Market Trends

Q4'18 Multichannel Video Losses Propel Full-Year Drop to Nearly 4 Million

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.

Cisco: Global Mobile Networks Will Support More Than 12 Billion Mobile Devices and IoT Connections by 2022; Mobile Traffic Approaching The Zettabyte Milestone

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.

Rethink TV Says the Rise in SVoD Viewing Will Swamp Traditional TV by 2023

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. 

Global Satellite Transponder Market to Grow at a CAGR of 5% by 2022

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.

M&A in Defence and Security Market Up a Third

London, UK, February 12, 2019--Merger and acquisition activity in the defence and security domains was valued at USD82 billion during 2018, representing a 36% increase of the 2017 USD60 billion total according to Jane's by IHS Markit. This is the second consecutive record year of the present decade.

NSR Report Finds US$ 17.8 Billion Investment in Emerging Space Market; Says New Market to Soon Create Winners and Losers Amidst Increasing Field of Players

Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 12, 2019 — NSR’s Emerging Space Markets Analysis, 2nd Edition (ESMA2) report, released today, tracked over US$ 17.8 Billion invested in Emerging Space companies from 2000-2018 for the more than 600 companies founded over that period. The last 2 years (2018 and 2017 combined) saw tremendous growth with more than US$ 7 Billon+ investment in Emerging Space companies.

New WTA Report, High-Performance: Service Continuity, Explores How Teleport Operators can Best Address Hidden Threats to Service Continuity

New York City, NY, February 5, 2019 - The World Teleport Association (WTA) today released High Performance: Service Continuity, a new research report that explores the hidden threats to service continuity and how teleport operators can best address them. The report is based on research coming from anonymized data collected since 2015 through WTA’s Teleport Certification program, and is the first of a series focusing on under-appreciated issues that have an impact on quality of service. 

Satellite Flat Panel Antennas: An US$ 11 Billion Opportunity by 2028

Cambridge, Mass.– February 5, 2019 – NSR’s Flat Panel Satellite Antennas, 4th Edition(FPA4) report, released today, forecasts cumulative FPA equipment sales to reach approx. $11 billion by 2028. NSR’s FPA4 finds aeronautical equipment will drive revenue growth for manufacturers, while fixed broadband applications on Non-GEO satellites will be the main volume market.

Satellite Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communications - Market Analysis, Trends, and Forecasts

Dublin, Ireland, January 28, 2019--The global Satellite M2M Communications market is projected to exceed US$1.9 billion by 2022 in service revenues, driven by reducing cost and complexity of M2M implementations and the resulting rise in adoption; and expanding remote asset tracking, monitoring and control applications according to a new report by Research and Markets.

Steady Growth Masks Seismic Shifts in US Video and TV Market

Hertfordshire, UK, Jan. 28, 2019 — Futuresource Consulting has unveiled some seismic shifts in the US entertainment space in two recently published reports. The USA report from the global Video Insights series goes some way to address the questions of how people might consume premium content in the future. In addition, Futuresource has published its latest “Perspectives” piece, The Battle for The Living Room, which puts into context some of these major shifts in the content and hardware industries and how they are shaping and re-aligning in-home user relationships.