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 with 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 a large number of 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

Rank MSO name TV Brand Over-The-Top (OTT) Streaming Service Total subscribers Technology
1 AT&T U-verse and DirecTV DIRECTV NOW [2] 30,100,000 [3] Fiber/IPTV/Satellite
2 Comcast Xfinity 26,400,000 [4] Cable
3 Charter Communications Spectrum 25,000,000[5][6] Cable
4 Dish Network Dish Sling TV[7] 13,700,000 [8] Satellite
5 Hulu Hulu with Live TV[9] 12,000,000[10] IPTV
6 YouTube YouTube TV 11,363,150[11] IPTV
7 Verizon FiOS 4,700,000 Fiber/IPTV
8 Cox Communications Contour 4,540,280 Cable/Fiber/IPTV
9 Altice USA Altice (formerly Optimum, Suddenlink and Lightpath)[12] 3,948,000[13][14][15] Cable
10 Frontier Communications Frontier FiOS and Vantage TV 1,700,000 Fiber/IPTV
11 Mediacom Xtream [16] 862,000[17] Cable/Fiber/IPTV
12 WOW! WOW! TV and WOW! Ultra[18] 801,000[19] Cable
13 TPG (Including RCN, Grande and WaveDivision Holdings, LLC)[20] 529,975 [21] Cable
14 Cable One (acquired NewWave Communications[22]) 451,000 [23] Cable
15 Windstream Kinetic TV 359,000[24] IPTV
16 CenturyLink Prism TV CenturyLink Stream [25] 325,000[26] Fiber/IPTV
17 Atlantic Broadband Group, LLC (includes MetroCast) 322,000[27] Cable
18 Midco (Midcontinent Media and Comcast joint venture) 300,000+[28] Cable
19 Liberty Global 261,000 Cable
20 Armstrong Cable Services 234,573 Cable
21 Service Electric Cable TV Incorporated 213,058 Cable
22 Blue Ridge Communications 164,796 Cable
23 General Communications (acquired by Liberty Interactive [29]) AK Choice TV[30] 140,000 Cable
24 Buckeye Broadband 130,954 Cable
25 Consolidated Communications Digital Video Services (DVS) 117,882[31] IPTV
26 Google Fiber 84,000[32] Fiber
27 TDS Telecom (acquired BendBroadband and Crestview Cable Communications)[33] TDS TV 41,200 Fiber/IPTV
28 Cincinnati Bell (acquired Hawaiian Telcom)[34] MyTV 32,000[35] IPTV
29 3 Rivers Communications not disclosed[36] Cable
30 Access Montana not disclosed[37] Cable
31 AcenTek not disclosed[38] Cable
32 Adams Cable Service not disclosed[39] Cable
33 Albany Mutual Telephone not disclosed[40] Cable
34 Algona Municipal Utilities not disclosed[41] Cable
35 All West Communications not disclosed[42] Cable
36 Allen's Communications "Thousands" - not disclosed[43] Cable
37 Alliance Communications not disclosed[44] Fiber
38 ALLO Communications not disclosed[45] Fiber
39 Alpine Communications not disclosed[46] Cable
40 American Broadband not disclosed[47] Cable
41 Amherst Telephone Company not disclosed[48] Cable
42 Andycable not disclosed[49] Cable
43 Antietam not disclosed[50] Cable
44 Arkwest Communications not disclosed[51] Cable
45 Arthur Mutual Telephone Company not disclosed[52] Cable
46 Arvig not disclosed[53] Cable
47 Ashland Home Net not disclosed[54] Cable
48 Wave Broadband (formerly known as Astound) not disclosed[55] Fiber
49 ATC Broadband not disclosed[56] Cable
50 ATC Communications not disclosed[57] Cable
51 Atlantic Telephone Membership Corp. not disclosed[58] Cable
52 Ayersville Communications not disclosed[59] Cable
53 Baldwin Lightstream not disclosed[60] Cable
54 Ballard Telephone Cooperative (BTC) TV not disclosed[61] Cable
55 Bardstown Cable TV not disclosed[62] Cable
56 Bay Country Communications not disclosed[63] Cable
57 Beaver Creek Cooperative Telephone (BCT) not disclosed[64] Cable
58 Beaver Valley Cable not disclosed[65] Cable
59 Bee Line Cable not disclosed[66] Cable
60 Beehive Broadband not disclosed[67] Cable
61 BEK Communications not disclosed[68] Cable
62 Braintree Electric Light Department (BELD) not disclosed[69] Cable
63 Bellevue Municipal Cable not disclosed[70] Cable
64 Ben Lomand Connect BLTV not disclosed[71] Cable
65 BendBroadband not disclosed[72] Cable
66 Benton Communications (Benton Cooperative Telephone Co.) not disclosed[73] Cable
67 BEVCOMM not disclosed[74] Cable
68 Big Sandy Broadband not disclosed[75] Cable
69 Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative not disclosed[76] Cable
70 Blue Stream not disclosed[77] Cable
71 Blue Valley Tele-Communications not disclosed[78] Cable
72 BBTEL (Brandenburg Telephone Co.) not disclosed[79] Cable
73 BTES (Bristol Tennessee Essential Services) not disclosed[80] Cable
74 BTC Communications not disclosed[81] Cable
75 BTC (Brantley Telephone Company) Nahunta BTC Vision not disclosed[82] Fiber
76 Buckeye Broadband not disclosed[83] Cable
77 Bulloch Telephone Cooperative not disclosed[84] Cable
78 Burlington Telecom not disclosed[85] Fiber
79 Butler-Bremer Communications not disclosed[86] Cable
80 BVU (Bristol Virginia Utilities) BVU Optinet not disclosed[87] Cable
81 Chesapeake Bay Communications not disclosed[88] Cable
82 C Spire Super HD TV not disclosed[89] Fiber
83 Cable TV of East Alabama not disclosed[90] Fiber
84 Cable TV of Stanton StaC-TV not disclosed[91] Cable
85 CableAmerica not disclosed[92] Cable
86 CableSouth Media3 not disclosed[93] Cable
87 Cam-Tel Company not disclosed[94] Cable
88 Camellia Communication - Hayneville Telephone not disclosed[95] Cable
89 Cameron Communications not disclosed[96] Cable
90 Cap Rock Telephone Cooperative CapRock TV not disclosed[97] Cable
91 CSI Digital Yondoo.tv not disclosed[98] IPTV
92 Sony PlayStation Vue not disclosed[99]IPTV
93 Wave Broadband not disclosed[100] Cable & Fiber
94 XIT Communications XIT IPTV not disclosed[101]IPTV
95 Yadtel Telecom Yadtel TV not disclosed[102] Cable
96 Yelcot Communications not disclosed[103] Cable
97 Zito Media not disclosed[104] Cable

Top multichannel video service providers worldwide by number of subscribers (excluding the United States)

Country MSO name # of subscribers
India India Digicable 32,500,000
China China Shandong Cable 25,000,000
India India InCablenet 22,500,000
India India Hathway Cable 22,500,000
Europe Europe Sky 21,000,000
India India Siti Cable 10,525,000
Europe Mainland Europe (7 countries) UPC Broadband[105] 9,100,000
China China Beijing Gehua 9,000,000
Germany Germany Vodafone Deutschland[106] 8,900,000
China China Shanghai OCN 6,000,000
Brazil Brazil Net Serviços de Comunicação 5,381,000
United Kingdom United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland Ireland Virgin Media 4,772,800
France France Altice France[107] 3,500,000
South Korea South Korea CJ Hellovision[108] 3,300,000
Japan Japan J:Com 3,300,000
South Korea South Korea T-Broad[109] 3,200,000
Netherlands Netherlands Ziggo[110] 3,017,000
South Korea South Korea C&M 2,700,000
India India (Kochi) Kerala Vision Digital TV 2,500,000
Belgium Belgium Telenet 2,300,000
Germany Germany Kabel BW 2,300,000
Canada Canada Rogers Cable 2,295,000
Canada Canada Shaw Communications 2,241,503
Spain Spain Vodafone Spain[111] 1,823,536
Sweden Sweden Com Hem 1,760,000
Switzerland Switzerland Cablecom[112] 1,670,000
Canada Canada Videotron 1,652,200
India India Darsh Network 1,500,000
Portugal Portugal NOS[113] 1,467,000
United Kingdom United Kingdom BT 1,400,000
Portugal Portugal MEO[113] 1,387,000
China China Jinan Cable Network 1,300,000
Denmark Denmark YouSee A/S 1,200,000
Taiwan Taiwan Kbro 1,150,000
Taiwan Taiwan CNS 1,100,000
Canada Canada Shaw Direct 886,106
Canada Canada Cogeco 859,090
Australia Australia Austar 742,000
Poland Poland Vectra S.A. 740,000
Taiwan Taiwan TBC 700,000
Taiwan Taiwan TFN media 550,000
Canada Canada Eastlink 457,075
Spain Spain Euskaltel 400,000
India India (Mumbai) J P R Channel 120,000
India India (Mumbai) J P R Channel 120,000
India India (Pune) Nandani vision 20,000
India India (Maharashtra) LMO DIGITAL 15,000

See also

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