Applications have dominated the news in the smartphone and tablet worlds for some time but with the advent of “smart TVs” consumers are now rapidly adopting online TV applications that are integrated into their connected TVs. A new In-Stat research survey estimates that over 60% of these connected households will use a TV app at least once per week.

On-demand TV revenues from movies and TV programs (and excluding revenues from other sources such as sports and adult and also excluding SVOD packages) will reach US$5.7 billion in 2016, up from US$3.6 billion in 2010 and US$2.1 billion in 2006, according to the report published by Digital TV Research.

Social Media TV Projected to Generate US$ 2.9 Bil. by 2016

A new report from Juniper Research has found that annual revenues derived from mobile cloud based enterprise services are expected to reach $39 billion by 2016 as mobile network operators increasingly offer corporate clients an array of unified communications suites.

Digital TV Research forecasts that the number of pay DTH homes will be 195 million across 73 countries by end-2016, up from 139 million at end-2010. The Satellite TV Forecasts report estimates that penetration was 10.3% of TV households at end-2010, and will reach 13.1% by 2016. India will lead the sector with 45 million pay DTH homes in 2016, followed by the US with 36 million. However, penetration will be highest in South Africa (47%) and Ireland (41%).

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.

Operators are poised to invest in higher speed and capacity networks to maintain their competitive position in the Netherlands, as new players and additional network licensees are expected to stimulate this mature market, according to a new report:  "Netherlands: New Mobile Players and Spectrum Auctions Enliven a Mature Market"  offers a precise profile of the country's telecommunications, media and technology sectors based on proprietary data from Pyramid's research in the market.

Research and Markets  has announced the addition of the "Australia - Mobile Broadband Market" report to their offering.This annual publication provides the reader with a thorough overview of the mobile broadband, mobile data and the mobile media market in Australia in 2011. The publication offers important analysis of the market and trends in usage, revenue, mobile internet content and prospects for the various mobile network operators.

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Covering 73 countries, Digital TV Research forecasts that the number of homes paying for IPTV will rocket to 155 million by end-2016, up from 35 million at end-2010. The IPTV Forecasts report goes on to explain that the Asia Pacific region will supply 85 million of the 120 million additional subscribers during this period. In fact, China will provide 70 million of the 2016 total subscribers, up by more than 10 times its end-2010 total.

New NSR Report Forecasts MSS Market Will Grow to $10.2 Billion by 2020

NSR's newly released Mobile Satellite Services, 7th Edition,   finds the MSS market coming out of the recession faster than expected and will see increase competition, further consolidation, and a blurring between MSS and FSS products and services that will accelerate the transition to broadband mobility and converged connectivity satellite products.