Arqiva has signed a co-location agreement with major US West Coast Teleport operator USEI. This will enable USEI to access Arqiva's Occasional Use infrastructure to onpass UK downlinks and uplinks to their facilities in the USA and Japan.

Jon Kirchner, Executive Vice President at Arqiva Satellite & Media, said: “We are extremely pleased that USEI has selected Arqiva’s infrastructure to support the distribution of their services. Our European teleports and fibre links form part of an integrated international network in which our UK teleports offer exceptional connectivity to numerous satellites operating across an extremely broad footprint. We are delighted to provide USEI with the means to reliably and effectively access these satellites enabling the onward distribution of content from a wide range of countries and platforms.”

Arqiva has the infrastructure and experience to help rights owners, programme makers and broadcasters to create and capture content, and to manage and deliver high quality television around the world. Arqiva currently provides trusted management and delivery of over 400 standard and high definition TV channels worldwide.