Market Trends

Hampshire, UK,August 3, 2015:: New data from Juniper Research has revealed that the number of IoT (Internet of Things) connected devices will number 38.5 billion in 2020, up from 13.4 billion in 2015: a rise of over 285%.

London, UK, July 30, 2015--According to the worldwide TV market report from Futuresource Consulting, 4K TV shipments are expected to grow by 147% in 2015, despite overall 2% fall in TV sales.

New York City, NY, July 21, 2015–The World Teleport Association (WTA) today announced the release of a new FourNines research report: Cybersecurity for Teleport & Satellite Operators. 

Newtown, Conn., July 15, 2015—With demand for satellite communications increasing, manufacturers are expected to produce more than 430 satellites over the next 10 years, according to Forecast International.

Englewood, Colo., July 14, 2015--The advent of 8K broadcasting in Japan for the 2020 Olympics is expected to spur a new round of resolution increases, even though shipments have not yet started in serious commercial volumes. According to IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight, shipments of 8K ultra-high definition (UHD) resolution (7680 x 4320 pixels) TVs are expected to increase from 2,700 shipped worldwide in 2015 to 911,000 in 2019. The IHS 8K TV forecast hinges on the 65-inch screen size, which has by far the highest volume in production and will account for almost 80 percent of 8K TV shipments in 2019. 

Cambridge, MA, July 13, 2015 – NSR’s Global Satellite Capacity Supply & Demand, 12^th Edition report, released today, projects demand for more than 7,700 transponders of traditional C-, Ku-, and widebeam Ka-band FSS capacity globally by 2024. NSR also forecasts over 3 Terabits of GEO-HTS, MEO-HTS, and LEO-HTS bandwidth demand, across a series of applications ranging from data to broadband access to mobility. With growth slowing and prices declining in traditional FSS markets, NSR expects a CAGR of less than 2% for traditional FSS demand; new markets will therefore need to be tapped and new possibilities unlocked through increased bandwidth efficiencies and lower cost per bit in order to fuel organic market expansion.

Paris, France, July 9, 2015 - According to Euroconsult's newly released report, Prospects for Cellular Backhaul in Fast-Growing Economies, capacity revenues from cellular backhaul in fast growing economies could reach over $1 billion by 2025, up from around $550 million in 2014, corresponding to a 6% CAGR over the ten-year period. These numbers reflect a sustained increase in the number of sites using satellite backhaul, leading to around 37,000 sites by 2025. These forecasts also recognize a 14% CAGR in traffic carried that should reach around 150 Gbps by 2025, along with a corresponding 8% CAGR for capacity used in MHz reaching close to 45 GHz by 2025, when taking into account spectrum efficiency.

New York, NY, July 7, 2015--According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research entitled "Conditional Access Systems Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2015 - 2022," the global conditional access systems market was valued at US$ 2.09 Billion in  2014 and is estimated to reach US$ 4.72 Billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 10.3% from 2015 to 2022. 

London, UK, July 1, 2015--OTT TV and video revenues in Western Europe [for 15 countries] will reach US$ 13.72 billion in 2020; up from the $894 million recorded in 2010 and the $6.34 billion expected in 2015, according to a new report from Digital TV Research.