List of multiple-system operators

A multiple-system operator (MSO) is an operator of multiple cable or direct-broadcast satellite television systems. A cable system in the United States, by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) definition, is a facility serving a single community or a distinct governmental entity, each of which has its own franchise agreement with the cable company. Though in the strictest sense any cable company that serves multiple communities is an MSO, the term today is usually reserved for companies that own multiple cable systems, such as Rogers Communications, Shaw Communications, and Videotron in Canada; Altice USA, Charter Communications, Comcast and Cox Communications in the United States; or Virgin Media in the UK.

Top multichannel video service providers in the United States by number of subscribers
  • Contains estimates from SNL Kagan.[1]
RankMSO nameBrandTotal subscribersTechnology
1 ComcastXfinity22,400,000[2]Cable
2 AT&TDirecTV and AT&T TV18,410,000[2]Satellite/VDSL
3 Charter CommunicationsSpectrum15,650,000[2]Cable
4 Dish NetworkDish and Sling TV11,270,000[2]Satellite/VDSL
5 Cox CommunicationsContour4,132,000[3]Cable
6 VerizonFios3,990,000[2]Fiber
7 Altice USAOptimum, Suddenlink, Altice Business[2]3,100,000[2]Cable
8 Frontier CommunicationsFrontier FiOS and Vantage TV961,000[4]Fiber
9 MediacomXtream[5]829,000[6]Cable
10 Cable OneSparklight[7]818,330 [8]Cable
11 TPG(Including RCN, Grande and Wave Broadband)[9]529,975[10]Cable
12 WOW!WOW! TV and WOW! Ultra[11]518,500[12]Cable
13 Atlantic Broadband(includes Metrocast)410,921[13]Cable
14 WindstreamKinetic359,000[14]IPTV
15 Lumen (formerly CenturyLink)Prism TV325,000[15]Cable
16 Midco300,000+[16] Cable
17 Armstrong Cable Services234,573Cable
18 Service Electric Cable TV Incorporated213,058Cable
19 Blue Ridge Communications164,796Cable
20 TDS TelecomTDS TV145,400[17]Cable
21 General Communications140,000Cable
22 Cincinnati Bell137,600[18]Cable
23 Buckeye Broadband130,954Cable
24 Consolidated CommunicationsDigital Video Services (DVS)117,882[19]IPTV
25 Google Fiber68,715[20]Fiber
26 Hawaiian Telcom32,000[21]IPTV

Top multichannel video service providers outside of US, by number of subscribers
CountryMSO name# of subscribers
Europe Comcast (Sky) 24,000,000
India DEN Network 23,000,000
India InCablenet 22,500,000
India Hathway Cable 22,500,000
China Shandong Cable Network 18,000,000[22]
China Guangdong Cable Network 13,000,000[23]
India Siti Cable 10,525,000
Mainland Europe (7 countries) UPC Broadband[24] 9,100,000
China Beijing Gehua 5,840,000[25]
Germany Vodafone Deutschland[26] 8,900,000
China Shanghai Oriental Cable Net 6,700,000[27]
Brazil Claro 5,381,000
United Kingdom & Ireland Virgin Media 4,772,800
France Altice France (SFR)[28] 3,500,000
South Korea CJ Hellovision[29] 3,300,000
Japan J:Com 3,300,000
South Korea T-Broad[30] 3,200,000
Netherlands Ziggo[31] 3,017,000
South Korea C&M 2,700,000
India Asianet Broadband 2,500,000[32]
Belgium Telenet 2,300,000
Germany Kabel BW 2,300,000
Canada Rogers Cable 2,295,000
Canada Shaw Communications 2,241,503
Spain Vodafone Spain[33] 1,823,536
Sweden Com Hem 1,760,000
Switzerland Cablecom[34] 1,670,000
Canada Videotron 1,652,200
India Kerala Vision 1,500,000[35]
Portugal NOS[36] 1,467,000
United Kingdom BT 1,400,000
Portugal Altice Portugal (MEO)[36] 1,387,000
Denmark YouSee A/S 1,200,000
Taiwan Kbro 1,150,000
Taiwan CNS 1,100,000
Canada Shaw Direct 886,106
Canada Cogeco 859,090
Australia Austar 742,000
Poland Vectra S.A. 740,000
Taiwan TBC 700,000
Taiwan TFN media 550,000
India APSFL 500,000
Canada Eastlink 457,075
Spain Euskaltel 400,000

See also

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