Market Trends

Hong Kong, April 9, 2019 — Advertising revenue across Asia Pacific expanded by 6.3% in 2018 to top US$ 180 billion, and is on course to grow by a further 6.2% in 2019 to move close to US$195 billion in revenue, according to a new report from Media Partners Asia (MPA).

Cambridge, Mass., April 9, 2019 — NSR’s Wireless Backhaul & 5G via Satellite, 13th Edition report, released today, forecasts over US$ 32 billion in revenue by 2028, with 5G supporting 1/3 of the overall satellite backhaul market.  Mobile Wireless Backhaul is the largest opportunity in this space, as satcom becomes a mainstream solution and 5G opens opportunities for satellite to seamlessly integrate with the global telecom ecosystem.  Trunking also appears to be re-born via lower capacity costs and slowdown in fiber expansion, while Hybrid Networks represent a long-term play for emerging OTT content distribution models.

Cambridge, Mass., April 2, 2019 — NSR’s Aeronautical Satcom Markets, 7th Edition report forecasts inflight connectivity (IFC) will be a US$ 36 Billion market over the next decade, as more airlines outfit fleets with high throughput satellite (HTS) services.  However, the IFC market endured a challenging 2018 due to delays in installing equipment, indecisions by airlines, and uncertainty on business models, on top of technical and regulatory hurdles.

Dublin, Ireland, April 2, 2019 — The FSS industry continues to move towards telecom/data markets, as wholesale revenues derived from video markets continue to erode. Based on the latest market projections, wholesale capacity revenues from telecom applications will surpass video applications by 2021.

Jakarta, Indoneisa, March 21, 2019 — A recent study of the online content viewing behavior of Indonesian consumers has revealed that 29% 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.

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.