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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 Content
References
- ^ http://cableeurope.eu
- ^ http://www.kabeldeutschland.com/en/unternehmen/unternehmensprofil/das-kabelnetz.html
- ^ http://www.numericable.fr/corporate/groupe.php
- ^ http://www.ono.es
- ^ http://www.cablecom.ch
- ^ http://ziggo.com
- ^ http://www.ncta.com/Stats/TopMSOs.aspx
- ^ http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tv/reports/dtv/dtv_2009_q4/dtv_2009_q4.pdf
- ^ 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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