Market Trends

Middlesex, UK, Oct. 21, 2018 — Global  revenues  from  traditional  pay  TV  and  OTT  TV  episodes  and  movies  will reach US$ 265 billion in 2018; up from US$ 254 billion in 2017 and US$ 234 billion in 2015.

Dublin, Ireland, Oct. 20, 2018 — The Mobile Satellite Services market is expected to register a CAGR of over 7.52% during the forecast period 2018 - 2023. According to the new publication of Research and Markets, which profiles the Data Service, Voice Service providers of Mobile Satellite Services software, and service for various industries, 5G mobile networks with next-generation satellite capabilities will help the satellite operators become a major player in the emerging 5G ecosystem.

Paris, France, Oct. 19, 2018 — According to the 11th edition of Euroconsult's report, Satellite-Based Earth Observation: Market Prospects to 2027, the commercial Earth observation (EO) data market could reach US$ 2.4 billion in 2027, driven by a mixture of defense and new commercial markets and supported by the arrival of new constellation operators. The EO market for value-added services (VAS) should reach over US$ 5.7 billion by 2027; potential new service areas with entrants focusing on developing constellations to support high-frequency change detection could even see the VAS market reaching US$ 9 billion in our upside scenarios. 

Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 16, 2018 — NSR’s Satellite Industry Financial Analysis, 8th Edition (SIFA8), released today, finds most operators demonstrated higher fill rates in 2017, though aggregate operator revenues increased by just 0.5%. Increasing demand in mobility, broadband and backhaul has enabled operators to post higher contractual volumes towards both FSS and HTS fleets in a supply-heavy market; however, this is balanced by declining capacity pricing and shorter contract durations – resulting in decreased backlog, at a CAGR of -4% over last 5 years.

Middlesex, UK, Oct. 8, 2018 — Western European TV revenues will reach US$ 50 billion by 2023; up from US$ 39 billion in 2017, a new report has revealed. Digital TV Research said OTT revenues for TV episodes and movies (including AVOD) will more than double from US$ 10 billion to US$ 23 billion, which push OTT’s share of the total up from 26% to 46%. Pay TV revenues will fall by $2 billion over the same period.

Hampshire, UK, Oct. 3, 2018 -- A new Juniper Research has predicted that total revenues for Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) services will reach US$ 66.9 billion by 2023, up from US$ 33.2 billion in 2018.

Middlesex, UK, Oct. 3, 2018 -- Global pay TV and SVOD subscriptions will reach 1,877 million by 2023. This total is up by 505 million (37%) from 1,372 million at end-2017 according to a new reserach. SVOD subscriptions will more than double between 2017 and 2023, but traditional pay TV will only add 94 million subscribers.

Middlesex, UK, Oct. 3, 2018 -- Worldwide paying subscription video on demand (SVOD) subscriptions will increase by 409 million between 2017 and 2023 to total 777 million and eleven countries will have more than 10 million SVOD subscriptions by 2023, a new research shows.

Washington D.C., Sept. 27, 2018  ̶  According to Euroconsult's latest report, Prospects for Splace Exploration, global government investment in space exploration totaled US$ 14.6 billion in 2017, a 6% increase compared to 2016. Fifteen leading space programs worldwide are estimated to contribute to this global investment with the U.S. accounting for 74% of the total.

Cambridge, MA, Sept. 25, 2018 – NSR’s M2M and IoT via Satellite, 9th Edition report forecasts smallsat M2M/IoT constellations are set to propel market growth via low latency, low cost, albeit low ARPU, service.  NSR’s first time forecast for this emerging smallsat market shows tremendous potential with 3.7 million M2M/IoT in-service units projected by 2027, representing 37% of overall satcom terminals.