....the France 24 news channel in the U.K. The five-year contract sees Arqiva providing multiplexing, uplinking and satellite services that deliver the channel’s English language feed to the BSkyB and Freesat platforms, as well as to an extensive network of hotels. Following its launch five years ago, France 24 has built a 30 million-strong weekly following for its 24/7 news content, which brings a French perspective to world events. With global distribution reaching 160 million homes worldwide its programming is produced in Paris in French, English and Arabic. Arqiva uses its facilities in France and its global terrestrial fibre network to bring the channel’s feeds to the U.K. The English language feed is then uplinked onto Arqiva’s Eurobird 1 satellite capacity through one of its international teleports. Exclusive delivery of the service began on November 1, 2011.
