At the NAB 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador spoke with Mike Antonovich, CEO of Eutelsat Americas on their offerings for the broadcast market in the Americas.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

Advertising revenue across Asia Pacific expanded by 6.3% in 2018 to top US$ 180 billion, and is on course to grow by a further 6.2% in 2019 to move close to US$195 billion in revenue, according to a new report from Media Partners Asia (MPA).

Latin American SVOD (subscription video on demand) subscriptions are forecast to reach 51.10 million by 2024; almost double the 27.12 million recorded at end-2018. The top six regional platforms will account for 85% of the region’s paying SVOD subscribers by end-2024.

Netflix will remain the largest pan-regional SVOD platform by some distance, with an expected 26.30 million paying subscribers by 2024 – or half the region’s total (down from a two-thirds share in 2018).

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings announced today that it has acquired 3D Material Technologies (3DMT) from ARC Group Worldwide. 3DMT is a provider of additive manufacturing (3-D printing) services to the aerospace, defense, medical and industrial markets.

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.

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.