Market Trends

Cambridge, Mass.,  March 12, 2018 – NSR’s Satellite Capacity Pricing Index, 4^th Edition (Q1 2018), released today, finds capacity prices falling for a third straight year as operators seek out innovative strategies to arrest the decline.  On average, capacity price declines for the period 2016-2018 ranged from 32-57% across various applications & regions, and the road ahead appears unclear as greater supply enters the scene, demand lags in some markets and competition intensifies. 

Paris, France, March 8, 2018 - According to Euroconsult's newly-published report, Prospects for Maritime Satellite Communications, satellite connectivity in the maritime market will face booming bandwidth requirements coming not only from bandwidth-hungry passengers and crew but also from the overall development of smart applications.

Cambridge, Mass., March 1, 2018 – NSR’s Flat Panel Satellite Antennas, 3^rd Edition (FPA3) report forecasts cumulative FPA equipment sales to reach US$ 7.9 billion by 2027. As the only multi-client report on the FPA market today, NSR’s FPA3 finds aeronautical equipment will drive revenue growth for manufacturers, while fixed broadband applications on non-GEO satellites will be the main, long-term volume market.

Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 13, 2018--NSR’s industry-first China Satcom Markets (CSM) report, released today, finds a Chinese satellite industry primed to take a larger share of the global satcom market through attractive one-stop-shop offerings, aggressive growth plans and enhanced exports.  For GEO-HTS satellites alone, NSR forecasts Chinese state-owned companies to manufacture and launch over 800 Gbps of capacity by 2026, with much of this coming over Southeast Asia, East Asia, and South Asia. 

Paris, France, February 6, 2018- According to Euroconsult's newly-published report, FSS Operators: Benchmarks & Performance Review, the size of the FSS market has been relatively stable over the last five years (US$11.3 Billion), but behind this total significant changes have played out. The market share of the top four operators has gradually eroded to 60%, while three new companies (YahSat, Thaicom and Insat) have joined the top ten. Twelve new players have emerged in the past five years including three in 2017 (BRI, BulgariaSat and Telebras) for a total of 46 revenue-generating operators at year-end 2017.

Cambridge, Mass., February 1, 2018 – NSR’s industry-first In-Orbit Servicing Markets (IoSM) report, released today, finds the nascent in-orbit servicing market poised for growth, and forecasts a total market of over US$ 3 Billion in the next 10 years. Life extension services drive most of this revenue, as many in-orbit service providers plan to enter the market in the next five years servicing commercial and government customers with additional solutions to fleet management.

Cambridge, Mass., January 2, 2018 –NSR’s newly released Small Satellite Markets, 4^th Edition (SSM4) report identifies growth across the 1-500 kg smallsat market with 5,000 satellites launching within the next decade, generating cumulative revenues of US$ 25 Billion in manufacturing and launch services. Constellations remain the strongest driver of market growth; 70% of satellites to launch will be part of such a group of 5 or more satellites with the same mission. North America and Asia present the largest near-term opportunities, building on well-developed satellite ecosystems and leveraging the growth prospects in Earth Observation, Communications, and Science applications.

Cambridge, MA – December 6, 2017 – NSR’s V-band Satellite Markets report, released today, projects the installed base for key verticals could reach 2.6 million active V-band sites by 2030, generating over $25.8 billion in cumulative revenue. The market is speculative; however, the opportunity exists such that market players currently vetting V-band’s prospects should consider launching programs supporting multiple Tbps of demand. More than 5 Tbps of demand could be generated from 2023 to 2030 alone; this does not include Mobility, Government & Military and other demand segments that can prove to be high revenue generators as well.

London, UK, December 5, 2017--Covering 138 countries, pay TV revenues [subscriptions and PPV] and OTT revenues [AVOD, SVOD, TVOD and DTO] combined will reach $283 billion by 2022; up by 18% from $239 billion in 2016, according to the OTT and Pay TV Forecasts report by Digital TV Research.

Addison, Tex., December 1, 2017--Parks Associates  released new OTT research showing that more than 50% of U.S. OTT subscription households subscribe to multiple OTT video services. Of these multi-OTT households, 81% use Netflix plus some other service or combination of services, typically Amazon or Hulu.