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Significant Transactions (Preliminary Allocation of Purchase Price) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Aug. 22, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill		$ 35,980	$ 32,945	$ 27,316
NBCUniversal Media LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill		$ 23,323	$ 20,364	$ 14,908
DreamWorks Animation [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
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 and other	137
Identifiable net assets (liabilities) acquired	1,242
Noncontrolling interest	(89)
Goodwill	2,620
Cash consideration transferred by Comcast	3,773
DreamWorks Animation [Member] \| NBCUniversal Media LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
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)
Other noncurrent assets and liabilities and other	503
Identifiable net assets (liabilities) acquired	1,242
Noncontrolling interest	(89)
Goodwill	2,620
Cash consideration transferred by Comcast	$ 3,773