Market Trends

Dublin, Ireland, July 15, 2018 --The application of satellites led by the military and the civil sector is increasing at a tremendous pace and the global satellite manufacturing and launch system market is expected to register a CAGR of 5.32% to reach USD25.90 billion by the year 2023.

Oyster Bay, New York, Jul 12, 2018 -- The rapid and increasing number of worldwide 4K flat panel TV shipments over the past few years is contributing to the overall growth of the global flat panel TV market. 4K TV units account for more than one-third of the total flat panel TV units sold in 2017.

Cambridge, Mass., July 2, 2018 – NSR’s Maritime SATCOM Markets, 6^th Edition report, published today, forecasts Maritime SATCOM 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. 

Paris, France,  June 19, 2018 - According to Euroconsult's newly release report, Prospects for In-Flight Entertainment & Connectivity, over 23,000 commercial aircraft will offer connectivity to their passengers by 2027, up from 7,400 aircraft in 2017. "In January 2018, around 90 airlines had either installed or committed to install in-flight connectivity (IFC) solutions," said Pacôme Revillon, CEO of Euroconsult. "Offering connectivity was first seen as a differentiating factor, however as more and more airlines provide connectivity, offering in-flight wifi starts to become a must-have in order to keep a competitive positioning in the extremely challenging airline market." 

Cambridge, Mass,June 4, 2018–NSR’s Aeronautical Satcom Markets, 6^th Edition report, published today, forecasts inflight connectivity (IFC) will generate $37 billion in cumulative revenue by 2027. This revenue driven primarily by new HTS services and greater penetration in all regions of the world.  NSR projects demand will reach almost 295 Gbps of HTS capacity and more than 92 transponders of FSS Ku-band demand by 2027. 

Dublin, Ireland, May 25, 2018--The global satellite manufacturing and launch system market is expected to register a CAGR of 5.32% to reach USD 25.90 billion by the year 2023 according to a new report by Research and Markets. The satellite launch systems market is anticipated to witness an increased growth rate by the end of the forecast period and is anticipated to hold 30% of the global satellite manufacturing and launch market. There is an increase is investment in these systems by various nations, to have access to launch their satellites.

Addison, Tex., May 22, 2018--Parks Associates released new research estimates today at CONNECTIONS™ that U.S. consumers will purchase more than 485 million connected consumer devices in 2021, including smart home, connected health, mobile, and connected entertainment products. By 2022, sales will exceed 520 million units.

London, UK, May 16, 2018--Digital TV Research forecasts that Netflix will have 201 million streaming subscribers by 2023, up by 82% from 111 million at end-2017. About 28 million subscribers will be added in 2018 – making it the largest growth year ever. Lower growth is expected after 2018, according to the Netflix Forecasts report. 

Cambridge, Mass., May 16, 2018–NSR’s Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Services, 8^th Edition report, released today, finds that despite a slow 2017, across the board, the global satellite manufacturing and launch market is poised to generate in excess of $250B in the next decade.  As both commercial and government players begin deploying constellations, turning to smallsats to provide more flexibility across a system, and leveraging more advanced flexible and exquisite payloads, the requirements placed on manufacturers and launch service providers enabling these next generation systems will change.

Oyster Bay, NY, May 14, 2018--The growth of subscription OTT services has been driving the changing trends in the Pay-TV landscape. OTT video services have attracted hundreds of millions of subscribers worldwide, causing pressure on traditional Pay-TV operators. This OTT growth trend is expected to continue, reaching a subscriber base of 400 million in 2018, according to a recent report by ABI Research, a market-foresight advisory firm providing strategic guidance on the most compelling transformative technologies.