Company Name | Comcast Communications |
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Website | corporate.comcast.com |
Snippet | Comcast Corporation (formerly registered as Comcast Holdings)[note 1] is an American global telecommunications conglomerate headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[9] It is the second-largest broadcasting and cable television company in the world by revenue and the largest pay-TV company, the 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.[10] As the owner of the international media company NBCUniversal since 2011,[11][12][13][14] Comcast is a producer of feature films and television programs intended for theatrical exhibition and over-the-air and cable television broadcast, respectively. |
Type | Public company |
Owners | Roberts family (33% voting power) |
Founded | 1963 |
Founder | Ralph J. Roberts[3][4] |
Revenue | US$84.526 billion (2017)[7] |
Website | corporate.comcast.com |
Formerly | American Cable Systems (1963–1969)Comcast Holdings (1969–2001) |
Industry | Telecommunications, Mass media |
Products | Broadband, Broadcasting, Cable television, Digital telephone, Direct-broadcast satellite, HDTV, Home security systems, Internet, Pay television, Film production, Sport management, Theme parks, TV production, Mobile, Venture capital, VoIP phone |
Divisions | Xfinity, NBCUniversal[8] |
Traded as | NASDAQ: CMCSA (Class A), NASDAQ-100 component, S&P 100 component, S&P 500 component, NASDAQ: CMCSK (1987–2015)[1][2] |
Key people | Brian L. Roberts, (Chairman & CEO), Michael Cavanagh[6], (Senior Executive Vice-President, CFO), David L. Cohen, (Executive Vice-President) |
Net income | US$22.714 billion (2017)[7] |
Area served | Worldwide[5] |
Headquarters | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Subsidiaries | Comcast Technology Solutions, Comcast Business, Comcast Spectacor, Comcast Ventures, Midco (49%), Sky plc |
Total assets | US$186.949 billion (2017)[7] |
Total equity | US$68.606 billion (2017)[7] |
Operating income | US$17.987 billion (2017)[7] |
Number of employees | 164,000 (December 2017)[7] |
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