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Comcast Corporation

Comcast Corporation
Public
Traded as
Industry Telecommunications
Mass media
Founded June 28, 1963; 53 years ago (1963-06-28)
Tupelo, Mississippi, United States
Founders Ralph J. Roberts
Daniel Aaron
Julian A. Brodsky
Headquarters Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
Revenue IncreaseUS$80.40 billion (2016)
Increase US$16.85 billion (2016)
Increase US$8.69 billion (2016)
Total assets Increase US$180.5 billion (2016)
Total equity Increase US$53.94 billion (2016)
Number of employees
153,000 (Dec 2016)
Divisions Comcast Cable
NBCUniversal
Subsidiaries
Website corporate.comcast.com

Comcast Corporation (formerly registered as Comcast Holdings) is an American global telecommunications conglomerate that is the largest broadcasting and cable television company in the world by revenue. It is the second-largest pay-TV company after AT&T, largest cable TV company and largest home Internet service provider in the United States, and the nation's third-largest home telephone service provider. Comcast services U.S. residential and commercial customers in 40 states and in the District of Columbia. The company's headquarters are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As the owner of the international media company NBCUniversal since 2011, Comcast is a producer of feature films and television programs intended for theatrical exhibition and over-the-air and cable television broadcast.

Comcast operates over-the-air national broadcast network channels (NBC and Telemundo), multiple cable-only channels (including MSNBC, CNBC, USA Network, NBCSN, E!, The Weather Channel, among others), the film production studio Universal Pictures, and Universal Parks & Resorts in Los Angeles and Orlando. The first Universal theme park outside of the U.S., Universal Studios Japan, opened in 2001, followed by Universal Studios Singapore in 2011. Few new locations are being planned or developed for future operation. Comcast also has significant holdings in digital distribution (thePlatform). In February 2014 the company agreed to merge with Time Warner Cable in an equity swap deal worth $45.2 billion. Under the terms of the agreement Comcast was to acquire 100% of Time Warner Cable. However, on April 24, 2015, Comcast terminated the agreement.


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