The global Pay TV market continues to grow in the first two quarters of 2013, adding 23 million new subscribers for a 3% increase. In particular, telco TV and satellite TV growth was robust while cable and terrestrial Pay TV services experienced virtually flat growth.

“ABI Research expects that worldwide Pay TV subscribers will reach 895 million by the end of 2013, to generate service revenue of USD 245 billion,” comments Jake Saunders, VP and practice director of core forecasting.

Covering 97 countries, the number of homes paying for IPTV will rocket to 167  million by end-2018, up from 69 million at end-2012 and from only 13 million at end- 2008, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.

Simon Murray, author of the Global IPTV Forecasts report, said: “This means that  IPTV penetration will exceed 10% of TV households by 2018, more than double the  2012 figure and up from only 1% in 2008. IPTV revenues [from subscriptions and  on-demand] will grow to $21.3 billion by 2018, up from US$ 12.0 billion in 2012 and  US$ 2.8 billion in 2008.”

NSR’s Global Assessment of Satellite Supply & Demand, 10th Edition report, released today, projects commercial satellite operator revenues from transponder and bandwidth leasing will top US$18.8 billion in the coming ten years, up from US$11.2 billion in 2012. This strong growth comes from a mix of C, Ku and widebeam Ka-band transponder leasing gains in such diverse markets as DTH, video distribution and VSAT networking, generating some US$4.5 billion in new revenues by 2022.

Subscriptions to pay-TV in Canada fell by 10,810 in the second quarter of the year, with gains in the Internet Protocol television (IPTV) segment failing to offset losses in both cable and satellite, according to a new TV Intelligence report from information and analytics provider IHS.

According to the NPD DisplaySearch Quarterly Smart TV Usage Study, consumers in emerging markets are twice as likely as those in mature markets to purchase an internet-enabled smart TV in the coming 12 months. When asked about their planned TV purchases, 71% of consumers in Brazil, China, and other emerging markets reported they were likely to purchase a smart TV in the next 12 months, compared to just 37% of TV consumers in France, the UK, and other mature markets.

Euroconsult announced the latest findings of the Mobile Satellite Service industry in the 4th edition of their research report, "Mobile Satellite Communications Markets Survey: Prospects to 2022." According to the report, the active MSS terminal base grew at a CAGR of 10% over the past five years with over 2.9 million active MSS terminals deployed on a global basis in 2012. Revenues generated by the six active MSS operators stood at around $1.5 billion in 2012.

The smart set-top box and dongle market is expected to pass 18 million units in 2013--higher than originally forecasted due to the arrival of Google’s Chromecast device. Overall the market is expected to grow with a 10.8% CAGR (2013 to 2018) with less saturated and developing (from connected and OTT perspective) markets like Asia-Pacific and Latin America helping drive this growth.

Covering 97 countries, the number of pay satellite TV (DBS or DTH) homes will reach 251 million by 2018, up from 178 million at end-2012 and 103 million at end-2008, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. 

Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) found that the thirteen largest multi-channel video providers in the US -- representing about 94% of the market -- lost about 345,000 net additional video subscribers in 2Q 2013. In 2Q 2012 and in 2Q 2011, the multi-channel video industry lost about 325,000 subscribers.

The global Government Cloud Market is estimated to grow from US$ 2.87 billion in 2013 to US$ 18.48 billion in 2018. This represents a Compound Annual Growth rate (CAGR) of 45.1% from 2013 to 2018. In the current scenario, government organizations are seen as the major adaptor for these cloud computing technologies, according to a new MarketsandMarkets report.