Market Trends

Amman, Jordan, Jan. 28, 2019 — A new report from Arab Advisors Group overviews the IPTV services in the Arab world by December 2018. Arab Advisors Group’s analysis revealed that GCC countries had the largest number of IPTV providers in the region. 

Middlesex, UK, Jan. 28, 2019 —  Middle East and North Africa (MENA) subscription video on demand (SVoD) revenues will reach US$ 2.13 billion by 2024; or $1.51 billion more than the 2018 total. SVOD revenues will more than triple between 2018 and 2024, according to the latest edition of the Middle East and North Africa OTT TV and Video Forecasts report by Digital TV Research.

Dublin, Ireland, January 28, 2019--The global Satellite M2M Communications market is projected to exceed US$1.9 billion by 2022 in service revenues, driven by reducing cost and complexity of M2M implementations and the resulting rise in adoption; and expanding remote asset tracking, monitoring and control applications according to a new report by Research and Markets.

Addison, Tex., January 23, 2019--A new OTT report from Parks Associates predicts OTT services will accelerate their global expansion over the next five years, with more than 310 million connected households having at least one OTT service by 2024. OTT Video Services: Disruptive Globalization estimates approximately 200 million households had at least one OTT service at home at the end of 2018.

Amman, Jordan, Jan. 22, 2019 ― A new research by the Arab Advisors Group’s has revealed that social media platforms are one of the most effective marketing tools due to their vast spread among all age groups all over the world.

Bristol, UK, Jan. 17, 2019 — Rethink Technology Research , a research and analyst firm that focuses on the IoT, video, and wireless markets, says its Rethink TV service has forecast not one, but two major price corrections in Broadcast TV advertising coming over the next five years. This is according to its new Report “The Year of TV living Dangerously - How and when traditional TV advertising value collapses,” released today.

Middlesex, UK, Jan. 17, 2019 — Pay TV revenues for 20 MENA countries fell by 11% between 2016 and 2018 to just under $3 billion. According to a new study by Digital TV Reserach, given the hangover from the beIN ban and falling ARPUs, revenues in 2024 ($3.28 billion) will still be lower than in 2016 ($3.36 billion).

Middlesex, UK, January 9, 2019--Sub-Saharan African OTT movie and TV episode revenues will reach US$ 1,018 million by 2024 – up from $223 million in 2018. Despite this quintupling of revenues, Africa still has a lot of potential growth in the long-term, according to a new report by Digital TV Research.

Cambridge, Mass. January 7, 2019 – NSR’s VSAT and Broadband Satellite Markets 17^thEdition report, released today, forecasts cumulative revenues of $159 billion in the next decade, with 13.4% annual growth in the installed base of consumer sites alone.  Enterprise VSAT is also a solid contributor with $12.3 billion in capacity revenues by 2027, driven by key verticals worldwide.

Dublin, Ireland, January 2, 2019--A new report from Research and Markets predicts that the satellite transponder market will register a CAGR of more than 5% by 2022. The rising adoption of High Throughput Satellite (HTS) technology is one of the critical reasons expected to boost the satellite transponders market growth in the next five years.