Market Trends

London, UK, November 7, 2014--Smart TV sales reached 90 million units worldwide in 2013 and will grow at 21% CAGR to reach 228 million in 2018, according to a new Smart TV report from Futuresource Consulting.

Wilmington, DE, November 4, 2014 – NSR’s newly released M2M and IoT via Satellite, 5th Edition report finds that despite increasing competition from terrestrial competitors, satellite M2M/IoT revenues will continue to grow strongly. NSR forecasts that revenues will exceed US$ 2.4 billion by 2023, over double the revenues in 2013 of US$ 1.1 billion.

Paris, France, November 3, 2014 - According to Euroconsult's newly released research report, High Throughput Satellites (HTS) continue to proliferate in 2014 in terms of supply additions (+109 Gbps), system investments (nine new orders) and demand take-up (+40 Gbps). This trend should accelerate considering the 100+ projected new HTS system (payload and satellite) launches over the next decade.

Singapore, October 30, 2014-- People will watch TV and video content on more and more devices as TV everywhere takes off. For the 51 countries covered in Digital TV Research’s Multiscreen TV & Video Forecasts report, the gross number of viewers will climb from 5.60 billion in 2010 to 11.32 billion by 2020. 

New York City, October 29, 2014 – A new report from Euroconsult, the Paris-based technology consultancy, shows just how much African nations rely on C-Band satellite services for television, Internet access, banking, energy production, civil aviation and government operations, and demonstrated the potential damage to economies and civil society of attempts by the mobile and wireless industry to gain access to C-Band spectrum. 

Wilmington, DE, October 28, 2014 – NSR’s newly released Government and Military Satellite Communications, 11th Edition, report forecasts the global government and military market will demand nearly 700 traditional FSS transponders and 75 Gbps of HTS capacity by 2023, generating over $7.8 billion in annual retail revenues. Increasing demand from current users, coupled with new customers and evolving bandwidth-hungry applications, will drive this resurgence in a market that has seen declining revenues in 2013 and H1 2014.

San Jose, Calif., October 24, 2014--Gaming consoles and over-the-top (OTT) devices, such as Apple TV and Roku, are helping online TV work its way into our living rooms to directly compete with traditional television. According to Adobe Digital Index's “Q2 Video Benchmark” report, online TV content viewed through these devices saw the biggest market share increase of all device types.

Singapore, October 23, 2014--The worldwide Pay TV market is expected to surpass 920 million subscribers by the end of 2014. Overall, Pay TV average revenue per user (ARPU) is expected to drop slightly due to increasing price competition, but at a lower rate compared to the ARPU drop in 2013 according to ABI Research.

Sao Paolo, Brazil, Oct. 22, 2014--The Latin American pay TV services market is expected to continue its growth trajectory due to the rise in postpaid subscriptions for direct-to-home (DTH) TV. The demand for value-added services such as high-definition (HD) and video on demand (VOD) is further spurring market development. Innovative commercialization models including prepaid plans and multiple-play bundles add to market revenues, according to a new report by Frost and Sullivan.

Wilmington, DE, October 22, 2014--NSR's Satellite-Based Earth Observation (EO), 6th Edition report, released today, projects that data, value-added services and Information Products from satellite-based Earth Observation will grow to US$ 5.1 billion by 2023, up from US$ 2.1 billion in 2013. The market will shift gears in the wake of new very high resolution data available and increased demand from commercial and enterprise customers.