Market Trends

Monterey, Calif., July 7, 2015--SNL Kagan has updated their industry retransmission (retrans) fee projections and now expect U.S. TV station owners' retrans fees to reach US$ 10.3 billion by 2021, versus the projected level of US$ 6.3 billion this year. U.S. TV station owners have continued to secure higher retrans fees in recent negotiations, with strong advances made at year-end 2014 from renewals and annual step-ups in existing contracts. While U.S. TV station owners have been successful at securing rising rates, broadcast networks have also been able to extract their share of rising fees, although SNL Kagan does expect continued growth for net retrans over time.

London, UK, July 2, 2015--Digital TV Research forecasts 68.83 million SVOD [subscription video on demand] homes in the Asia-Pacific by 2020, quadruple the 2014 total and up from only 1.47 million in 2010. Japan will remain the largest SVOD country. China will overtake South Korea to become the second largest country by SVOD homes in 2020. From the 51.63 million SVOD home additions between 2014 and 2020,  will supply 11.84 million,  12.55 million and  7.21 million. 

London, UK, July 1, 2015--OTT TV and video revenues in Western Europe [for 15 countries] will reach US$ 13.72 billion in 2020; up from the $894 million recorded in 2010 and the $6.34 billion expected in 2015, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. 

El Segundo, Calif., June 30, 2015--Pay TV operators purchased US$ 15.3 billion worth of set-top boxes (STBs) in 2014, down from US$ 15.9 billion in 2013. This decline represents the first contraction in the market since 2002, according to IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight. Shipments of pay TV STBs grew slightly in 2014 to 204.7 million units, an increase of just under 1 percent from 203.1 million units in the previous year; however, such modest shipment growth failed to compensate for the effects of price erosion in this highly competitive market.

Hampshire, UK, June 29, 2015--Latest esearch from Juniper Research forecasts that the Far East and China region will account for 22% of global cellular M2M connections by 2019; a substantial increase from 15% in 2014.

Dallas, Tex., June 24, 2015--The Global Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Market 2015-2019 report says the development of all-electric propulsion systems for satellites and reusable space launch vehicles will contribute significantly to market growth. The use of nano and microsatellites in the development of low-cost satellite-based Internet services will also open up opportunities for the market.  The analysts forecast the global satellite manufacturing and launch market to grow at a CAGR of 5.14% during the period 2014-2019. 

London, UK, June 22, 2015--OTT TV and video revenues in Latin America [for 13 countries] will reach US$ 2.91 billion in 2020; up from only US$ 37 million in 2010 and the US$ 1.13 billion expected in 2015, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. From the US$ 2,126 million in revenues to be added between 2014 and 2020, Brazil will contribute US$ 938 million and Mexico US$ 437 million. 

Singapore, June 19, 2015--The worldwide pay-TV market surpassed more than 900 million subscribers in 1Q 2015, representing 48% penetration—the market is likely to grow steadily over the next 5 years, mainly boosted by emerging markets. “According to ABI Research’s recent pay-TV market data, half of the world’s households will have access to pay-TV service by 2017, representing 1 billion subscribers,” comments Jake Saunders, VP and Practice Director of Core Forecasting.

Cambridge, Mass., June 16, 2015–NSR’s latest report, Nano and Microsatellite Markets, 2^nd Edition, forecasts the launch of over 2,500 sub-100 kg satellites during the next decade. Experienced and new space sector players alike are flocking to leverage low cost satellites for Earth Observation, Science, Situational Awareness, and more. Activity in this segment will generate cumulative revenues that exceed $4.7 billion in manufacturing and $1.2 billion in launch services by 2024.

Englewood, Colo., June 15, 2015--4K LCD TV panel shipments continue to rise, driven by forces on both the supply side and the demand side. Shipments of 4K TV panels in April 2015 exceeded 3 million units for the first time, comprising 14 percent of all TV panels shipped globally during the month, according to IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight. Of all TV panels forecast to ship in 2016, one in five is forecast to be a 4K TV panels, sometimes marketed as ultra-high definition (UHD), due to the trend toward higher resolution panels in the high-end TV segment and improved production efficiency of panel makers.