Market Trends

Cambridge, Mass. May 2, 2018 – NSR’s industry-first Satellite Constellations: A Critical Analysis report, released today, forecasts a mixed outcome for large HTS constellations.  NSR predicts two, out of the five Non-GEO HTS constellations analyzed, do not have a viable business case and will not be sustainable, if launched. The remaining three will generate 12% of overall satcom market revenues over the next decade.  Costly systems and replenishment cycles, matched against funding challenges, demand questions, and extraordinary technical and regulatory complexity, will separate contenders from pretenders in the high stakes constellations market.

Paris, France, May 2, 2018 - According to Euroconsult's latest report, FSS Capacity Pricing Trends, the combination of oversupply from the addition of traditional satellite capacity in certain areas along with the unrelenting rollouts of HTS capacity has resulted in new pricing references in most geographies and market segments across the FSS sector. While data-oriented markets have been the most exposed, with double-digit capacity pricing declines over the last 2-3 years, video applications have also been impacted. Other factors have included consolidation among service companies in certain segments, resulting in larger capacity buyers with more bargaining power, and heightened competition from a growing pool of national satellite operators. 

Bristol, England, May 2, 2018--Rethink Technology Research has released a ground-breaking report from its new division “Rethink TV”, entitled “How Android TV finally won the  wars Report and Forecast 2018-2022” The report explains the evolution of Android TV over the next few years - explaining how and why is Android TV set to become such a big market.

Cambridge, Mass., April 25, 2018 – NSR’s Energy Markets via Satellite, 7^th Edition report, released today, forecasts the major energy markets to yield nearly $1.6 Billion in Retail Revenues by 2027, up from $900M today.  Requiring 80 transponders of FSS capacity and 3.5 Gbps of HTS capacity spread across nearly 280,000 FSS, HTS, and MSS In-Service units for the global Energy Markets, the outlook for Energy SATCOM connectivity is slowly improving.  Although revenue growth remains in the low single-digits over much of the forecast period, by 2027 Oil & Gas (the largest opportunity by nearly any metric) remains nearly double the size of both the Mining and Utility segments.  Bottom Line, market instability is largely behind the Energy Markets, with a slow return to growth expected over the next ten years.

Cambridge, Mass., April 4, 2018 – NSR’s Wireless Backhaul via Satellite, 12^th Edition report, released today, forecasts annual satellite capacity revenues reaching $4 billion by 2027, serving over 3 Tbps of demand. Mobile Backhaul captures the greatest opportunities, as satellite usage increases among MNOs and becomes a widespread solution. Lower capacity prices are reviving Trunking, as new demand is emerging from previously un-addressable markets. IP Content Distribution also continued making solid progress with thousands of sites now active in this segment.
 

New York, NY, April 2, 2018–The World Teleport Association (WTA) released Sizing the Teleport Market 2018, a new research report that updates market sizing data last published in 2010. It enables readers to estimate the global and regional market share of a teleport operating company, identify potentially underserved regions for investment, and support due diligence for mergers and acquisitions.

Dublin, Ireland, March 22, 2018--According to a new research report from Research and Markets, the Global Satellite Transponder Market accounted for US$ 15.35 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach US$ 28.65 billion by 2026 growing at a CAGR of 7.1% during the forecast period.

Cambridge, Mass.,  March 12, 2018 – NSR’s Satellite Capacity Pricing Index, 4^th Edition (Q1 2018), released today, finds capacity prices falling for a third straight year as operators seek out innovative strategies to arrest the decline.  On average, capacity price declines for the period 2016-2018 ranged from 32-57% across various applications & regions, and the road ahead appears unclear as greater supply enters the scene, demand lags in some markets and competition intensifies. 

Paris, France, March 8, 2018 - According to Euroconsult's newly-published report, Prospects for Maritime Satellite Communications, satellite connectivity in the maritime market will face booming bandwidth requirements coming not only from bandwidth-hungry passengers and crew but also from the overall development of smart applications.

Mexico City, March 6, 2018--Although the economic recession waned somewhat in 2017, the Latin American pay TV sector was still affected. According to the eighth edition of the Latin America Pay TV Forecasts report by Digital TV Research, the number of pay TV subscribers was flat year-on-year. Fewer than 5 million additional pay TV subscribers are expected between 2017 and 2023 – bringing the total to almost 76 million. Pay TV penetration will not climb beyond the current 44% of TV households.