Market Trends

Hong Kong, May 12, 2011--Renewed economic dynamism and multi-platform competition are fueling the consumption of pay-TV and broadband in Asia Pacific. However, this growth depends on investment in content, distribution and new technology, benefiting consumers but coming at a high cost for pay-TV channels and distributors, according to Asia Pacific Pay-TV & Broadband Markets 2011, a new report published by leading industry analysts Media Partners Asia (MPA). The result is margin pressure for pay-TV providers in some key markets, predominantly India, as well as potentially in Japan, Korea and Malaysia.

London, May 10, 2011--In 2011, the world’s annual data traffic volume will total almost 8,000 petabytes. That will grow at a CAGR of 50% over the following years, exceeding 60,000 petabytes in 2016 – over seven times more than in 2011. The year-on-year growth will be the fastest in 2012 (58%) and 2013 (56%), slightly slowing down thereafter, accoriding to ABI Research.

Noida, India, May 4, 2011-The Chinese IPTV market is the most attractive and largest IPTV market in the Asia-Pacific region. It is also the third largest IPTV market at the global level. There is a sustained growth in the demand for IPTV service in China. Further, the networks are being continuously upgraded and there is a constant innovation of services, such as single-play to Triple-play. Deployment of IPTV in various key Chinese provinces as of now is on schedule with new launches anticipated in other smaller and less developed provinces. Consequently, the number of IPTV subscribers in the country is estimated to grow at a CAGR of around 29% during 2012 – 2014, according to a new report by RNCOS.

Noida, India, May 3, 2011-Global Digital Rights Management (DRM) market is projected to witness significant growth in near future due to the continuously growing media and entertainment sector according to a new report by RNCOS. Our team of experts says that, mobile content market is projected to be one of the key driving forces for the growth in the DRM industry. Telecom operators are offering premium multimedia content to compensate for their declining voice revenue per user. Besides, enterprise sector will witness significant growth and is projected to offer immense opportunities for implementing DRM. The industry has been experiencing losses worth billions of dollars due to the lack of DRM implementation in corporate.

Singapore, April 19, 2011--While mounting mobile penetration and rapid adoption of mobile broadband continue to boost total service revenue for wireless operators, the dilution of Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) due to multi-SIMs has become a cause for concern, according to ABI Research’s latest published “Mobile Subscriber Usage and Traffic Market Data.”