City of New York

Cable Franchise Territories

Geographic boundaries of cable television franchise areas across New York City, derived from the Broadband Data Dig dataset. Each territory identifies the franchise-holding cable provider.

Example records
NamebrandCityaddressThe GeomgeospatialShape AreaquantityShape LengquantityBorocdgeographicCdgeographicBorocd 1geographicShape Le 1quantityShape Ar 1quantityColorclassification
Time WarnerStaten IslandMULTIPOLYGON (((-74.05379619882063 40.60479299445457022338.0619107871.64868259595595107871.64868257022338.0619Red
Time WarnerStaten IslandMULTIPOLYGON (((-74.11636336817824 40.563915650375599487727.859157945.930755033503157945.93075599487727.859Red
Time WarnerStaten IslandMULTIPOLYGON (((-74.07787148178397 40.579189771119580176006.386200554.8473315022502200554.847331580176006.386Red
Use cases

Telecom Market Coverage Mapping for ISP Sales Strategy

A sales intelligence team at a competing broadband or fiber provider overlays franchise territory boundaries against census population data to identify neighborhoods where a single incumbent operator holds a large geographic footprint, signaling underserved markets with limited competition and potential customer acquisition opportunity.

NameThe GeomShape AreaCityBorocd

Vendor Due Diligence on Cable Operator Footprint

A fintech company building a point-of-sale lending product for home services contractors needs to verify which cable operators are licensed to serve specific NYC districts before signing a co-marketing agreement, using franchise territory data to confirm the operator's geographic scope and avoid contracting with a party whose service area does not match the target customer base.

NameCityBorocdCdThe Geom

Insurance Underwriting for Telecom Infrastructure Risk

A commercial property insurer underwriting a policy for cable network infrastructure assesses the total area and perimeter of a franchise territory to estimate exposure concentration, identifying whether a single operator's territory is large enough that a localized disaster event could trigger widespread service disruption claims across multiple community districts.

NameShape AreaShape LengThe GeomBorocd
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