How Cable Operators in the U.S. Face Many Challenges in 2014
In the boom and bust cycles of the American pay-TV business, being the incumbent cable provider sets you up for the predictable subscriber losses.
We expect IPTV subscriber growth to continue, and satellite to remain flat. And while the nations largest cable operator is showing signs of renewed subscriber growth, it will not be enough to propel them out of negative territory.
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The Global Pay-TV Market will Reach $270 Billion by 2017
Incumbent U.S. pay-TV service providers would rather forget 2013 — since it will be remembered as one more year where the major MSO cable operators collectively reported hundreds of thousands more video subscriber disconnects and service downgrades each and every quarter.
“Telco IPTV operators continue to enjoy strong growth in new subscribers and ARPU, showing that competitive providers with differentiated services can successfully steal share away from incumbent cable operators,” notes Jeff Heynen.
Study Predicts Ongoing U.S. Pay-TV Subscriber Declines
While the economy continues its uneven recovery, there are both positive and negative signs for the U.S. pay-TV business. Cord-cutting continues to be an issue, and had accelerated in Q3 2013, causing declines in cable to accelerate during the quarter.
As the numbers of cord-nevers that pass up on a pay-TV subscription grow, market penetration is expected to continue its decline and nearing 80 percent through 2017.
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Explore Digital Cinema Movie Distribution in the 21st Century
The North American satellite delivery network for movies and other content has gone live, heralding the beginning of a true digital cinema environment both for projection and distribution.
Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition (DCDC) has launched to 17,000 screens in 1,200 sites across the continent. The essence of the system is a ‘smart pipe’, bringing content into the cinema by satellite, broadband or even hard drive if necessary.
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Satellite Pay-TV Upside Growth is Moving to the Emerging Markets
Global demand for satellite TV broadcasting capacity is expected to increase by an average 4% a year between now and 2017. The market is forecast at close to €5.4 billion in 2017.
That translates into an average annual growth rate of around 3% for market revenue over the next four years.
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Opinion: In Defense of the American Pay-TV Bundle
That Atlantic’s fantastic business blogger Derek Thompson laid out the best argument I’ve seen last February for why today’s great shows are a product of the economics of pay TV.
Cable networks benefit from the reliable, steady revenue stream that bundling affords them, and in turn, use those resources to try to make the better, more interesting TV shows that will make them a “must have” network.
How Satellite Pay-TV Service will Grow in Emerging Markets
Covering 97 countries, the number of pay satellite TV (DBS or DTH) homes will reach 251 million by 2018 — that’s up from 178 million at end-2012 and 103 million at end-2008, according to Digital TV Research.
From the 73 million pay satellite TV subscribers added between 2012 and 2018, India will provide 24.4 million, Brazil 9.2 million, Indonesia 6.8 million and Russia 5.9 million.
How Multimedia Home Gateways will Advance Pay-TV Services
Global Pay-TV set top box (STB) shipments continue to grow, with demand expected to peak at 180 million units in 2016, according to new research from Futuresource Consulting.
“Multimedia home gateways are increasingly a new weapon of choice for operators to stem subscriber churn, offering new services and more efficient delivery of video to secondary screens in the home and on the move,” says Carl Hibbert.
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On-Demand Movie and TV Revenues Grow by 44 Percent
Based on forecasts for 97 countries, on-demand TV revenues from movies and TV programs will reach $6.0 billion in 2018 — that’s up by 44% from $4.2 billion in 2012.
On-demand TV generated just 2.3% of the $184 billion total pay TV revenues in 2012. However, the on-demand proportion will grow to 2.9% of the $203 billion total in 2018.
Digital Cable STB Revenue to Reach $20 Million in 2013
Worldwide digital cable set-top box (STB) unit shipments grew by 10% in 2012 and are expected to continue to increase modestly in 2013 with revenues of nearly $20 million. Satellite STBs continue to show strength as new providers launch in regions like Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East/Africa. Those unit shipments reached nearly 109 million in 2012, up from about 100 million in 2011.
Demand for IP STBs continued solidly in 2012, MRG expects unit shipments to flatten out and even marginally decrease as the IPTV market matures in 2013 and 2014.
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