The worldwide Pay TV market is expected to surpass 920 million subscribers by the end of 2014. Overall, Pay TV average revenue per user (ARPU) is expected to drop slightly due to increasing price competition, but at a lower rate compared to the ARPU drop in 2013 according to ABI Research.

The Latin American pay TV services market is expected to continue its growth trajectory due to the rise in postpaid subscriptions for direct-to-home (DTH) TV. The demand for value-added services such as high-definition (HD) and video on demand (VOD) is further spurring market development. Innovative commercialization models including prepaid plans and multiple-play bundles add to market revenues, according to a new report by Frost and Sullivan.

NSR's Satellite-Based Earth Observation (EO), 6th Edition report, released today, projects that data, value-added services and Information Products from satellite-based Earth Observation will grow to US$ 5.1 billion by 2023, up from US$ 2.1 billion in 2013. The market will shift gears in the wake of new very high resolution data available and increased demand from commercial and enterprise customers.

New research reports from Parks Associates highlight the financial and business opportunities in the expanding markets for pay-tv and OTT services, digital content, cloud solutions, and connected Consumer Electronics (CE). The research firm's New Business Models for Connected CE reports 64% of U.S. broadband households have an Internet-connected CE and 55% have an OTT service subscription, an area poised for strong growth especially following HBO's announcement that it will launch a stand-alone HBO Go service.

All telecommunication services (fixed line or mobile) are basically made up of a combination of hardware devices and embedded software that enables the hardware in undertaking various operations. Along with the embedded software, there are two other software applications that are critical for the proper management of the telecom network. These are OSS and BSS.

The global market for airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms and payloads is thriving, with recent assessments pegging its latest value at close to $20 billion and forecasts of up to $43 billion by 2020, accoridng to a recent report from Airborneusa.com

.Providing a high-end, versatile capability that offers broad situational awareness, airborne ISR is the force multiplier that no modern military can be without - and recognition of this fact has led to a race for information superiority in the sky.

The results of the latest research conducted by Point Topic and Adroit Economics points to a Euro 40 billion opportunity for the SMEs in Europe by the end of the decade.  Extending work recently conducted for the European Commission BRESAT project has revealed significant potential for growth and productivity.

New research from Parks Associates finds more than 46 million households worldwide will subscribe to a 4K UHD pay-TV service by 2018. Pay-TV providers will deploy this service as a differentiator, especially among younger consumers who are more likely to use new pay-TV features, such as TV Everywhere and cloud DVR, but also have slightly lower subscription rates for pay-TV services. In the U.S., 82% of consumers 18-22 have a pay-TV subscription, compared to 87% among older consumers.

Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its 2nd quarter 2014 (2Q14) Set-Top Boxes and Pay TV Subscribers report, which tracks IP, cable, satellite, and digital terrestrial (DTT) set-top boxes (STBs) and over-the-top (OTT) media servers.

A new report from the Arab Advisors Group provides an overview of data centers located within the GCC countries and their services. The research revealed that co-location services were the most common in the GCC region, offered by nearly all analyzed data centers.

The increasing adoption of Cloud Computing in almost all businesses has enhanced the focus on data center services. Hosting infrastructure at data centers’ facilities can save the companies the hassle associated with the provision of power, cooling, security and infrastructure.