Market Trends

Cambridge, Mass., January 22, 2013--NSR's newly released UltraHD via Satellite finds, over the long term, UltraHD channels representing a respectable but niche opportunity for satellite companies. This nascent market is expected to start at a low base in 2015 with just 15 channels being demanded by the global cable TV, IPTV and DTH industries combined. The global satellite UltraHD market is expected to reach $412 million in 2025 from an $8.2 million revenue base in 2015.

Dublin, Ireland, January 17, 2013--After a period of uncertainty, the Indonesian telecom sector has settled into a healthy development phase. This country of around 240 million people presents a huge potential market; however, it faces some particularly big challenges that need to be confronted if it is to successfully continue the building of the telecommunications infrastructure required to support a large population spread over what is a uniquely complex geography, according to a new Research and Markets report entitled: "Indonesia Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband Forecasts." 

Boston, Mass., January 16, 2013--Emerging markets will continue to be the driver of growth in the converged global communications, media and technology industries, which will reach the 7 billion mobile subscription mark in December 2013. Furthermore, growth in emerging market service revenue will outpace growth in developed market service revenue by 5:1, according to a new report just released by Pyramid Research.

Reston, VA, January 15, 2013 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 182 million U.S. Internet users watched 38.7 billion online content videos in December, while video ad views totaled 11.3 billion.  The number of online video viewers represent 84.9% of all internet users in the U.S.

Dublin, Ireland, January 14, 2013--While being the world's most rapidly growing market for mobile telephony, Africa is also home to some of the fastest growing fixed-line markets in the world. Roughly half of the continents 54 countries had positive growth in the fixed-line sector in 2011 and at least seven of them saw double digit growth rates, while in some of the other markets fixed lines are rapidly being replaced by mobile phones, according to a new Research and Markets Report entitled “Africa - Fixed-line, Internet and Broadband Statistics.”

London, UK, January 7, 2013--About  35.3% of TV homes (14.0 million)  in Sub-Saharan Africa  took digital  signals by end-2012, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. The  Digital TV Sub-Saharan Africa report forecasts that digital TV penetration will  rocket to 95.5% by 2018 – with household numbers quadrupling to 49.0 million.

Port Washington, NY,  January 6, 2013 – There are 425 million devices connected to the Internet in U.S. homes, according to a new Connected Intelligence report from The NPD Group.  The Connected Home report found that while computers are still the primary connected device, numerous others are diminishing the computer’s relevance to the broadband content marketplace.

London, UK, January 4, 2012--TV has long been the poster-child for the advertising industry, but its ability to deliver mass audiences is increasingly coming under scrutiny. In recognition of this changing environment, Informa Telecoms & Media has taken a converged approach to its advertising research.

Amman, Jordan, January 3, 2013--Up until the booming era of free to air satellite TV, terrestrial TV was the main source of entertainment and information for people in the Arab World. Today, local terrestrial TV stations are still alive in the region, although the boom in the supply of free satellite TV channels in the Arab region seems to have stifled the terrestrial TV landscape.