List of multiple - system operators - wikipedia List of multiple - system operators hide This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with Western culture and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. You may improve this article, discuss the issue on the talk page, or create a new article, as appropriate. ( January 2015 ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2009 ) 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. Contents 1 Top multichannel video service providers in the United States by number of subscribers 2 Top multichannel video service providers worldwide by number of subscribers ( excluding the United States ) 3 See also 4 References Top multichannel video service providers in the United States by number of subscribers Contains estimates from SNL Kagan. Rank MSO name Brand Total subscribers Technology AT&T U-verse and DirecTV 25,172,000 Fiber / IPTV / Satellite Comcast Xfinity 22,516,000 Cable Charter Communications Spectrum 16,646,000 Cable Dish Network Dish 5,332,000 Satellite Verizon FiOS 4,666,000 Fiber 6 Cox Communications Contour 4,132,000 Cable / Fiber / IPTV 7 Altice USA Altice ( formerly Optimum, Suddenlink and Lightpath ) 3,463,000 Cable 8 Frontier Communications Frontier FiOS and Vantage TV 961,000 Fiber / IPTV 9 Mediacom Xtream 829,000 Cable 10 WOW ! WOW ! TV and WOW ! Ultra 518,500 Cable 11 TPG ( Including RCN, Grande and Wave Broadband ) 529,975 Cable 12 Atlantic Broadband ( includes Metrocast ) 410,921 Cable 13 Windstream Kinetic 359,000 IPTV 14 Cable One 329,386 Cable 15 CenturyLink Prism TV 325,000 Fiber / IPTV 16 Midco 300,000 + Cable 17 Armstrong Cable Services 234,573 Cable 18 Service Electric Cable TV Incorporated 213,058 Cable 19 Blue Ridge Communications 164,796 Cable 20 TDS Telecom TDS TV 145,400 Cable / IPTV 21 General Communications 140,000 Cable 22 Cincinnati Bell 137,600 Fiber 23 Buckeye Broadband 130,954 Cable 24 Consolidated Communications Digital Video Services ( DVS ) 117,882 IPTV 25 Google Fiber 68,715 Fiber 26 Hawaiian Telcom 32,000 IPTV Top multichannel video service providers worldwide by number of subscribers ( excluding the United States ) Country MSO name # of subscribers India Digicable 32,500,000 China Shandong Cable 25,000,000 India InCablenet 22,500,000 India Hathway Cable 22,500,000 Europe Sky 21,000,000 India Siti Cable 10,525,000 Mainland Europe ( 7 countries ) UPC Broadband 9,100,000 China Beijing Gehua 9,000,000 Germany Vodafone Deutschland 8,900,000 China Shanghai OCN 6,000,000 Brazil Net Serviços de Comunicação 5,381,000 United Kingdom & Ireland Virgin Media 4,772,800 France Altice France 3,500,000 South Korea CJ Hellovision 3,300,000 Japan J : Com 3,300,000 South Korea T - Broad 3,200,000 Netherlands Ziggo 3,017,000 South Korea C&M 2,700,000 India ( Kochi ) Kerala Vision Digital TV 2,500,000 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 1,823,536 Sweden Com Hem 1,760,000 Switzerland Cablecom 1,670,000 Canada Videotron 1,652,200 India Darsh Network 1,500,000 Portugal NOS 1,467,000 United Kingdom BT 1,400,000 Portugal MEO 1,387,000 China Jinan Cable Network 1,300,000 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 Canada Eastlink 457,075 Spain Euskaltel 400,000 See also List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions List of countries by number of Internet users List of countries by number of telephone lines in use List of countries by smartphone penetration List of mobile network operators List of telephone operating companies References Jump up ^ `` Cable Industry Data ''. 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