Significant Transactions (Tables)
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12 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
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| Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
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| Unaudited Pro Forma Information |
| | | | | | | | Year ended December 31 (in millions, except per share amounts) | 2015 |
| 2014 |
| Revenue | $ | 75,563 |
| $ | 69,860 |
| Net income | $ | 8,591 |
| $ | 8,704 |
| Net income attributable to Comcast Corporation | $ | 8,253 |
| $ | 8,435 |
| Basic earnings per common share attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders | $ | 3.32 |
| $ | 3.27 |
| Diluted earnings per common share attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders | $ | 3.28 |
| $ | 3.22 |
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| NBCUniversal Media LLC [Member] |
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| Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
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| Unaudited Pro Forma Information |
| | | | | | | | Year ended December 31 (in millions) | 2015 |
| 2014 |
| Revenue | $ | 29,514 |
| $ | 26,513 |
| Net income | $ | 3,801 |
| $ | 3,409 |
| Net income attributable to NBCUniversal | $ | 3,503 |
| $ | 3,170 |
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| DreamWorks Animation [Member] |
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| Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
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| Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition |
| | | | | Preliminary Allocation of Purchase Price | | (in millions) | | Film and television costs (see Note 6) | $ | 854 |
| Intangible assets (see Note 9) | 164 |
| Working capital | 248 |
| Debt (see Note 10) | (381 | ) | Tax receivable agreement | (146 | ) | Deferred income taxes (see Note 14) | 366 |
| Other noncurrent assets and liabilities | 137 |
| Identifiable net assets (liabilities) acquired | 1,242 |
| Noncontrolling interest | (89 | ) | Goodwill (see Note 9) | 2,620 |
| Cash consideration transferred | $ | 3,773 |
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| DreamWorks Animation [Member] | NBCUniversal Media LLC [Member] |
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| Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
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| Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition |
| | | | | Preliminary Allocation of Purchase Price | | (in millions) | | Film and television costs (see Note 6) | $ | 854 |
| Intangible assets (see Note 9) | 164 |
| Working capital | 248 |
| Debt (see Note 10) | (381 | ) | Tax receivable agreement(a) | (146 | ) | Other noncurrent assets and liabilities and other(b) | 503 |
| Identifiable net assets (liabilities) acquired | 1,242 |
| Noncontrolling interest | (89 | ) | Goodwill (see Note 9) | 2,620 |
| Cash consideration transferred by Comcast | $ | 3,773 |
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| | (a) | The tax receivable agreement was settled immediately following the acquisition and the payment was recorded as an operating activity in our consolidated statement of cash flows. Comcast made a separate cash capital contribution of $146 million to fund the settlement which was recorded as a financing activity in our consolidated statement of cash flows. |
| | (b) | Other included $353 million recorded to member’s capital that represented deferred income tax assets and other tax-related items recorded by Comcast but excluded from the net assets contributed to us. |
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| Universal Studios Japan [Member] |
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| Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
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| Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition |
| | | | | Allocation of Purchase Price | | (in millions) | | Property and equipment (see Note 8) | $ | 780 |
| Intangible assets (see Note 9) | 323 |
| Working capital | (33 | ) | Debt (see Note 10) | (3,271 | ) | Other noncurrent assets and liabilities | 17 |
| Identifiable net assets (liabilities) acquired | (2,184 | ) | Noncontrolling interest | (1,440 | ) | Goodwill (see Note 9) | 5,123 |
| Cash consideration transferred | $ | 1,499 |
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| Universal Studios Japan [Member] | NBCUniversal Media LLC [Member] |
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| Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
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| Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition |
| | | | | Allocation of Purchase Price | | (in millions) | | Property and equipment (see Note 8) | $ | 780 |
| Intangible assets (see Note 9) | 323 |
| Working capital | (33 | ) | Debt (see Note 10) | (3,271 | ) | Other noncurrent assets and liabilities and other | 17 |
| Identifiable net assets (liabilities) acquired | (2,184 | ) | Noncontrolling interest | (1,440 | ) | Goodwill (see Note 9) | 5,123 |
| Cash consideration transferred | $ | 1,499 |
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