Market Trends

Scottsdale, Ariz., December 5, 2011-Internet-enabled TV devices, including Smart TVs, connected Blu-Ray players, game consoles, and streaming media players continue to grow their footprint within consumers’ homes. Already about 17 million US households currently own a connected TV, and ownership of streaming media players has nearly doubled since the end of 2010. Yet only a fraction of consumers that own an Internet-capable TV device actually connects it to the Internet to become over-the-top (OTT) video consumers. Despite this hurdle, the growing base of OTT-Video-capable US households is propelling the revenue for online video-on-demand (VoD) and electronic-sell-through (EST) to double by 2015, according to In-Stat  research.

San Jose, Calif., November 14, 2011--Despite being volatile in nature to an extent, the satellite industry, with its solid base, is slated to have strong growth potential, considering the fact that it forms an essential element in meeting major telecommunications service requirements. Technological advancements during the last few years greatly enhanced the compression technology. Enhanced compression technologies and digitalization have resulted in transmission of more content on each transponder, thereby restraining transponder demand, according to a new report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

Montpellier, France, November 8, 2011--IDATE has released recently its report "Online Video: Uses, Markets, delivery technologies/CDN” which spotlights both the online consumer and video delivery market with a segmentation of key services and key metrics on usage. It analyzes revenue models (ad, pay, freemium, bundling) and proposes key player and event case studies. It assesses the key technology for online video delivery (including CDN) and presents the main solutions regarding platforms, protocols and delivery solutions. It identifies the key drivers and provides forecasts.

Stockholm, Sweden, November 7, 2011--In its new Traffic and Market Data report, which provides insights into current trends, Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) forecasts a 10-fold increase in mobile data traffic by 2016. The report is based on measurements the company recorded over several years in live networks covering all regions of the world.

Dublin, Ireland, November 3, 2011-Compared with many of its Asian neighbours, the Philippines has moved slowly on the adoption of Internet. Nevertheless, this situation was changing rapidly in recent years. Of the estimated 14% of the population which constituted the Internet-user population coming into 2011, a significant proportion of these were using a high-speed broadband connection to go online. Into 2011 around 70% of all Internet connections were broadband-based services, representing a major shift in the broadband presence in the Philippines, according to a new Research and Markets report.

Montpellier, France, October 20, 2011--Sales of digital home devices will increase between 2011 and 2015, with more than 2 billion units expected to be sold in 2015, according to a report by consulting firm IDATE. The Digital home and connectable devices market report which provides readers with a detailed inventory of the internet-ready device market: TVs, set-top boxes, digital media boxes, computers, portable media players, etc.