Market Trends

Cambridge, Mass., July 2, 2018 – NSR’s Maritime SATCOM Markets, 6^th Edition report, published today, forecasts Maritime SATCOM will generate US$ 36 Billion in cumulative revenues through 2027.  Driven by the migration of unconnected vessels to MSS, MSS customers to VSAT, and VSAT vessels to even higher throughputs, revenue growth will approach 7% from 2017 – 2027. 

Paris, France,  June 19, 2018 - According to Euroconsult's newly release report, Prospects for In-Flight Entertainment & Connectivity, over 23,000 commercial aircraft will offer connectivity to their passengers by 2027, up from 7,400 aircraft in 2017. "In January 2018, around 90 airlines had either installed or committed to install in-flight connectivity (IFC) solutions," said Pacôme Revillon, CEO of Euroconsult. "Offering connectivity was first seen as a differentiating factor, however as more and more airlines provide connectivity, offering in-flight wifi starts to become a must-have in order to keep a competitive positioning in the extremely challenging airline market." 

Cambridge, Mass,June 4, 2018–NSR’s Aeronautical Satcom Markets, 6^th Edition report, published today, forecasts inflight connectivity (IFC) will generate $37 billion in cumulative revenue by 2027. This revenue driven primarily by new HTS services and greater penetration in all regions of the world.  NSR projects demand will reach almost 295 Gbps of HTS capacity and more than 92 transponders of FSS Ku-band demand by 2027. 

Dublin, Ireland, May 25, 2018--The global satellite manufacturing and launch system market is expected to register a CAGR of 5.32% to reach USD 25.90 billion by the year 2023 according to a new report by Research and Markets. The satellite launch systems market is anticipated to witness an increased growth rate by the end of the forecast period and is anticipated to hold 30% of the global satellite manufacturing and launch market. There is an increase is investment in these systems by various nations, to have access to launch their satellites.

Addison, Tex., May 22, 2018--Parks Associates released new research estimates today at CONNECTIONS™ that U.S. consumers will purchase more than 485 million connected consumer devices in 2021, including smart home, connected health, mobile, and connected entertainment products. By 2022, sales will exceed 520 million units.

London, UK, May 16, 2018--Digital TV Research forecasts that Netflix will have 201 million streaming subscribers by 2023, up by 82% from 111 million at end-2017. About 28 million subscribers will be added in 2018 – making it the largest growth year ever. Lower growth is expected after 2018, according to the Netflix Forecasts report. 

Cambridge, Mass., May 16, 2018–NSR’s Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Services, 8^th Edition report, released today, finds that despite a slow 2017, across the board, the global satellite manufacturing and launch market is poised to generate in excess of $250B in the next decade.  As both commercial and government players begin deploying constellations, turning to smallsats to provide more flexibility across a system, and leveraging more advanced flexible and exquisite payloads, the requirements placed on manufacturers and launch service providers enabling these next generation systems will change.

Oyster Bay, NY, May 14, 2018--The growth of subscription OTT services has been driving the changing trends in the Pay-TV landscape. OTT video services have attracted hundreds of millions of subscribers worldwide, causing pressure on traditional Pay-TV operators. This OTT growth trend is expected to continue, reaching a subscriber base of 400 million in 2018, according to a recent report by ABI Research, a market-foresight advisory firm providing strategic guidance on the most compelling transformative technologies.

Cambridge, Mass. May 2, 2018 – NSR’s industry-first Satellite Constellations: A Critical Analysis report, released today, forecasts a mixed outcome for large HTS constellations.  NSR predicts two, out of the five Non-GEO HTS constellations analyzed, do not have a viable business case and will not be sustainable, if launched. The remaining three will generate 12% of overall satcom market revenues over the next decade.  Costly systems and replenishment cycles, matched against funding challenges, demand questions, and extraordinary technical and regulatory complexity, will separate contenders from pretenders in the high stakes constellations market.

Paris, France, May 2, 2018 - According to Euroconsult's latest report, FSS Capacity Pricing Trends, the combination of oversupply from the addition of traditional satellite capacity in certain areas along with the unrelenting rollouts of HTS capacity has resulted in new pricing references in most geographies and market segments across the FSS sector. While data-oriented markets have been the most exposed, with double-digit capacity pricing declines over the last 2-3 years, video applications have also been impacted. Other factors have included consolidation among service companies in certain segments, resulting in larger capacity buyers with more bargaining power, and heightened competition from a growing pool of national satellite operators.