Market Trends

St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada,  September 7, 2011--Research firm Hot Telecom announced the publication of the 5th release of the 'Global Telecom Market Status and Forecast' report.  The 83-page report reviews the world telecom market, its trends and drivers, and includes brand new current analysis and 5-year projections of revenues, number of subscribers, penetration, growth, region-by-region for the fixed, mobile, Internet and broadband sectors.

Berlin, Germany, September 7, 2011--For the first time ever, the number of German households receiving TV via satellite has broken the 17 million mark. In the first half of 2011, direct-broadcast satellite was beamed into 430,000 additional households, taking the total up to 17.1 million. By contrast, cable TV is losing in popularity. The first six months of the year saw 260,000 households switch to a different form of TV reception. This has reduced the reach of cable TV to 17.9 million households. This were the findings of the latest Satellite Monitor results for the first half of 2011. The research was carried out by market research company TNS Infratest on behalf of SES ASTRA and in cooperation with the broadcasting institutions of the German states.

Stockholm, Sweden, September 5, 2011--Ericsson ConsumerLab has released the results of its annual study “TV & Video Consumer Trend Report 2011,” showing that people are spending slightly less time watching scheduled broadcast TV, and that they are spending more time watching streamed on-demand TV online. More than 44 (38) percent of the respondents reported watching internet-based on-demand TV more than once per week, while about 80 percent watch broadcast TV more than once per week.

Scottsdale, Ariz., September 1, 2011--Worldwide set top box revenue, as a whole, will decline slightly in 2011 over 2010, with Latin America and Middle East/Africa the only regions showing any increase in shipments. However, despite the general maturation of the market, IP set top box shipments are forecast to increase by over 1 million units in 2011 according to In-Stat.

Dublin, Ireland, August 31, 2011-- 3D content providers do not need to worry about consumers being unable to view their 3D content. With a large increase in the number of TV sets with a 3D feature coming to market in 2011, TV set manufacturers will make it difficult not to buy a 3D-enabled set in the coming years.  A new Research and Markets study projects that the 3D TV Set Market will grow 500% in 2011.

Scottsdale, Ariz., August 30, 2011--Online digital video distribution now allows consumers to access more content, on more devices, and in more places, than ever before. This increase in access has made content more ubiquitous than ever, but availability is only a part of the story. Equally important is how, and on what devices consumers are accessing this content, and the increasing role of mobile devices for video consumption, according to research firn In-Stat.

Middlesex, UK, August 30, 2011--India has just crossed the 100 million mark for pay TV subscribers, representing more than 70% of TV households. According to the India Digital TV Forecasts report, there is still plenty of growth to come, with 139 million pay TV subs forecast for 2016. ARPUs will remain low in India, though pay TV revenues will reach US$8 billion in 2016, double the 2010 figure.

Middlesex, UK, August 25, 2011--According to a new report from Digital TV Research, rapid expansion meant that Brazilian DTH subscriptions overhauled cable as the most popular platform with considerable panache during the first six months of 2011. Further change is ahead as the government will soon amend legislation to allow telco to offer full IPTV services.

London, August 23, 2011--Research firm STL  just released a new report on the UK TV market entitled: "Connected TV: Forecasts and Winners/Losers." While it is difficult to generalise with TV markets across the globe as the markets are fundamentally different in structure, especially with key variables such as PayTV penetration, state broadcaster involvement and fast broadband penetration varying widely, the comprehensive range of players and highly competitive nature of the UK market makes it a useful benchmark for many key global trends, according to the report.

Dublin, Ireland, August 17, 2011--South Korea continues to leadi in technology adoption and use. This according to a newly released report by Reseach and Markets entitled  "South Korea - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts."  The report covers trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, internet, broadband, digital TV and IPTV.