Satellite services grew 19% in 2006 due to growth in direct-to-ho...
Satellite services grew 19% in 2006 due to growth in direct-to-home (DTH) video, the Satellite Industry Assn. (SIA) said. The State of the Satellite Industry Report, issued Mon., said DTH grew 17% in 2006, with 10% more subscribers worldwide…
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for a total of about 89 million DTH viewers. High-definition (HD) TV channels are only 2% of global TV channels carried by satellite, said SIA, predicting 600% growth in HDTV channel carriage bvt 2012. Satellite industry revenue growth averaged nearly 11% 2001-2006 worldwide, it said. Satellite production revenue grew 50%- plus in 2006, as more satellites were launched, said SIA. The Titan 4B’s 2005 retirement caused a 2006 launch sector revenue decline of 10%. Voice services drove MSS revenue up 18%, said SIA. Commercial payloads shrank to 25% in 2006 from 31% in 2005, it said. The U.S. accounted for 41% of 2006’s 101 payload launches. Three more geostationary satellites were ordered in 2006 than in 2005; 2 more GEO launch orders were scheduled in 2006 than in 2005, it said. The ground equipment sector grew 14% in 2006 over 2005, for nearly $29 billion in global revenue, it said. Using satellite for cellular backhaul has “fueled the growth in voice services in developing markets,” said SIA. The global appetite for more power, more mobility and convergence continues, it said. The survey was by Futron Corp.