Market Trends

Cambridge, MA, July 13, 2015 – NSR’s Global Satellite Capacity Supply & Demand, 12^th Edition report, released today, projects demand for more than 7,700 transponders of traditional C-, Ku-, and widebeam Ka-band FSS capacity globally by 2024. NSR also forecasts over 3 Terabits of GEO-HTS, MEO-HTS, and LEO-HTS bandwidth demand, across a series of applications ranging from data to broadband access to mobility. With growth slowing and prices declining in traditional FSS markets, NSR expects a CAGR of less than 2% for traditional FSS demand; new markets will therefore need to be tapped and new possibilities unlocked through increased bandwidth efficiencies and lower cost per bit in order to fuel organic market expansion.

Paris, France, July 9, 2015 - According to Euroconsult's newly released report, Prospects for Cellular Backhaul in Fast-Growing Economies, capacity revenues from cellular backhaul in fast growing economies could reach over $1 billion by 2025, up from around $550 million in 2014, corresponding to a 6% CAGR over the ten-year period. These numbers reflect a sustained increase in the number of sites using satellite backhaul, leading to around 37,000 sites by 2025. These forecasts also recognize a 14% CAGR in traffic carried that should reach around 150 Gbps by 2025, along with a corresponding 8% CAGR for capacity used in MHz reaching close to 45 GHz by 2025, when taking into account spectrum efficiency.

New York, NY, July 7, 2015--According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research entitled "Conditional Access Systems Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2015 - 2022," the global conditional access systems market was valued at US$ 2.09 Billion in  2014 and is estimated to reach US$ 4.72 Billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 10.3% from 2015 to 2022. 

Monterey, Calif., July 7, 2015--SNL Kagan has updated their industry retransmission (retrans) fee projections and now expect U.S. TV station owners' retrans fees to reach US$ 10.3 billion by 2021, versus the projected level of US$ 6.3 billion this year. U.S. TV station owners have continued to secure higher retrans fees in recent negotiations, with strong advances made at year-end 2014 from renewals and annual step-ups in existing contracts. While U.S. TV station owners have been successful at securing rising rates, broadcast networks have also been able to extract their share of rising fees, although SNL Kagan does expect continued growth for net retrans over time.

El Segundo, Calif., June 30, 2015--Pay TV operators purchased US$ 15.3 billion worth of set-top boxes (STBs) in 2014, down from US$ 15.9 billion in 2013. This decline represents the first contraction in the market since 2002, according to IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight. Shipments of pay TV STBs grew slightly in 2014 to 204.7 million units, an increase of just under 1 percent from 203.1 million units in the previous year; however, such modest shipment growth failed to compensate for the effects of price erosion in this highly competitive market.

Dallas, Tex., June 24, 2015--The Global Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Market 2015-2019 report says the development of all-electric propulsion systems for satellites and reusable space launch vehicles will contribute significantly to market growth. The use of nano and microsatellites in the development of low-cost satellite-based Internet services will also open up opportunities for the market.  The analysts forecast the global satellite manufacturing and launch market to grow at a CAGR of 5.14% during the period 2014-2019. 

London, UK, June 22, 2015--OTT TV and video revenues in Latin America [for 13 countries] will reach US$ 2.91 billion in 2020; up from only US$ 37 million in 2010 and the US$ 1.13 billion expected in 2015, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. From the US$ 2,126 million in revenues to be added between 2014 and 2020, Brazil will contribute US$ 938 million and Mexico US$ 437 million. 

Singapore, June 19, 2015--The worldwide pay-TV market surpassed more than 900 million subscribers in 1Q 2015, representing 48% penetration—the market is likely to grow steadily over the next 5 years, mainly boosted by emerging markets. “According to ABI Research’s recent pay-TV market data, half of the world’s households will have access to pay-TV service by 2017, representing 1 billion subscribers,” comments Jake Saunders, VP and Practice Director of Core Forecasting.

Cambridge, Mass., June 16, 2015–NSR’s latest report, Nano and Microsatellite Markets, 2^nd Edition, forecasts the launch of over 2,500 sub-100 kg satellites during the next decade. Experienced and new space sector players alike are flocking to leverage low cost satellites for Earth Observation, Science, Situational Awareness, and more. Activity in this segment will generate cumulative revenues that exceed $4.7 billion in manufacturing and $1.2 billion in launch services by 2024.