In a new research report, the Arab Advisors Group analyzed the cellular landscape of ten Sub-Saharan African markets. The research report focuses on the cellular markets of Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mozambique, Senegal, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The cellular adoption in the aforementioned markets grew at an outstanding CAGR of 21% between 2009 and 2013. The Arab Advisors Group projects the upcoming growth in cellular adoption to continue to grow at a CAGR of 9% between 2014 and 2018.

According to an updated market forecast from ABI Research, the installed base of active wireless connected devices will exceed 16 billion in 2014, about 20% more than in 2013. The number of devices will more than double from the current level, with 40.9 billion forecasted for 2020.

NSR's newly released UltraHD via Satellite, 2nd Edition, forecasts over 820 channels of UltraHD content via Satellite by 2025. With Direct to Home (DTH) leading the charge, this next generation technology will not only lead to higher ARPUs, but also greater customer retention.

Mobile devices with 4K screens expected to reach 478 million unitnits by 2019, but services and content will trail adoption according to ABI Research  2K or “Quad HD” screens currently occupy the premium end of the smartphone market while 2015 will see the launch of 4K/Ultra HD devices.

Rosy forecasts for consumer use of 4K or Ultra-HD video are overly optimistic, says a new report from TDG. While 4K will ultimately reach the mainstream, it will be a niche market for at least another five years, with widespread viewing of 4K content arriving in 2019 and growing quickly beyond.

According to Euroconsult's newly released report, "Company Profiles - FSS Operators: The Complete Analysis", the Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) industry generated US$ 12.2 billion in revenues in 2013, corresponding to 2% growth over revenues in 2012. 60% of revenue-generating FSS operators experienced a revenue growth slowdown in 2013 after years of robust growth; ten operators reported a revenue decrease in 2013, compared to only six operators in 2012.

Liquid-crystal-display television (LCD TV) panels enjoyed unexpected growth in the first half of this year, tied to enthusiastic TV viewing because of the World Cup and other factors that benefited the market, according to a new report from IHS Technology.

Global LCD TV shipments during the first six months of 2014 rose three percent from the same period a year ago, as shown in the attached figure. Although growth this year was much less than the 9 percent expansion logged during the first six months of 2013, achieving any increase at all was unforeseen.

4K or Ultra HD is the future, but it’s a marathon, not a sprint to higher resolutions, according to ABI Research. And while 1080p TV screens are the norm and mobile screen resolutions continue to climb, plenty of streamed HD content is still distributed in 720p or lower. Over-the-top (OTT) services such as Netflix, VUDU, and M-GO, which exclusively distribute content over the Internet, are more eager to embrace 1080p and Ultra HD for connected CE devices in order to appear more innovative.

The market for digital pay-TV in Asia Pacific will grow at a robust 10% CAGR between 2013 and 2018 as digital pay-TV subscribers climb from 312 million in 2013 to 503 million by 2018 and digital penetration of pay-TV homes expands from 62% to 83% between 2013 and 2018, according to Media Partners Asia's (MPA) latest report, Asia Pacific Pay-TV & Broadband Markets 2014.

The overall US video entertainment market (subscription Pay-TV, box office, packaged home video, Pay-TV VoD and paid-for online video) continues to grow in low single digits, reaching US$ 120 billion in 2013 - a 2% increase on 2012 - and is on track to peak at US$ 123 billion in 2015, according to the latest industry report from Futuresource Consulting.