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About Arqiva
Arqiva is a leading provider of communications, media and infrastructure services, delivering secure, scalable and sustainable connectivity. We enable content and data to be seamlessly transmitted across technologies and platforms, both in the UK and internationally, enabling a switched-on world to flow.
Our network delivers universal access to broadcast television and radio services from c.1,450 sites across the UK, providing quality, uninterrupted access to essential broadcast services. Arqiva also operates over 80 ground satellite dishes for Direct-to-Home (DTH) TV and are the UK’s largest independent reseller of satellite capacity, with a growing presence in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) up-linking.
With over 7.5 million smart meters currently connected, and an additional ten million forecasted over the next five years, Arqiva is the UK’s largest provider of smart meter connectivity. We play a key role in supporting water and energy companies with reliable, long-range managed data services.
With a legacy dating back to 1922, Arqiva has been at the forefront of broadcasting and connectivity innovation. We carried the world’s first national radio service, enabled the BBC’s first television broadcast in 1936, and supported Europe’s first satellite TV test in 1978. In the 2000s, we played a pioneering role in launching the UK’s national DAB radio and digital terrestrial television (DTT) networks.
Behind the scenes, our teams deliver millions of vital connections every day, supporting major UK and international broadcasters, independent radio groups, and national utilities.
Arqiva is owned by a consortium of infrastructure investors and is headquartered in Hampshire, with UK offices in London, Buckinghamshire, and Yorkshire, and operational centres in the West Midlands and Scotland.
www.arqiva.com
British Broadcasting Corporation
The BBC’s mission has remained the same for 100 years; to enrich people’s lives with great programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain.
The BBC is the most-used brand in the UK for media. We are one of the most-used UK public services, reaching 9 in 10 UK adults and nearly 8 in 10 young adults on average per week. BBC News is the most trusted news brand in the UK and in the US, and we are the most trusted international news provider globally.
The Corporation is funded through a television licence fee and 95% of our controllable spend is focussed on content and delivery with just 5% spent on running the organisation. As the largest investor in original UK content, the BBC contributes around £5bn to the UK economy each year, delivering £2.63 of direct economic impact for every £1 spent, with 50% of that economic impact outside of London.
The current Royal Charter, which started on 1st January 2017 sets out five public purposes for the BBC. They are:
BT Group is one of the world’s leading communications services companies. We’re based in the UK but we serve customers in around 180 countries. We develop and sell communications propositions and services, and build and operate the networks that are essential to modern lives, businesses and communities. We operate as a single business, made up of organisational units. There are customer-facing units that sell propositions and services and corporate units that support the whole group.
BT Business
Our three brands – BT, EE and Plusnet – connect UK consumers to information, entertainment, friends and family, at home and on the move. Between them, they provide the whole of the UK with connectivity. We buy access to fixed-line and broadband infrastructure from Openreach, and we use EE’s mobile network to provide mobile phone services. We connect more than 1m business customers and public sector organisations with our extensive portfolio of communications and IT solutions. We also provide network products and services to communications providers operating in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
Openreach
Openreach builds, and sells access to, the network that connects the UK’s homes and businesses. Openreach also provides wholesale ‘last mile’ fixed access from homes and businesses to exchanges, and installs and maintains the fibre and copper communications networks.
Global
We are a leading business connectivity, communications and IT services provider to major multinational corporations in around 180 countries. We own an extensive global voice and data network providing managed services, security and network and IT infrastructure services, enabling customers’ digital transformations. We partner in countries worldwide for access to voice and data infrastructure and we buy enterprise technologies and equipment for our customers from the world’s leading technology providers.
The DMA is the voice of the data and marketing industry. Our Code sets the standard for all marketers to “do data right” so that growth is fuelled by integrity and customers trust the brands who sell to them. We recognise that great marketing starts with great people and that when teams are skilled, motivated, and diverse they create marketing that is authentic, representative, and impactful. That’s why we advocate for a legislative framework that balances innovation with privacy and for investment in the skills needed to harness the power of data as a force for good. For more information contact chris.combemale@dma.org.uk or visit www.dma.org.uk.
About KPMG UK - TMT
KPMG LLP is a leading UK professional services firm with around 17,000 partners and staff. Part of a global network spanning 143 countries, we bring trusted insight and sector expertise to help organisations navigate complexity and change.
Within Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT), we support clients at the forefront of rapid transformation. From digital platforms and connectivity to content and data, TMT organisations face fast-evolving customer expectations, intensifying competition and significant regulatory and infrastructure pressures.
Our TMT team works with start-ups, scale-ups and global enterprises to manage risk, prioritise investment and drive growth. We help organisations respond to disruption and unlock opportunities through areas such as AI, cloud and data modernisation, 5G, ESG-lead technology transformation, deal advisory and regulatory compliance.
With over 150 years of experience supporting organisations through change, you can trust KPMG UK to bring fresh thinking, practical insight and the technology-enabled solutions needed to make a meaningful difference.
