1. Executive Summary
  1.1. Terrestrial networks gaining ground in satellite’s traditional markets
  1.2. New growth outlets emerging
  1.3. Main issues for the future

2. Methodology

3. Satellite's markets
  3.1. DTH market 
  3.1.1. Satellite increasing its share of the TV broadcasting market 
  3.1.2. Growing number of TV channels and development of video services distributed by satellite   
  3.1.3. Increased competition for satellite pay-TV providers
  3.1.4. What the market can offer 
  3.2. Fixed broadband access per satellite
  3.2.1. From commercial offers to increasingly competitive ones
  3.2.2. A technology that’s back in the news
  3.2.3. What the market can offer 
  3.3. High-speed mobile data transmission
  3.3.1. A changing market
  3.3.2. Leading players
  3.3.3. ATC technology in the US, CGC in Europe: technological disruption?
  3.3.4. Leading players and their broadband CGC strategies
  3.3.4. What the market can offer 
  3.4. Aeronautics and maritime sectors
  3.4.1. Maritime communication services: key driving force in MSS market growth 
  3.4.2. In-flight communication services: up and coming market
  3.4.3. What the market can offer
  3.5. Military market
  3.5.1. Changes at work in the industry in both the US and Europe
  3.5.2. What the market can offer
  3.6. M2M and asset tracking
  3.6.1. M2M via satellite has expanded substantially but still a niche market
  3.6.2. Market driven chiefly by maritime security and homeland security
  3.6.3. Leading players
  3.6.4. What the market can offer
  3.7. Earth observation
  3.7.1. The race for higher resolution is on
  3.7.2. Recent and upcoming launch of very high resolution imaging satellites
  3.7.3. Market driven by military sector and Internet Giants
  3.7.4. Planes and cars with on-board cameras: complement or rival?
  3.7.5. Cars make it possible to achieve ultra-local mapping
  3.7.6. New demand in the public sector
  3.7.7. What the market can offer 
  3.8. Geographical positioning
  3.8.1. Leading systems
  3.8.2. What impact will Galileo have? 
  3.8.3. What the market can offer

4. Leading market issues by geographical area
    • Leading market issues related to fixed satellite
     • Identification of the most attractive markets for satellite operators

5. Challenges
  5.1. The future of satellite telecommunications
  5.1.1. Evolution of telecommunications payload
  5.1.2. Evolution of platforms and launchers
  5.1.3. Evolution of the earth segment
  5.2. Deployment of terrestrial backbone networks    
  5.2.1. Leading players and strategies
  5.2.2. Satellite operators in a niche
  5.2.3. More than a backbone, satellite can play a central role in CDN
  5.3. Can satellite remain a pure player?
  5.3.1. Main findings on consumption
  5.3.2. Main findings on network infrastructure
  5.3.3. A hybrid approach is inevitable
  5.4. Does it still make sense to draw a separation between MSS and FSS?
  5.4.1. A difference tending to disappear
  5.4.2. A degree of competition between FSS and MSS now exists
  5.5. What impact will TV’s move to the Web have?
  5.5.1. Internet: a new video distribution network
  5.5.2. Swift changes in video viewing habits
  5.5.3. Connected TV solutions for new interactive services
  5.5.4. Convergence of broadcast and Internet services
  5.6. Orbital positions becoming scarce in some key areas
  5.6.1. Scarcity of available orbital slots
  5.6.2. Several strategies adopted by operators
  5.7. Can we expect a new battle over spectrum spurred by mobile services? 
  5.7.1. The frequency planning procedure
  5.7.2. Recent S-band allocations in Europe 
  5.7.3. MSS frequencies could be reallocated to terrestrial operators in the United States 
  5.8. Latest developments in the launch market
  5.8.1. Steady rise in satellite mass
  5.8.2. Challenges facing satellite launch companies
  5.8.3. The current line-up will be expanded with new, exotic but more affordable launchers