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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]
1
Comcast
Xfinity
19,355,000[2]
Cable
2
Charter Communications
Spectrum
16,062,000[2]
Cable
3
AT&T
DirecTV , AT&T TV , AT&T U-verse
15,885,000[2]
Satellite
4
Dish Network
Dish
8,686,000[2]
Satellite
5
Hulu + Live TV
3,800,000[2]
IPTV
6
Verizon
Fios
3,845,000[2]
Fiber
7
Cox Communications
Contour
3,590,000[2]
Cable
8
YouTube TV
YouTube TV
3,000,000[3]
IPTV
9
Altice USA
Optimum , Suddenlink , Altice Business[4]
2,906,000[2]
Cable
10
Dish Network
Sling TV
2,374,000[2]
IPTV
11
Mediacom
Xtream[5]
626,000[2]
Cable
12
FuboTV
590,430[2]
IPTV
13
Frontier Communications
Frontier FiberOptic and
453,000[2]
Fiber
14
Atlantic Broadband
(includes Metrocast)
313,591[2]
Cable
15
WOW!
WOW! TV and WOW! Ultra[6]
291,000[7]
Cable
16
Cable One
Sparklight[8]
252,000[2]
Cable
Top multichannel video service providers outside of US, by number of subscribers [ ]
Europe
Comcast (Sky )
24,000,000
India
DEN Network
23,000,000[citation needed ]
India
InCablenet
22,500,000
India
Hathway Cable
22,500,000
China
Shandong Cable Network
18,000,000[9]
China
Guangdong Cable Network
13,000,000[10]
India
Siti Cable
10,525,000
Mainland Europe (7 countries)
UPC Broadband [11]
9,100,000
China
5,840,000[12]
Germany
Vodafone Deutschland [13]
8,900,000
China
Shanghai Oriental Cable Net
6,700,000[14]
Brazil
Claro
5,381,000
United Kingdom & Ireland
Virgin Media
4,772,800
France
Altice France (SFR )[15]
3,500,000
South Korea
[16]
3,300,000
Japan
3,300,000[citation needed ]
South Korea
[17]
3,200,000
Netherlands
Ziggo [18]
3,017,000
South Korea
2,700,000[citation needed ]
India
Asianet Broadband
2,500,000[19]
Belgium
Telenet
2,300,000
Germany
Kabel BW
2,300,000[citation needed ]
Canada
Rogers Cable
2,295,000
Canada
Shaw Communications
2,241,503
Spain
Vodafone Spain [20]
1,823,536
Sweden
Com Hem
1,760,000
Switzerland
Cablecom [21]
1,670,000
Canada
Videotron
1,652,200
India
Kerala Vision
1,500,000[22]
Portugal
NOS [23]
1,467,000
United Kingdom
BT
1,400,000
Portugal
Altice Portugal (MEO )[23]
1,387,000
Denmark
YouSee A/S
1,200,000
Taiwan
1,150,000[citation needed ]
Taiwan
1,100,000[citation needed ]
Canada
Shaw Direct
886,106
Canada
Cogeco
859,090
Australia
Austar
742,000
Poland
740,000[citation needed ]
Taiwan
TBC
700,000
Taiwan
550,000[citation needed ]
India
5,00,000
India
APSFL
500,000
Canada
Eastlink
457,075
Spain
Euskaltel
400,000
See also [ ]
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