News Analysis

CDNs Impact Value Chain for Big Data and Media Content Delivery

London, September 21, 2012--Increasing expectations from end-users for the management of big data and premium services such as IP-based video-on-demand, live streaming and HD broadcast, are changing the way media content and data are delivered. The escalating demand from consumers is driving the need for CDNs, to help content providers manage this need with a more direct, reliable route. As CDNs play a prominent role in the way the content delivery ecosystem is evolving, key players in the space including market leaders Akamai, as well as EdgeCast and Amazon, will speak at this year’s CDN World Summit.

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Legacy Resolutions Continue to Dominate DTH Markets

SD Channels Remain Vital to Global DTH Subscription Revenues Reaching $123 Billion in 2021

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., September 11, 2012 - NSR’s Global Direct-to-Home (DTH) Markets, 5th Edition finds the global DTH industry is still living in an SD world. With two SD channels entering the market for every HD channel, as well as SD subscribers outnumbering HD and DVR subscribers combined, the market remains dominated by the legacy resolutions; except for the measure that really matters: revenues.

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Ka-Band: Driving Profound Business Model Changes

by Jan Grøndrup-Vivanco

Paris, September 4, 2012--Ka-band is more than just an expansion band; it will have profound implications on how satellite capacity is sold from both the satellite operators’ and service providers’ perspective.  One might even worry if Ka-Band is short for cannibalism?  Even though Ka-Band has been around for a number of years in the satellite communications industry, it is only recently that it has made inroads into the commercial mainstream as C- and Ku-Band.

Broadband Targets Need More Focus on the User Experience, Says Point Topic

London, August 28, 2012--Policy makers and politicians across Europe should be taking much more account of what users actually need as they plan to roll out superfast broadband across the continent, according to Tim Johnson, of broadband specialists Point Topic. This announcement comes directly from the Broadband Forum quarterly meeting in Bucharest, where Johnson provided a key presentation on his thoughts about the broadband market.

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TV Viewing Increasingly Accompanied by Use of Social Media

Stockholm, Sweden, August 28, 2012--The results of Ericsson ConsumerLab's annual study - presented in the TV & Video Consumer Trend Report 2012 - reveal that social TV is becoming a mass-market phenomenon. Sixty-two percent of consumers use social media while watching TV on a weekly basis, an increase of 18 percentage points in one year. By gender, 66 percent of women engage in this behavior, compared to 58 percent of men. Twenty-five percent of consumers use social media to discuss what they are watching while they are watching it.

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Satellite Market Posts Solid Growth Boosted by Video Services and Emerging Regions

New Euroconsult reports shows 7% capacity leasing revenue growth in 2011

Paris, August 23, 2012- Euroconsult’s latest research report, Satellite Communications & Broadcasting Markets Survey, Forecasts to 2021, revealed that 2011 was a good year for FSS operators, with 4% growth in regular transponder capacity, 33% growth in High Throughput Satellite (HTS) capacity, and a $724 million increase for total capacity leasing revenues. Earnings were mostly influenced by increasing capacity demand for video services and rising competition in emerging markets.

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Untapped Middle East and North Africa Region of Promise for IPTV and OTTtv Delivery

London, August 22, 2012–With IPTV subscriber numbers predicted to undergo a huge ten-fold increase, reaching 1.6 million by 2014, the Middle East and North Africa is undoubtedly a region rich with promise for those within the TV delivery ecosystem. The untapped territory provides the backdrop for this year’s TV Connect Middle East and North Africa, which is set to focus on IPTV, OTTtv, and multiplatform services, and provides the perfect platform to explore the growth opportunity within TV delivery.

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Satellite Operators Continue to Grow Capacity Leasing and Develop New Markets

Latest NSR Report Forecasts US$6.9 Billion in New Revenues by 2021

Cambridge, Mass., August 7, 2012 - NSR's Global Assessment of Satellite Supply & Demand, 9th Edition report, released today, found that commercial satellite operators grew capacity leasing revenues by US$635 million between 2010 and 2011 and are aggressively targeting new markets such as mobility and other high value services in order to maintain sustained revenue expansion for the coming years.

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Traditional TV still the Main Choice for US Viewers

New York, NY, August 2, 2012--As new ways to consume media give viewers greater choice of how, when, and where to watch, an old standby—the television—is making headway in the race for market cachet. “Internet Protocol TV has grown dramatically over the course of the last year. People talk about ‘the TV is dead, or that it’s dying,’ but it doesn’t look like it yet,” said Pat McDonough, Nielsen’s SVP Insights Analysis and Policy.

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Futron Releases the Fifth Edition of its Space Competitiveness Index

The U.S. remains the overall leader in space competitiveness, but its relative position has declined for the fifth straight year

 

Bethesda, Maryland, August 1, 2012-- Futron Corporation announced the publication of the fifth-anniversary edition of the 2012 Space Competitiveness Index: A Comparative Analysis of How Countries Invest in and Benefit from Space Industry, an independent study of global space competitiveness.

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