NSRs Global Satellite Capacity Supply & Demand, 11th Edition report, released today, projects new supply of over 3,000 new transponders and 2+ Tbps of HTS capacity fueled by risk-taking from key operators will far outstrip demand growth over the next decade. This demand growth will center on video/DTH, mobility, enterprise data/trunking and broadband access, and evolve in both developed and developing regions.
PSSI Global Services LLC, unfortunately and suddenly lost a key staff member and valued friend—Joseph Kittrell, vice president of flyaway and international operations. Kittrell suffered a fatal heart attack while working on an event in Hong Kong.
CommunicAsia2014, EnterpriseIT2014 and BroadcastAsia2014, Asia’s most established ICT, broadcast and digital multimedia trade events, took attendees on a revolutionary journey with the most hi-tech technologies that will power the future in a smarter and more connected living environment, while also providing a glimpse into the latest state-of-the-art solutions in digital entertainment.
According to research from The Diffusion Group (TDG), short-term demand for 4K/Ultra-HD televisions is hindered by two simple but structurally important fundamentals: a widespread lack of awareness among consumers and a marked sensitivity to the costs of these advanced sets.
Futron nnnounces the release of the 2014 Space Competitiveness Index: A Comparative Analysis of How Countries Invest in and Benefit from Space Industry. This report marks the seventh annual independent study of global space competitiveness.
GS Group shared insights on how to successfully conduct business in Southeast Asian markets at a round table on "Modern Industrial and Technology Policies in Asia: challenges and opportunities for Russia” organized by the Center for Strategic Research “North-West.” Sharaf Kochkarov Representative for foreign relations, Foreign Broadcasting Projects Department, GS Group, unveiled the successful experience of GS Group entering pay-TV market of the Southeast Asia and establishing broadcasting projects there.
Covering 138 countries, the number of homes paying for IPTV will rocket to 191 million by end-2020; more than double the 90 million recorded at end-2013 and up from only 36 million at end-2010, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.
The Global IPTV Forecasts report forecasts that IPTV penetration will exceed 11% of TV households by 2020; up from 5.9% in 2013 and from only 2.5% in 2010. IPTV revenues (from subscriptions and on-demand movies and TV shows) will grow to $26.2 billion by 2020, up from $16.0 billion in 2013 and $8.3 billion in 2010.
Following a relatively flat three-year period, the global set-top box (STB) market managed to achieve the highest annual revenue total in its history in 2013, setting the stage for continued growth through 2015,according to IHS Technology. Worldwide digital STB shipment revenue last year totaled US$ 20.3 billion, up 3 percent from US$ 19.6 billion in 2012.
Revenue will set new highs during the next two years and will peak at $22.8 billion in 2015. This follows the period from 2010 through 2012 when revenue remained in the $19.5 billion range.
IBC announced that this year’s IBC Leaders’ Summit will be held on Thursday, September 11, 2014. An exclusive and invitation-only event curated specifically for 150 of the most influential and visionary people at the top of the industry, the IBC Leaders’ Summit is now in its fourth successful year. Industry leaders from all over the world fly to Amsterdam to take part in its sessions which mirror and distill the agenda of the mainstream IBC Conference into a single day of high-powered, top-level discussions.
