multiple-system operator

Hathway, a multiple-system operator (MSO), was the first to offer channels on an a la carte basis in India.

The company is the industry leader, with more than 4 million subscribers, and is negotiating to acquire Heritage Communications, another multiple-system operator with about 750,000 subscribers.

A multiple-system operator or multi-system operator (MSO) is an operator of multiple cable or direct-broadcast satellite television systems.

The backing for her venture comes from four of the multiple-system operators of the cable industry - Telecommunications Inc., United Artists Communications Inc., United Cable Television and Newhouse Broadcasting - which own the local companies supplying cable television to subscribers.