NSR’s Global Satellite Capacity Supply & Demand, 11th Edition report, released today, projects new supply of over 3,000 new transponders and 2+ Tbps of HTS capacity fueled by risk-taking from key operators will far outstrip demand growth over the next decade. This demand growth will center on video/DTH, mobility, enterprise data/trunking and broadband access, and evolve in both developed and developing regions.

According to research from The Diffusion Group (TDG), short-term demand for 4K/Ultra-HD televisions is hindered by two simple but structurally important fundamentals: a widespread lack of awareness among consumers and a marked sensitivity to the costs of these advanced sets.

Futron nnnounces the release of the 2014 Space Competitiveness Index: A Comparative Analysis of How Countries Invest in and Benefit from Space Industry. This report marks the seventh annual independent study of global space competitiveness.

Covering 138 countries, the number of homes paying for IPTV will rocket to 191 million by end-2020; more than double the 90 million recorded at end-2013 and up  from only 36 million at end-2010, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. 

The Global IPTV Forecasts report forecasts that IPTV penetration will exceed  11% of TV households by 2020; up from 5.9% in 2013 and from only 2.5% in 2010.  IPTV revenues (from subscriptions and on-demand movies and TV shows) will  grow to $26.2 billion by 2020, up from $16.0 billion in 2013 and $8.3 billion in 2010. 

Following a relatively flat three-year period, the global set-top box (STB) market managed to achieve the highest annual revenue total in its history in 2013, setting the stage for continued growth through 2015,according to IHS Technology. Worldwide digital STB shipment revenue last year totaled US$ 20.3 billion, up 3 percent from US$ 19.6 billion in 2012.

Revenue will set new highs during the next two years and will peak at $22.8 billion in 2015. This follows the period from 2010 through 2012 when revenue remained in the $19.5 billion range.

Viewing pirated content is much more prevalent amongst young people, while willingness to access pirated content generally decreases with age, according to a new global research from Irdeto. The research revealed that the majority of American (70%) and U.K. (72%) consumers are unlikely to watch pirated content. This is different in Asia and Australia.

Viewing pirated content is much more prevalent amongst young people, while willingness to access pirated content generally decreases with age, according to a new global research from Irdeto. The research revealed that the majority of American (70%) and U.K. (72%) consumers are unlikely to watch pirated content. This is different in Asia and Australia.

The global installed base of Connected TVdevices (including Smart TVs, Games Consoles, Blu-ray Players, Digital Media Adapters and Set-Top Boxes) will double over the next 5 years exceeding 2 billion units by 2018 according to the Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices (CHD) service report.

Other key findings from the report include:

ABI Research expects 1.25 billion smartphones to ship in 2014 and forecasts smartphone shipments to pass the 2 billion mark in 2018. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the forecast period from 2014 to 2019 is 12%.

“Most advanced and affluent markets already have 60%+ penetration, so the growth is driven by developing markets and the reduction in smartphone ASPs.”

– NSR'’s Nano and Microsatellite Markets report, released today, finds increasing reliability and capabilities driving uptake of 1-50 kg satellites across all applications, operators, and regions. In 2013 this nascent market surged into view with a trebling of total launches compared to 2012, and this higher launch rate will be sustained through the remainder of the decade and beyond. Opportunities exist to use nano/micro satellites both as a complement to existing GEO assets and as independent missions.