- top pay TV companies by # of customers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mu..._operators
AT&T (U-Verse and DirecTV) 26M
Comcast (Xfinity) 22.4M
Charter (Spectrum - which now includes TWC) 18.4M
Dish (not sure if this includes Sling customers, but I doubt it) 13.9M
Verizon (FiOS) 4.7M
- top ISP (land line) companies by # of customers: unfortunately I can't find an equivalent list for this
Guessing:
Comcast
Charter
Verizon
AT&T
- top Wireless companies by # of customers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Un..._providers
- Verizon 144M
- AT&T 135M
- T-Mobile 71.5M
- Sprint 60.2M
I think what this is going to boil down to is a three or four headed monster of national companies offering the true triple-play (or quad-play, if you consider land line phone as still a legitimate service...):
- AT&T already swallowed DirecTV, and is already offering an online payTV service which includes no data usage for AT&T wireless customers to stream it over their mobile network
- Verizon is looking to merger with Charter. No doubt you'd quickly see an online payTV version of Charter Spectrum to compete directly with AT&T's streaming DirecTV options, with Verizon wireless customers getting the same free streaming over Verizon mobile network
- that leaves Comcast, huge in land line but without a wireless partner. Do they go for one of T-Mobile or Sprint, or try to get them both??
And then what about Dish and Sling?