Market Trends

Social Media Platforms are a Necessity Rather than a Luxury for Satellite FTA Channels in the Middle East

Amman, Jordan, Jan. 22, 2019 ― A new research by the Arab Advisors Group’s has revealed that social media platforms are one of the most effective marketing tools due to their vast spread among all age groups all over the world.

Rethink TV Says Traditional TV Advertising Value Will Collapse by 2023

Bristol, UK, Jan. 17, 2019 — Rethink Technology Research , a research and analyst firm that focuses on the IoT, video, and wireless markets, says its Rethink TV service has forecast not one, but two major price corrections in Broadcast TV advertising coming over the next five years. This is according to its new Report “The Year of TV living Dangerously - How and when traditional TV advertising value collapses,” released today.

Satellite Broadband & Enterprise VSAT to Generate US$ 159 Billion in Next Decade

Cambridge, Mass. January 7, 2019 – NSR’s VSAT and Broadband Satellite Markets 17thEdition report, released today, forecasts cumulative revenues of $159 billion in the next decade, with 13.4% annual growth in the installed base of consumer sites alone.  Enterprise VSAT is also a solid contributor with $12.3 billion in capacity revenues by 2027, driven by key verticals worldwide.

The Global Satellite Transponder Market to Grow at a CAGR of 5% to 2022

Dublin, Ireland, January 2, 2019--A new report from Research and Markets predicts that the satellite transponder market will register a CAGR of more than 5% by 2022. The rising adoption of High Throughput Satellite (HTS) technology is one of the critical reasons expected to boost the satellite transponders market growth in the next five years.

New WTA Report, “Automating the Teleport,” Explores the Critical Role of Automation in the Industry’s Future

New York City, NY, December 14, 2018- The World Teleport Association (WTA) today released Automating the Teleport a new research report that shares insights from thought leaders in the industry on how automation will play a critical role in transforming the teleport from traditional antenna farms to data centers with dishes that layer on value-added capabilities and services. Based on interviews with executives from teleport, satellite and technology firm, the report offers guidance on what to automate, how to analyze the cost and benefit, and how to avoid deployment nightmares. The report is sponsored by Kratos. 

Land Mobile Satcom Market to Generate U$ 18 Billion over 2 Million Sites by 2027

Cambridge, Mass., December 12, 2018 – NSR’s Land Mobile via Satellite, 6th Edition released today, forecasts the markets to yield US$ 18 billion in cumulative retail revenues from the satcom land mobile markets, and annual retail equipment revenues to quadruple from $92 million in 2017 to US$ 376 million in 2027. Flat panel antennas driving vehicle connectivity contribute to this rapid growth of equipment revenues, and new form factors and products hitting the market, offering an increasingly diverse range of devices, will further contribute to such growth.

Access to and Use of ICTs Keep Growing but Stronger ICT Skills Needed to Connect People Everywhere

Geneva, Switzerland,  December 11, 2018--​​​More and more people have access to and are using the Internet. However, stronger information and communication technology (ICT) skills are needed to connect people everywhere, highlights ITU's Measuring the Information Society Report 2018. At the same time, ICT prices have dropped globally in the last decade. Improved ICT regulation and policy-making have played a pivotal role in creating the conditions for the reduction of prices, ensuring that part of the efficiency gains of higher ICT adoption are passed on to consumers.

MPA Report: Asia Pacific Pay-TV Industry To Grow 5% In 2018, Exceeding US$56 Billion In Revenue

Singapore, Dec. 8, 2018 — Pay-TV revenue in Asia Pacific, comprised of subscription fees and local and regional advertising sales, will top US$56 billion in 2018 after 5% annual growth, according to Asia Pacific Pay-TV Distribution, a new report published today by leading industry analysts Media Partners Asia (MPA). The Asia Pacific pay-TV industry will continue to expand at a 3% CAGR between 2018-23 to exceed US$66 billion in revenue by 2023, according to MPA forecasts. MPA’s Asia Pacific Pay-TV Distribution report covers 17 markets across the region.

ITU Releases 2018 Global and Regional ICT Estimates

Geneva, Switzerland, December 7, 2018--​​​​​​​​​ITU, the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies (ICTs), estimates that at the end of 2018, 51.2 per cent of the global population, or 3.9 billion people, will be using the Internet. 

Cloud Video Segment Expected to Surpass 25% of the Enterprise Video Solutions Market by 2023

Oyster Bay, NY, Dec. 3, 2018 — ABI Research, a market-foresight advisory firm providing strategic guidance on the most compelling transformative technologies, sees the enterprise video solutions market to pass US$ 49 billion by 2023. While changes in viewer behavior and the shift from on-prem hardware to cloud services have posed challenges to some market segments such as encoders/transcoders, middleware, and conditional access (CAS), new opportunities in OTT and cloud video are adding fuel to the market – UHD and ongoing codec transitions (e.g., HEVC) will also help balance out declines and slowing growth in some pay TV markets.