Market Trends

Cambridge, Mass., July 12, 2016–NSR’s Global Satellite Capacity Supply & Demand, 13^th Edition finds a satellite industry in the midst of a sea of change, with choppy waters threatening to overturn operators sticking to the status quo. However, blue oceans do offer billion-dollar opportunities for those able to successfully change with the times. The widebeam capacity and dozens of transponder-satellites of yesteryear face enormous pricing pressures across a number of verticals, with NSR forecasting widebeam revenues to drop by over $1.25 billion from 2015 to 2025. Alternatively, HTS capacity creates a renaissance of sorts for the satellite industry, with over $7 billion in new revenues paving a growth path for operators able to pivot towards new business models and new ways of selling capacity.

Paris, France, July 7, 2016 - According to Euroconsult's latest report, Prospects for the Small Satellite Market, we are on the cusp of a major revolution for the space sector and overall space ecosystem, as more than 3,600 smallsats are expected to be launched over the next ten years, a significant increase from the previous decade. The total market value of these satellites is anticipated to be $22 billion (manufacture and launch), a 76% increase over that of 2006-2015. This rate of growth is unprecedented for the space sector and will bring about fundamental changes as both new and established industry players attempt to increase their capabilities in order to gain market share.

New York, NY, June 29, 2016--The World Teleport Association (WTA) today released a new research report: Inside the Top Operators (2016). The report analyzes data from theTop Operator Rankings of 2015, released by WTA in December.

Cambridge, Mass., June 8, 2016–NSR’s Maritime Satcom Markets, 4th Edition, finds that maritime markets continue to demand more from their connectivity – with a steady move towards a ‘connected vessel’ across all major segments.  Although some contraction has occurred in key markets, lower satellite capacity pricing is opening the tap for broadband VSAT adoption.  With retail revenue growth annually exceeding 8% from 2015 – 2025 and HTS-options nearing 30%, the trend is clear – we are well into a trend of increasingly higher connectivity for maritime customers.

Paris, France June 2, 2016-According to Euroconsult's latest report, Prospects for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems, the size of the professional RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems) manufacturing and services market is expected to grow significantly in the next ten years, from $1 billion in 2015 to $26 billion in 2025.

Stockholm, Sweden, June 1, 2016--The latest edition of the Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) Mobility Report, published today, reveals that the Internet of Things (IoT) is set to overtake mobile phones as the largest category of connected device by 2018. Between 2015 and 2021, the number of IoT connected devices is expected to grow 23 percent annually, of which cellular IoT is forecast to have the highest growth rate. Of the 28 billion total devices that will be connected by 2021, close to 16 billion will be IoT devices.

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.