Mobile backhaul and base station networking have long been an important business for satellite and teleport operators. It is humbling, then, to also acknowledge that satellites carried less than 1.4% of global mobile traffic in 2016, according to NSR.

The key themes emerging from the three major conferences held in Europe this September, (World Satellite Business Week, IBC and VSAT Global and Next Generation Satellite Applications), were: change, innovation and flexibility.  Change is all around. Change for manufacturers as demand shifts from Geostationary Orbit (GEO) to Non Geostationary Orbit (NGSO). Change in the structure of the industry. Lockheed is tracking 975 new space startups. Change in the manufacturing process. Satellites are getting bigger, and smaller.

The maritime market for the satellite communications industry continue to grow according to a recent report by NSR. NSR forecasts that the maritime atcom market  will generate US$36 Billion in cumulative revenues through 2027. Driven by the migration of unconnected vessels to MSS, MSS customers to VSAT, and VSAT vessels to even higher throughputs, revenue growth will approach 7% from 2017 – 2027.

To shed light on the strategy behind China's global satelllite marketing efforts, Satellite Markets and Research caught up with Mr. Fu Zhiheng, Executive VP of China-based satellite launch services provider Great Wall Industries.

How do find Great Wall’s position in the global launch market today?

Maxar Technologies has announced that Mike Gold, vice president of Regulatory and Policy at Maxar and General Counsel of its Radiant Solutions business, has been appointed to serve as a representative member of the NASA Advisory Council by Administrator Jim Bridenstine, where he will chair the newly formed Regulatory and Policy Committee.

A new Juniper Research has predicted that total revenues for Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) services will reach US$ 66.9 billion by 2023, up from US$ 33.2 billion in 2018.

Producing its most comprehensive and in-depth study into the Digital TV & Video market to date, Juniper examined consumer attitudes and intentions, as well as current market trends and strategic opportunities for both traditional networks and disruptive OTT players.

Global pay TV and SVOD subscriptions will reach 1,877 million by 2023. This total is up by 505 million (37%) from 1,372 million at end-2017 according to a new reserach. SVOD subscriptions will more than double between 2017 and 2023, but traditional pay TV will only add 94 million subscribers.

Worldwide paying subscription video on demand (SVOD) subscriptions will increase by 409 million between 2017 and 2023 to total 777 million and eleven countries will have more than 10 million SVOD subscriptions by 2023, a new research shows.