Market Trends

Paris, France, March 20, 2019 — Wholesale capacity revenues from telecom applications will surpass video applications by 2021, whose growth is largely supported by the influx of low-cost capacity from new VHTS systems & NGSO broadband in the coming years. As a result, total capacity supply is projected to grow eight-fold from 1.3 Tbps in 2017 to nearly 10 Tbps by 2022.

Cambridge, Mass., March 19, 2019 – NSR’s In-Orbit Servicing Markets, 2^nd Edition (IoSM2) report, released today, forecasts US$ 4.5 billion in cumulative revenues from In-Orbit Satellite Services by 2028. While growth is anticipated across all applications in all orbits, GEO satellite life extension will yield the largest share of revenues. As more LEO constellations start to launch, NGEO players represent an emerging target market, with de-orbiting services expected to dominate this segment. However, despite the abundance of opportunities for In- Orbit services, systems will be most constrained by the need for government and legal administration support.

Middlesex, UK, March 15, 2019 — Asia Pacific OTT TV episode and movie revenues will reach US$ 48 billion in 2024; up from the US$ 21 billion recorded in 2018. According to the Asia Pacific OTT TV and Video Forecasts report, the total will increase by US$ 5 billion in 2019 alone.

Dublin, Ireland, March 15, 2019 — The Global Enterprise VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) System market accounts for US$ 3.65 billion in 2017 is expected to reach US$ 7.56 billion by 2026 growing at a CAGR of 8.4%.

Middlesex, UK, March 12, 2019 — The Asia Pacific pay TV sector is vibrant, with both subscribers (up by 68 million) and revenues (up by US$ 2.35 billion) forecast to rise over the next five years. However, these forecasts are lower than the previous Asia Pacific Pay TV Forecasts report, mainly due to many cable subs in China converting to OTT.

San Jose, Calif., Feb. 20, 2019 — At the inception of Cisco’s Mobile Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast more than a decade ago, mobile (or cellular) traffic represented less than five percent of total IP traffic crossing global networks. Today, the role and reliance placed on mobile networking has dramatically increased.

Bristol, UK, February 13, 2019--Rethink TV service has forecast that SVoD uptake is accelerating and in terms of hours viewing per day it will shortly draw level with broadcast TV globally by 2023. This is according to its new Report “The rise in SVoD viewing to swamp traditional TV by 2023,” released today. This is a global forecast by region of all SVoD usage to 2023, and shows the stark contrast between the heavily AVoD Asia compared to the SVoD frenzy going on in the US and Europe. 

Dublin, Ireland, February 13, 2019--A new research report by Research and Markets predicted that the satellite transponder market will register a CAGR of more than 5% by 2022. Satellite transponders act as backhaul capacity providers for end-users such as enterprises, ISPs, and mobility, aeronautical and maritime. The analysts have predicted that the satellite transponder market will register a CAGR of more than 5% by 2022.

London, UK, February 12, 2019--Merger and acquisition activity in the defence and security domains was valued at USD82 billion during 2018, representing a 36% increase of the 2017 USD60 billion total according to Jane's by IHS Markit. This is the second consecutive record year of the present decade.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Feb. 12, 2019 — A recent study of the online content viewing behaviour of Malaysian  consumers has revealed that 25% of consumers use a TV box which can be used to stream pirated television and video content. These TV boxes, also known as Illicit Streaming Devices (ISDs), allow users to access hundreds of pirated television channels and video-on-demand content. Such illicit streaming devices often come pre-loaded with pirated applications which are either free or charge low subscription fees, which then provide ‘plug-and-play’ access to pirated content.