Market Trends

London, UK, October 6, 2014--The latest milestone in the relentless march of high speed internet access was passed at the end of June this year as the total number of households with a broadband line came to 700.2 million, accoridng to Point Topic.

Cambridge, Mass. – October 6, 2014 – Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), a provider of cloud services for delivering, optimizing and securing online content and business applications, released its Second Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform™, the report provides insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds and broadband adoption across fixed and mobile networks, overall attack traffic, global 4K readiness, IPv4 exhaustion and IPv6 implementation, and traffic patterns across leading Web properties and digital media providers.

Boston, Mass., October 3, 2014-- The latest research from Strategy Analytics' Connected Home Devices team, the Global Connected TV Device Tracker, shows that the number of connected TV devices installed globally reached just short of 500 million devices in Q2 2014, an increase of 7% over Q1. The research covers all connected TV devices such as smart TVs, smart blu-ray disc players, games consoles and digital media streamers.

Amman, Jordan, October 2, 2014--The Arab Advisors Group released the results of its Cellular Competition Intensity Index 2014 in September 2014. The index ranks Saudi Arabia as the most competitive Arab cellular market. Jordan came in second, followed by Palestine.

Dallas, Tex., October 1, 2014--New European entertainment and Internet of Things research from Parks Associates shows more than 40% of broadband households in Germany and Spain own a smart TV, while U.K. adoption of smart TVs is 33%. Parks Associates will address the changing landscape for connected CE, pay TV, and OTT services at the ninth-annual CONNECTIONS™ Europe: Monetizing Strategies for the Connected Home,18-19 November in Amsterdam at the Mövenpick Hotel.  

Wilmington, DE– September 30, 2014 - NSR's Satellite Operator Financial Analysis (SOFA), 4th Edition, published today, finds that operational efficiency is more important than ever for satellite operators, with many taking a multi-pronged approach to increasing productivity. This trend is not limited to acquisitions, but also extends to HTS payloads being launched.

London, UK, September 25, 2014--Global online TV and video revenues (over fixed broadband networks for 51 countries) will reach US$ 42.34 billion in 2020; up from US$ 3.96 billion recorded in 2010 and the US$ 19.03 billion expected in 2014, according to a new report from Digital TV  Research. 

London, UK, September 25, 2014 New research has revealed that wireless industry efforts to take massive amounts of additional spectrum - amounts that have been shown to be in excess of actual requirements - would undercut African economies, and threaten social and safety-of-life services by disrupting mission-critical satellite services for key applications delivered throughout the continent.

Dallas, Tex., September 24, 2014--Global RF Devices market for Smart TV is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 12.26% over the period 2013-2018. Global RF Devices market for Cellular is projected to grow at 16.2% CAGR over the period 2013-2018.

Wilmington, DE, September 12, 2014-- High-Throughput Satellites (HTS) has oftentimes been synonymous with Consumer Broadband services in developed countries; however, NSR’s Global Satellite Capacity Supply & Demand, 11th Edition report forecasts HTS revenues for key applications overtaking traditional FSS C-, Ku-, and Ka-band revenues by 2023.