You need to assess the feasibility for your business of launching a mobile TV service. Arqiva can provide expertise across a wide range of areas, including market research, technology options, consumer or technical trials, budgetary design and costings, business case development and funding assessment.

We have access to extensive market research data from our Oxford DVB-H/UHF trial. We are involved in several other trials and continue to be a thought-leader in the development of mobile TV. By consulting with us early in your planning cycle you can benefit from our extensive expertise in these areas.

Securing spectrum
To set up a mobile TV platform you need spectrum. Depending on the spectrum required, access to specific radio frequencies can be complex and its use heavily regulated and restricted by international agreements. We bring unsurpassed expertise and know-how in the area of spectrum management - critical in your bid for spectrum - including:

• knowledge of spectrum availability and options
• assistance in acquiring spectrum and interfacing with regulators locally and internationally
• assessing spectrum implications on the network design, reception constraints and costs.

Network design, build and operation
Arqiva has a 50-year track record in the design, build and operation of broadcasting networks, covering analogue and digital TV and radio platforms. Our customers include the biggest UK broadcasters and our networks reach most of the UK population.

We provide end-to-end service where we monitor and manage the broadcast platforms on our customer's behalf. Our range of skills include network and head-end design, site acquisition and planning, site design and construction, end-to-end system integration and network operations.

Our core infrastructure, which can be used to support new mobile TV networks, includes:

End-to-end network monitoring - We have our National Customer Service Centre located at Emley Moor, where we can remotely manage our networks and provide 24/7 customer support.

Head-end operation - Arqiva currently operates the SDN Digital TV multiplex from our Feltham Media Centre, where our staff are multiskilled in the operation of head-ends and playout services.

Distribution - We operate our own satellite teleports and we are able to access over 100 satellites, as well as having agreements in place with major telecoms providers for terrestrial distribution links.

Transmission - Arqiva owns/manages over 2,400 transmission sites across the UK, allowing networks to be designed to cover the vast majority of the UK population.