Market Trends

Middlesex, UK, April 25, 2019 — Pay TV revenues in Eastern Europe will peak at US$ 6.95 billion in 2019 - before slowly falling to $6.59 billion by 2024. According to Digital TV Research, analog cable revenues will drop by US$ 844 million over this period, so digital pay TV revenues will increase by US$502 million to US$6.56.

Middlesex, UK, April 25, 2019 — The number of subscription video on demand (SVOD) subscriptions [for movies, linear channels and TV episodes - excluding other platforms such as sports services] in North America will climb by 110 million from 160 million in 2018 to 270 million in 2024.

New York City, NY, April 18, 2019- The World Teleport Association (WTA) today released the 2019 edition of Sizing the Teleport Market, an update to its 2018 report that presents the most accurate picture of market size, industry revenues, capacity spending, antenna counts and capital expenditure for the teleport industry. 

Cambridge, Mass., April 16, 2019 — NSR’s Optical Satellite Communications report, released today, forecasts nearly US$4 Billion in cumulative revenue over the 2018-2028 period for laser communication equipment in space. Largely driven by the impending wave of mega-constellations with inter-satellite links, the volume of production and subsequent deployment of Non-GEO satellites will drive revenue growth for equipment manufacturers.

Dublin, Ireland, April 15, 2019 — The global fixed satellite services (FSS) market was valued at US$20.2 billion in 2018 and predicted to rise to US$25.7 billion by 2024, registering a CAGR of around 4% during 2019 - 2024 period.

Cambridge, Mass., April 9, 2019 — NSR’s Wireless Backhaul & 5G via Satellite, 13th Edition report, released today, forecasts over US$ 32 billion in revenue by 2028, with 5G supporting 1/3 of the overall satellite backhaul market.  Mobile Wireless Backhaul is the largest opportunity in this space, as satcom becomes a mainstream solution and 5G opens opportunities for satellite to seamlessly integrate with the global telecom ecosystem.  Trunking also appears to be re-born via lower capacity costs and slowdown in fiber expansion, while Hybrid Networks represent a long-term play for emerging OTT content distribution models.

Cambridge, Mass., April 2, 2019 — NSR’s Aeronautical Satcom Markets, 7th Edition report forecasts inflight connectivity (IFC) will be a US$ 36 Billion market over the next decade, as more airlines outfit fleets with high throughput satellite (HTS) services.  However, the IFC market endured a challenging 2018 due to delays in installing equipment, indecisions by airlines, and uncertainty on business models, on top of technical and regulatory hurdles.

Dublin, Ireland, April 2, 2019 — The FSS industry continues to move towards telecom/data markets, as wholesale revenues derived from video markets continue to erode. Based on the latest market projections, wholesale capacity revenues from telecom applications will surpass video applications by 2021.

London, UK, March 29, 2019 — After years of decreasing subscription, Digital TV Research has predicted that pay TV penetration in Latin America will start climbing again in 2020.

Paris, France, March 20, 2019 — Wholesale capacity revenues from telecom applications will surpass video applications by 2021, whose growth is largely supported by the influx of low-cost capacity from new VHTS systems & NGSO broadband in the coming years. As a result, total capacity supply is projected to grow eight-fold from 1.3 Tbps in 2017 to nearly 10 Tbps by 2022.