Market Trends

Cambridge, Mass., April 2, 2019 — NSR’s Aeronautical Satcom Markets, 7th Edition report forecasts inflight connectivity (IFC) will be a US$ 36 Billion market over the next decade, as more airlines outfit fleets with high throughput satellite (HTS) services.  However, the IFC market endured a challenging 2018 due to delays in installing equipment, indecisions by airlines, and uncertainty on business models, on top of technical and regulatory hurdles.

Dublin, Ireland, April 2, 2019 — The FSS industry continues to move towards telecom/data markets, as wholesale revenues derived from video markets continue to erode. Based on the latest market projections, wholesale capacity revenues from telecom applications will surpass video applications by 2021.

London, UK, March 29, 2019 — After years of decreasing subscription, Digital TV Research has predicted that pay TV penetration in Latin America will start climbing again in 2020.

Paris, France, March 20, 2019 — Wholesale capacity revenues from telecom applications will surpass video applications by 2021, whose growth is largely supported by the influx of low-cost capacity from new VHTS systems & NGSO broadband in the coming years. As a result, total capacity supply is projected to grow eight-fold from 1.3 Tbps in 2017 to nearly 10 Tbps by 2022.

Cambridge, Mass., March 19, 2019 – NSR’s In-Orbit Servicing Markets, 2^nd Edition (IoSM2) report, released today, forecasts US$ 4.5 billion in cumulative revenues from In-Orbit Satellite Services by 2028. While growth is anticipated across all applications in all orbits, GEO satellite life extension will yield the largest share of revenues. As more LEO constellations start to launch, NGEO players represent an emerging target market, with de-orbiting services expected to dominate this segment. However, despite the abundance of opportunities for In- Orbit services, systems will be most constrained by the need for government and legal administration support.

Dublin, Ireland, March 15, 2019 — The Global Enterprise VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) System market accounts for US$ 3.65 billion in 2017 is expected to reach US$ 7.56 billion by 2026 growing at a CAGR of 8.4%.

Monterey, Calif., March 13, 2019 — Traditional multichannel video losses swelled in the fourth quarter to push the full-year decline to a new benchmark in changing viewer preferences, a new S&P Global Market Intelligence report has revealed.

San Jose, Calif., Feb. 20, 2019 — At the inception of Cisco’s Mobile Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast more than a decade ago, mobile (or cellular) traffic represented less than five percent of total IP traffic crossing global networks. Today, the role and reliance placed on mobile networking has dramatically increased.

Bristol, UK, February 13, 2019--Rethink TV service has forecast that SVoD uptake is accelerating and in terms of hours viewing per day it will shortly draw level with broadcast TV globally by 2023. This is according to its new Report “The rise in SVoD viewing to swamp traditional TV by 2023,” released today. This is a global forecast by region of all SVoD usage to 2023, and shows the stark contrast between the heavily AVoD Asia compared to the SVoD frenzy going on in the US and Europe. 

Dublin, Ireland, February 13, 2019--A new research report by Research and Markets predicted that the satellite transponder market will register a CAGR of more than 5% by 2022. Satellite transponders act as backhaul capacity providers for end-users such as enterprises, ISPs, and mobility, aeronautical and maritime. The analysts have predicted that the satellite transponder market will register a CAGR of more than 5% by 2022.