Market Trends

Bethesda, MD, May 8, 2014--The United States remains the leader in space competitiveness, but is the only nation to decline for seven straight years. As other countries enhance their space capabilities while the U.S. navigates uncertain transitions, its currently unique convening power in setting the global space agenda is not guaranteed, according to the just relesed Futron 2014 Space Competitiveness Index.

London, UK, May 7, 2014--Paying IPTV subscribers will overtake pay satellite TV ones in 2018, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. The Digital TV Western Europe report  forecasts that IPTV subscriptions will climb by 7.5 million (38%) between 2013 and  2020 compared with 1.2 million additions for both pay satellite TV (up by 5%) and pay DTT (up 22%). Digital cable will increase by nearly 13 million (up 42%).

Paris, France, May 6, 2014 - A new research report by Euroconsult  provides a comprehensive analysis of the how and why of the military's usage of satellite communications, which saw tremendous growth over the past 15 years. Satellite capacity usage by the U.S. DoD has increased fivefold over 2000-2012 to over 10GHz, primarily driven by the two large conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.  

Port Washington, NY, May 6, 2014--According to the latest NPD Group TV Everywhere Report, more than one-in-five (21 percent) Pay-TV subscribers use the TV Everywhere services provided by their Pay-TV operator at least once per month.

Geneva, Switzerland, May 5, 2014 – New figures released by ITU today indicate that, by end 2014, there will be almost 3 billion Internet users, two-thirds of them coming from the developing world, and that the number of mobile-broadband subscriptions will reach 2.3 billion globally. Fifty-five per cent of these subscriptions are expected to be in the developing world.

MarketBrief Report on the Canadian Fixed Satellite Services Market sponsored by  Hunter Communications is now available.  

This report examines the current trends and opportunities in the Canadian Fixed Satellite Services in the light of recent regulatory changes and industry developments.

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Singapore, May 2, 2014--The global pay-TV subscriber base increased over 5% in 2013, raising the total to 901.1 million. However the average revenue per user (ARPU) dropped slightly to US$ 23.80 in 2013 from $24.10 in 2012.

Dublin, Ireland, May 2, 2014--The Connected Home M2M market in the US to grow at a CAGR of 35.61 percent over the period 2013-2018 according to a report by Research and Markets.

Los Angeles, Calif., April 29, 2014 - At The Cable Show 2014 today, Amdocs today announced the results of new independent research that explores North American viewers’ attitudes towards pay TV providers, also known as Multi-System Operators (MSOs), and their over-the-top (OTT) counterparts.

Dunstable, UK, April 29, 2014--Overall consumer spend on video and TV entertainment in Mexico grew by 9% in 2013 to reach USD$4.2 billion (54.5 billion pesos) and is forecast to reach USD$4.5 billion (58.8 billion pesos) in 2014, according to the latest research from Futuresource Consulting.