Market Trends

London, UK, May 28, 2014--Global pay TV revenues [subscription fees and on-demand movies and TV episodes] will climb to $209 billion in 2020, up from US$193 billion in 2013, according  to a new report from Digital TV Research. The Digital TV World Revenue  Forecasts report states that the fast growth years are over - as a point of  comparison revenues grew by $24 billion between 2010 and 2013. 

Wilmington, DE & London, UK –May 27, 2014 – NSR’s newly released Energy Markets via Satellite, 4th Edition finds a challenging market for Arctic-based Oil & Gas satellite connectivity services. Even as more attention continues to move towards the Arctic – for both the transportation of petroleum via tankers through the Northern Sea Route or Exploration & Production activities from O&G players – the market does not provide a green light for widespread satellite communication solutions as found in other areas such as the North Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or the shale-plays in the lower 48 states.

London, UK, May 22, 2014--Point Topic in its latest set of global broadband forecasts, predicts that the worldwide number of fixed broadband lines will reach 989.4 million by the end of December 2020.

Campbell, Calif., May 20, 2014—Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its 2014 IP Set-Top Box Features and Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey, which analyzes the trends and assesses the needs of service providers deploying IP set-top boxes (STBs) to deliver video services.

Washington, D.C. May 19,  2014--The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) today released its 2014 State of the Satellite Industry Report, showing a three percent growth rate in world satellite industry revenues in 2013.Globally, 2013 revenues for the satellite industry totaled US$ 195.2 billion, up from US$ 188.8 billion the previous year.

Wilmington, DE, May 19, 2014 – NSR’s newly released Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Services (SMLS), 4th Edition, report finds the satellite industry fared well in the past 12 months, with more than 100 satellites ordered and more than 100 satellites launched. In total, the combined satellite manufacturing & launch industry generated almost $35 billion globally in 2013.

Plano, Tex., May 16, 2014–According to new data from The Diffusion Group (TDG), 16% of adult broadband users utilize a smart phone or tablet to control their television. More specifically, 12% of adult broadband consumers use a smart phone to control their home television, with 8% using a tablet for this task. Only 4% report using both devices for TV control purposes.

Port Washington, NY, May 16, 2014 – During the first quarter (Q1) of 2014 there were 42 million U.S. households with a TV connected to the Internet, either via a video game console, Blu-ray disc player, streaming media player or the TV itself. According to the NPD Connected Intelligence Connected Home Report,between Q1 2013 and Q1 2014 the number of homes with a TV connected to the Internet grew by 6 million. The vast majority of this increase was driven by growth in the number of homes with Connected TVs and streaming media players.

El Segundo, Calif., May 15, 2014—The market for ultra-high-definition (UHD) TV panels reached a significant new benchmark in March when global shipments exceeded 1 million units for the first time, driven by vastly increased deliveries from the industry’s three largest makers of the high-end panels, according to a new report from IHS Technology.

San Francisco, Calif., May 15, 2014--Parks Associates announced new research showing TVs are outpacing computers as the key platform for Internet video at the firm’s 18^th annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference in San Francisco. In the first quarter of 2014, U.S. broadband households watched roughly 3 hours of online video per week on each platform, but the amount of online video consumed on a TV is increasing, up from 2.3 hours per week in 1Q 2013, while online video viewing on a PC is on a steady decline.