Euroconsult announced the findings of its most recent study of fixed satellite services. The report entitled "Company Profiles, Analysis of FSS Operators," now in its 5th edition, indicates that regional operators in particular continued to see strong business growth from various applications including DTH TV broadcasting, cellular backhaul and enterprise networks. Many of these regional operators are continuing their ambitious expansion plans with growing satellite fleets and a number of satellite launches still ahead in the coming years.
2011 was a particularly important year for FSS operators as a number of countries announced their national satellite systems and several historically hot geographic markets such as Afghanistan and Africa saw decrease in business due to political changes or the arrival of fibre networks." said Wei LI, Senior Consultant at Euroconsult. "As the result, FSS operators are becoming “smarter” in investing their space assets. We see a number of partnerships, co-shared satellite, and hosted payload announced in the last 18 months."
Mr. LI continued, "2011 saw more contrasted performances among operators than previous years. 80% of all active FSS operators saw revenue growth in 2011, with 13 operators even achieving growth of 10% or more; however more than half experienced slower revenue growth than during the previous year."
Other report findings include:
- 19 operators had revenues of more than $100 million
- More than 77% of all FSS operators increased the number of transponders leased throughout 2011
- 20 operators had fill rates of 80% or more; 8 of which had fill rates of 90% or more
- 32,140 TV channels and 138 DTH pay-TV platforms were broadcasted by satellite operators in 2011
Although the top five operators accounted for about 70% of the industry’s revenues, the rest of the market is still fragmented with growing competition among the operators. In particular, the Asian market is increasingly crowded with 18 operators active in the region in 2011.
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