Market Trends

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.

Addison, Tex., January 7, 2019--Parks Associates today announced leading smart home and consumer IoT industry executives will participate at CONNECTIONS™ Summit on January 8, the first day of CES® 2019, featuring multiple sessions addressing key trends, challenges, and opportunities within these industries.

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.

London, UK,  Dec. 15, 2018 – Global defence expenditure grew by 4.9 percent in 2018, the fastest growth rate since 2008, according to the annual Jane’s Defence Budget report, released today by business information provider IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO). Global defence spending grew for the fifth consecutive year to reach a total of USD1.78 trillion in 2018, significantly exceeding the post-Cold War record of US$ 1.69 trillion in 2010, according to the report.

New York City, NY, December 14, 2018- The World Teleport Association (WTA) today released Automating the Teleport a new research report that shares insights from thought leaders in the industry on how automation will play a critical role in transforming the teleport from traditional antenna farms to data centers with dishes that layer on value-added capabilities and services. Based on interviews with executives from teleport, satellite and technology firm, the report offers guidance on what to automate, how to analyze the cost and benefit, and how to avoid deployment nightmares. The report is sponsored by Kratos. 

Cambridge, Mass., December 12, 2018 – NSR’s Land Mobile via Satellite, 6th Edition released today, forecasts the markets to yield US$ 18 billion in cumulative retail revenues from the satcom land mobile markets, and annual retail equipment revenues to quadruple from $92 million in 2017 to US$ 376 million in 2027. Flat panel antennas driving vehicle connectivity contribute to this rapid growth of equipment revenues, and new form factors and products hitting the market, offering an increasingly diverse range of devices, will further contribute to such growth.

Geneva, Switzerland,  December 11, 2018--​​​More and more people have access to and are using the Internet. However, stronger information and communication technology (ICT) skills are needed to connect people everywhere, highlights ITU's Measuring the Information Society Report 2018. At the same time, ICT prices have dropped globally in the last decade. Improved ICT regulation and policy-making have played a pivotal role in creating the conditions for the reduction of prices, ensuring that part of the efficiency gains of higher ICT adoption are passed on to consumers.

Singapore, Dec. 8, 2018 — Pay-TV revenue in Asia Pacific, comprised of subscription fees and local and regional advertising sales, will top US$56 billion in 2018 after 5% annual growth, according to Asia Pacific Pay-TV Distribution, a new report published today by leading industry analysts Media Partners Asia (MPA). The Asia Pacific pay-TV industry will continue to expand at a 3% CAGR between 2018-23 to exceed US$66 billion in revenue by 2023, according to MPA forecasts. MPA’s Asia Pacific Pay-TV Distribution report covers 17 markets across the region.

Geneva, Switzerland, December 7, 2018--​​​​​​​​​ITU, the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies (ICTs), estimates that at the end of 2018, 51.2 per cent of the global population, or 3.9 billion people, will be using the Internet.