In view of the current state of affairs, satellite industry players are now having to ask themselves which new business areas are most likely to ensure their future growth: high definition TV, digital radio, mobile TV, IPTV and two-way internet access are among the applications likely to generate sizeable demand for satellite capacity, along with more traditional markets like DTH which is on the rise in several countries that are only just beginning to deregulate their media sector. So the satellite industry is at a turning point, and operators need to make a series of major decisions concerning their new strategic orientation, which will be key in determining their future.

To shed some light on the market opportunities at hand and the challenges that these players will be facing in the medium-term, drawing on key satellite market studies, this report provides a detailed analysis of the strategic choices that the satellite industry's key players are facing, and examines the coherence between the strategies being rolled out and the market's opportunities. It also pinpoints the central challenges that satellite operators will have to meet, and the assets they possess when seeking to position themselves effectively in different markets.
Satellite Industry in brief

- State of development in satellite's key markets
- Satellite operators facing major strategic choices
- Competing with terrestrial technologies
- Disparate market opportunities from region to region
- Satellite's key services
- Expected technological developments
- Impact of mergers and privatisations

Key questions
- What are the winning strategies for satellite operators?
- What are satellite's strengths and weaknesses in the different markets?
- What growth prospects are there for satellite's target markets?
- How should satellite position itself in broadband access, given terrestrial technologies domination of the market?
- What are the growth relays for the video distribution market?
- What is the impact of the sector's increasing consolidation and privatisation?
- What are the stakes and challenges of satellite frequency issues?

Markets
- DTH
- High definition TV
- Mobile TV
- IPTV
- Digital radio
- Internet services
- Navigation systems

Who should read this report?
Satellite operators and manufacturers
- Anticipate the most promising medium-term market opportunities
- Assess satellite's best positioning in the different markets
- Gauging the threat from terrestrial technologies

Fixed and mobile telecom operators
- Understanding satellite industry players' global strategies
- Identify partnership possibilities with satellite operators
- Assess satellite's strengths in the different markets

Media industry players and service providers
- Understand the stakes and challenges of the video distribution market
- Assess opportunities in new markets: notably HDTV, mobile TV, digital radio
- Identify partnership possibilities with satellite industry players

Investors and analysts
- Analyse the overall state of competition in global satellite markets
- Anticipate satellite industry players' strategic decisions

Players
- Asiasat
- Boeing
- Echostar
- Eutelsat
- Galileo
- GlobeCast
- Hughes Network Systems
- Intelsat/PanAmSat
- IPSTAR
- MBCo
- SES GLOBAL/NSS
- Sirius
- Telesat
- TU Media
- WildBlue
- WorldSpace
- XM