Market Trends

Berlin, Germany, April 9, 2014 – Year-end figures for broadband and IPTV, published today by the Broadband Forum, show a slowing but steady growth in broadband subscribers with some significant trends in technology and regional growth in new markets. The figures, prepared by Point Topic, highlight the addition of over 40 million new users world-wide, an annual increase of 6.15%, bringing the global total up to 678,455,893.

Richmond, Va., April 2, 2014--Primary distribution encoders are used to deliver linear TV signals to the facilities of those who will be redistributing the signals to consumers. The signals may be encoded using the older MPEG-2 or newer H.264 compression schemes. In the future, SNL Kagain  >expects programmers will use the latest HEVC compression scheme to deliver both Ultra HD and HD signals.

London, UK, April 2, 2014--Digital TV is finally taking off in Latin America – from only 18.1% penetration of TV households at end-2010 to just over the halfway mark by end-2014 and onto 94.5% by 2020, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. To put it  another way, 132 million digital TV households (in the 19 countries covered in the  Digital TV Latin America report) will be added between 2010 and 2020 to take  the total to 157 million. DTT will provide half of the additional digital TV homes to  be added between 2010 and 2020. 

Pune, India, April 1, 2014--Content delivery networks (CDNs) are currently providing one of the fastest revenue-generating markets, estimated to grow from US$ 3.71 billion in 2014 to US$ 12.16 billion by 2019 with rapid explosion of web-based content, mainly online music, online video and online transaction-based services enhancing demand,  according to a new Marketsand Markets report.

Dallas, Tex., March 31, 2014--Parks Associates announced new research today predicting 4K TVs will follow a similar, but faster, growth pattern as HDTVs, which have reached 82% of U.S. broadband households after 15 years on the market. The research "4K Today: Bringing Ultra HD to Market" predicts 4K TVs will reach mass-market pricing in the next 2-3 years and top 80% of households in approximately 10-12 years.

Paris, France, March 28, 2014--Data distributors and services providers have established themselves as a key component of the EO value-chain and an important partner of the EO satellite operators in order to disseminate data to the largest number of end-users possible. This is particularly apparent in accessing key fast growing regional markets and being able to do business with government and private end-users locally. According to Euroconsult's new research report, Earth Observation: Data Distribution, an estimated 12-17% of the US$ 1.5 billion* commercial data market flows through the distributors.

Mountain View,California, March 27, 2014-- Despite the withdrawal and reduction of troops from and Afghanistan, unmanned aerial systems (UASs) remain essential for conducting intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and strike operations. As Department of Defense (DoD) budgets for UASs decline, however, domestic UAS manufacturers must exploit opportunities in foreign military and the global commercial UAS market to stay afloat.

Paris, France,  March 25, 2014- According to Euroconsult's newly released research report, Video Content Management and Distribution, the global TV and video market is up US$ 31 billion since 2008 and is currently estimated at US$ 192 billion, with the production sector capturing the majority of revenues.

Hong Kong, March 25, 2014 – During the CASBAA OTT Summit 2014 held in Singapore, CASBAA and international media and technology law firm Olswang today unveiled “Digital, Legal and Anywhere – Innovation in Australian TV”, a new report showcasing the varied and abundant audio-visual content available through non-traditional media platforms and delivery mechanisms in Australia.

London, UK, March 24,  2014--Although telematics technologies and services were first adopted by the long-haul trucking industry in the United States more than 20 years ago, adoption in the non-trucking sector is expected to equal the trucking industry in terms of numbers of connected vehicles by the end of 2014 and will dominate the commercial fleet telematics industry by the end of 2019, accounting for almost 50 million vehicles globally.