Multiple system operator

Multiple system operator

A Multiple System Operator or Multi System Operator (MSO) is an operator of multiple cable 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 thus an MSO, the term today is usually reserved for companies that own a large number of cable systems, such as Time Warner Cable, Cablevision, Comcast, Charter Communications and Cox Communications in the US, Rogers Communications, Videotron and Shaw Communications in Canada or Virgin Media in the UK.

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Top MSOs Worldwide by Number of Subscribers

Rank Country MSO Name # of Subscribers
1 USA Comcast Corporation 22,525,000
2 USA Time Warner Cable 12,235,000
3 EMEA UPC Broadband (9 in Europe)[1] 9,100,000
4 Germany Kabel Deutschland[2] 8,900,000
5 USA Cox Communication 4,838,000
6 USA Charter Communications 4,413,000
7 UK Virgin Media 4,772,800
8 China Beijing Gehua 4,000,000
9 France Numericable[3] 3,500,000
10 Japan J:Com 3,300,000
11 USA Cablevision Systems Corporation 3,284,000
12 Belgium Telenet 2,300,000
13 Germany Kabel BW 2,300,000
14 Canada Rogers 2,295,000
15 USA Bright House Networks 2,139,000
16 Canada Shaw 2,241,503
17 Spain ONO[4] 1,823,536
18 Sweden Com Hem 1,760,000
19 Switzerland Cablecom[5] 1,670,000
20 Canada Videotron 1,652,200
21 Netherlands Ziggo[6] 1,600,000
22 China Jinan Cable Network 1,300,000
23 USA Suddenlink Communications 1,274,000
24 USA Mediacom Communications Corporation 1,139,000
25 Taiwan Kbro 1,150,000
26 Taiwan CNS 1,100,000
27 Canada Star Choice 886,106
28 Canada Cogeco 859,090
29 Australia Austar 742,000
30 Poland Vectra S.A. 740,000
31 USA Insight Communications Company 680,000
32 Taiwan TBC 700,000
33 USA CableOne 637,000
34 Taiwan TFN media 550,000
35 Poland Multimedia Polska S.A. 506,000
36 Cyprus Cablenet Communications 25,000

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References

  1. ^ http://cableeurope.eu
  2. ^ http://www.kabeldeutschland.com/en/unternehmen/unternehmensprofil/das-kabelnetz.html
  3. ^ http://www.numericable.fr/corporate/groupe.php
  4. ^ http://www.ono.es
  5. ^ http://www.cablecom.ch
  6. ^ http://ziggo.com
  7. ^ http://www.ncta.com/Stats/TopMSOs.aspx
  8. ^ http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/dtv/dtv_2009_q4/dtv_2009_q4.pdf
  9. ^ http://www.lgi.com/PDF/LGI%20FactSheet%202009.pdf


External links

http://www.ncta.com/Stats/TopMSOs.aspx - National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Top 25 MSOs as of June, 2011


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