Market Trends

Oyster Bay, NY, May 18, 2016--ABI Research forecasts the 4K set-top box market will quadruple from less than two million units in 2015 to more than 7 million in 2016, and then grow by 46% annually through 2021. However, the overall set-top box market is on the decline, expected to drop by about nine percent in 2016 to less than $16 billion in revenue, with both Pay TV and free-to-air boxes losing value.

Singapore, May 18, 2016--OTT TV and video revenues for 17 countries in the Asia Pacific region will reach US$ 18,396 million in 2021; up from US$ 707 million in 2010 and US$ 5,741 million in 2015. The Asia Pacific OTT TV & Video Forecasts report estimates that China will overtake Japan in 2016 to become market leader.

New York, NY, May 17, 2016–The World Teleport Association (WTA) today released The Internet of Things Opportunity for Teleports, a new research report. The growth forecasts for the Internet of Things are off the charts.

London, UK, May 9, 2016--Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) revenues will increase tenfold from US$ 124 million in 2015 to US$ 1.24 billion in 2021. The Middle East & Africa Over the Top (OTT) TV and Video Forecasts report estimates that Turkey will remain market leader covered, with US$ 257 million in SVOD revenues by 2021.

San Francisco, Calif., May 4, 2016--The Internet of Things (IoT) market was worth US$ 605.69 billion in 2014 owing to rising requirement for internet connectivity worldwide coupled with technological advancements according to a report by Grand View Research. The emergence of start-ups in different industries to satisfy growing need of consumers is anticipated to result in increasing venture capital investments. The market is estimated to grow at 15.2 % to reach over US$ 1.88 trillion by 2022.

Redwood City, Calif., May 3, 2016–Vindicia, the leader in enterprise-class subscription billing, and Ooyala, a leading video, analytics and advertising technology provider, today announced key findings from a study that explores the Asia Pacific (APAC) market opportunity for premium over-the-top (OTT) services. Conducted by top research and strategy consultancy, MTM, the findings reveal significant challenges to expansion due to broadband infrastructure and content localization, revenues are expected to grow strongly between now and 2019.

Singapore, May 3, 2016--Global pay TV revenues [subscription fees and PPV movies and TV episodes] for 138 countries will only grow by US$ 99 million between 2015 and 2021 to US$ 205.92 billion; having peaked in 2018. This follows 19.5% growth between 2010 and 2015, according to the Digital TV Revenue Forecasts report.

London, April 15, 2016--Global broadband over three quarters of a billion...and still growing The most recent milestone for broadband came late in 2015 according to the most recent report from Point Topic “Global broadband subscribers: Q4 2015”.  As at the end of December 2015 there were 751.2 million fixed broadband lines globally.

Cambridge, Mass., April 12, 2016 – NSR’s Aeronautical Satcom Markets, 4^th Edition report, published tomorrow, forecasts commercial aircraft connectivity markets reaching retail revenues of US$ 4.6 billion by 2025. Market growth is driven by in-flight passenger connectivity, reaching new heights with HTS capacity.

Paris, France, April 1, 2016-According to Euroconsult's latest report, Earth Observation: Defense & Security, the number of countries expected to launch proprietary Earth observation (EO) defense capacity is expected to remain limited, despite increases in global tensions. Under exploration by multiple countries are other avenues to receive data capable of image intelligence (IMINT) applications, such as dual-use and commercial approaches.