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Comcast reorganized its operational reporting structure from segment-based risk disclosures (Cable Communications, NBCUniversal Media/Studios/Theme Parks, Sky) to a business-unit model centered on Connectivity & Platforms and Content & Experiences, resulting in the removal of 21 segment-specific risk factors and addition of 31 new operational metrics and segment results risks. The 30 substantively modified risks reflect updated language around persistent threats including cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and intellectual property protection, indicating refinement rather than fundamental strategic shift. This restructuring appears driven by a 2024 reorganization consolidating NBCUniversal operations and emphasizing connectivity services alongside content businesses.
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Our principal physical assets for the operations of the Residential Connectivity & Platforms and the Business Services Connectivity segments consist of operating plant and equipment, including our HFC network in the United States. Refer to Item 1: Business: Network and…
(a)Charts exclude the results of Content & Experiences Headquarters and Other, Corporate and Other, and eliminations. Refer to our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for additional information. Comcast 2023 Annual Report on Form…
(a) Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA charts are not presented on the same scale. (b) Segment details in the charts exclude the results of Content & Experiences Headquarters and Other and Eliminations and therefore the amounts do not equal the total. Residential Connectivity &…
•Revenue increased due to increases in revenue from small business, medium-sized and enterprise customers. •Adjusted EBITDA increased due to an increase in revenue, partially offset by increased costs and expenses. •Adjusted EBITDA margin was consistent at 57.2%.
•Total customer relationships decreased by 288,000 to 52.1 million. •Domestic broadband customers decreased by 66,000 to 32.3 million. •Domestic wireless lines increased by 1.3 million to 6.6 million. •Domestic video customers decreased by 2.0 million to 14.1 million. •Revenue…
(a) Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA charts are not presented on the same scale. (b) Segment details in the charts exclude the results of Content & Experiences Headquarters and Other and Eliminations and therefore the amounts do not equal the total. Residential Connectivity &…
•Revenue increased due to increases in revenue from small business, medium-sized and enterprise customers. •Adjusted EBITDA increased due to an increase in revenue, partially offset by increased costs and expenses. •Adjusted EBITDA margin was consistent at 57.2%.
•Total customer relationships decreased by 288,000 to 52.1 million. •Domestic broadband customers decreased by 66,000 to 32.3 million. •Domestic wireless lines increased by 1.3 million to 6.6 million. •Domestic video customers decreased by 2.0 million to 14.1 million. •Revenue…
•Revenue increased due to increases in revenue from small business, medium-sized and enterprise customers. •Adjusted EBITDA increased due to an increase in revenue, partially offset by increased costs and expenses. •Adjusted EBITDA margin was consistent at 57.2%.
•Total Connectivity & Platforms capital expenditures increased 1.5% to $8.2 billion, reflecting increased spending on line extensions and scalable infrastructure, partially offset by decreased spending on customer premise equipment and support capital.
•Revenue increased due to increases in revenue at our international theme parks and our theme park in Hollywood, partially offset by a decrease in revenue at our theme park in Orlando. •Adjusted EBITDA increased due to an increase in revenue, partially offset by an increase in…
Year ended December 31 (in millions, except per share data)202320222021Change 2022 to 2023Change 2021 to 2022Revenue$121,572 $121,427 $116,385 0.1 %4.3 %Costs and Expenses:Programming and production36,762 38,213 38,450 (3.8)(0.6)Marketing and promotion7,971 8,506 7,695 (6.3)10.5…
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Percentage changes that are considered not meaningful are denoted with NM. (a)Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section on page 47 for additional information, including our definition and our use of Adjusted EBITDA, and…
•Total Connectivity & Platforms capital expenditures increased 1.5% to $8.2 billion, reflecting increased spending on line extensions and scalable infrastructure, partially offset by decreased spending on customer premise equipment and support capital.
•Revenue increased due to increases in revenue at our international theme parks and our theme park in Hollywood, partially offset by a decrease in revenue at our theme park in Orlando. •Adjusted EBITDA increased due to an increase in revenue, partially offset by an increase in…
•Total Connectivity & Platforms capital expenditures increased 1.5% to $8.2 billion, reflecting increased spending on line extensions and scalable infrastructure, partially offset by decreased spending on customer premise equipment and support capital.
•Revenue increased due to increases in revenue at our international theme parks and our theme park in Hollywood, partially offset by a decrease in revenue at our theme park in Orlando. •Adjusted EBITDA increased due to an increase in revenue, partially offset by an increase in…
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2022 to 20232021 to 2022Year ended December 31 (in millions)202320222021ChangeConstant Currency Change(b)ChangeConstant Currency Change(b)RevenueResidential Connectivity & Platforms$71,946 $72,386 $72,694 (0.6)%(0.7)%(0.4)%2.0 %Business Services Connectivity9,255 8,819 8,056 4.9…
(a)Our Adjusted EBITDA margin is Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of revenue. We believe this metric is useful particularly as we continue to focus on growing our higher-margin businesses and improving overall operating cost management. Change in Adjusted EBITDA margin reflects…
Constant Currency Change(a) (a)Constant currency is a non-GAAP financial measure. Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measure’ section on page 47 for additional information, including our definition and our use of constant currency, and for a reconciliation of constant currency…
Constant Currency Change(g) Programming(a) Technical and support(b) Direct product costs(c) Marketing and promotion(d) Customer service(e) Other(f)
2022 to 20232021 to 2022(in millions)202320222021ChangeConstant Currency Change(a)ChangeConstant Currency Change(a)RevenueDomestic broadband$25,489 $24,469 $22,979 4.2 %4.2 %6.5 %6.5 %Domestic wireless3,664 3,071 2,380 19.3 19.3 29.0 29.0 International connectivity4,207 3,426…
Constant Currency Change(a) (a)Constant currency is a non-GAAP financial measure. Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section on page 47 for additional information, including our definition and our use of constant currency, and for a reconciliation of constant currency…
Programming expenses decreased in 2023 primarily due to a decline in the number of domestic video subscribers, partially offset by domestic contractual rate increases and an increase in programming expenses for international sports channels. Programming expenses decreased in…
(in millions)202320222021Change 2022 to 2023Change 2021 to 2022Revenue$9,255 $8,819 $8,056 4.9 %9.5 %Costs and expenses3,964 3,759 3,374 5.4 11.4 Adjusted EBITDA$5,291 $5,060 $4,682 4.6 %8.1 % Business services connectivity revenue primarily consists of revenue from our service…
Year ended December 31 (in millions)202320222021Change 2022 to 2023Change 2021 to 2022RevenueMedia$25,355 $26,719 $27,406 (5.1)%(2.5)%Studios11,625 12,257 10,077 (5.2)21.6 Theme Parks8,947 7,541 5,051 18.6 49.3 Headquarters and Other64 75 87…
Percentage changes that are considered not meaningful are denoted with NM. We operate our Media segment as a combined television and streaming business. We expect that the number of subscribers and audience ratings at our linear television networks will continue to decline as a…
Year ended December 31 (in millions)202320222021Change 2022 to 2023Change 2021 to 2022RevenueDomestic advertising$8,600 $10,360 $10,177 (17.0)%1.8 %Domestic distribution10,663 10,525 10,080 1.3 4.4 International networks4,109 3,729 5,060 10.2 (26.3)Other1,983 2,105 2,090…
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Sky relies on various third-party telecommunications providers to deliver its video, broadband, voice and wireless phone services to its customers. For example, Sky relies on satellite transponder capacity leased from third parties to provide most of its video services. In…
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Our principal physical assets consist of operating plant and equipment, including cable system signal receiving, encoding and decoding devices, headends and distribution networks. Our distribution network consists primarily of headends, content distribution servers, coaxial and…
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NBCUniversal’s corporate headquarters are located in New York, New York at 30 Rockefeller Plaza and surrounding campus and include offices and studios, which are used by Headquarters and Other and the Media segment. We own substantially all of the space we occupy at 30…
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Sky’s principal physical assets consist of operating plant and equipment, including leased satellite system signal receiving, encoding and decoding devices, and owned and leased headends and distribution networks, including coaxial, fiber-optic cables and other related…
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The following graph illustrates the contributions to the change in consolidated costs and expenses, excluding depreciation expense, amortization expense, and goodwill and long-lived asset impairments, made by our Cable Communications, NBCUniversal and Sky segments, as well as by…
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Interest expense decreased in 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to a decrease in average debt outstanding and $204 million of charges recorded in 2021 related to the early redemption of senior notes, partially offset by higher weighted-average interest rates.
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Year ended December 31 (in millions)202220212020% Change 2021 to 2022% Change 2020 to 2021RevenueResidential:Broadband$24,469 $22,979 $20,599 6.5 %11.6 %Video21,314 22,079 21,937 (3.5)0.6 Voice3,010 3,417 3,532 (11.9)(3.3)Wireless3,071 2,380 1,574 29.0 51.2 Business…
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Our operating margin is Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of revenue. We believe this metric is useful particularly as we continue to focus on growing our higher-margin businesses and improving overall cost management. Our operating margin was 44.3%, 43.7% and 42.1% in 2022, 2021…
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(a)Segment details in the charts exclude the results of NBCUniversal Headquarters and Other and Eliminations and therefore the amounts do not equal the total. Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA charts are not presented on the same scale. Year ended December 31 (in…
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Percentage changes that are considered not meaningful are denoted with NM. Comcast 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K46 Comcast 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K46 Comcast 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K46 46 Comcast 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K46 Comcast 2022 Annual Report on…
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Year ended December 31 (in millions)202220212020% Change 2021 to 2022% Change 2020 to 2021RevenueAdvertising$10,467 $10,291 $8,296 1.7 %24.1 %Distribution10,881 10,449 8,795 4.1 18.8 Other2,058 2,040 1,845 0.9 10.5 Total revenue23,406 22,780 18,936 2.7 20.3 Costs and…
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Programming and production costs include the amortization of owned and licensed programming, including sports rights, direct production costs, production overhead, on-air talent costs and costs associated with the distribution of our programming to third-party networks and other…
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Year ended December 31 (in millions)202220212020% Change 2021 to 2022% Change 2020 to 2021RevenueContent licensing$8,713 $7,565 $6,557 15.2 %15.4 %Theatrical1,607 691 418 132.5 65.4 Home entertainment and other1,302 1,193 1,159 9.2 2.9 Total revenue11,622 9,449 8,134 23.0 16.2…
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Content licensing revenue relates to the licensing of our owned film and television content in the United States and internationally to cable, broadcast and premium networks and DTC streaming service providers, as well as through video on demand and pay-per-view services…
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Programming and production costs include the amortization of capitalized film and television production and acquisition costs, residuals and participations payments, and distribution expenses. The costs associated with producing film and television content have generally…
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Year ended December 31 (in millions)202220212020% Change 2021 to 2022% Change 2020 to 2021Revenue$7,541 $5,051 $2,094 49.3 %141.2 %Costs and expenses4,858 3,783 2,571 28.4 47.1 Adjusted EBITDA$2,683 $1,267 $(477)111.7 %NM
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Percentage changes that are considered not meaningful are denoted with NM. Theme parks revenue primarily relates to guest spending at our theme parks, including ticket sales and in-park spending and our consumer products business. Theme park segment revenue increased in 2022…
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Headquarters and Other Results of Operations Year ended December 31 (in millions)202220212020% Change 2021 to 2022% Change 2020 to 2021Revenue$75 $87 $53 (13.6)%63.8 %Costs and expenses956 927 616 3.1 50.5 Adjusted EBITDA$(881)$(840)$(563)(4.8)%(49.3)%
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Headquarters and other expenses include overhead, personnel costs and costs associated with corporate initiatives. Expenses increased in 2022 primarily due to severance charges in the current year, partially offset by a decrease in employee-related costs compared to the prior…
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Network and information systems and other technologies, including those that are related to our network management, customer service operations and programming delivery and are embedded in our products and services, are critical to our business activities. In the ordinary course…
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Our businesses are subject to various federal, state and local laws and regulations, with some also subject to international laws and regulations. In particular, the Communications Act and FCC regulations and policies affect significant aspects of our cable communications and…
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We rely on our intellectual property, such as patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets, as well as licenses and other agreements with our vendors and other third parties, to use various technologies, conduct our business operations and sell our products and services.…
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A substantial portion of our revenue comes from customers whose spending patterns may be affected by prevailing economic conditions. Weak economic conditions in the United States, in Europe or globally could adversely affect demand for any of our products and services, including…
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From time to time, we make acquisitions and investments and may pursue other strategic initiatives, such as Xumo, our consolidated streaming platform joint venture. In connection with such acquisitions and strategic initiatives, we may incur significant or unanticipated…
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Our businesses operate in intensely competitive, consumer-driven, rapidly changing environments. We compete with a growing number of companies that provide a broad range of communications products and services and entertainment, sports, news and information content to consumers.…
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We rely on certain key management personnel in the operation of our businesses. While we maintain long-term and emergency transition plans for key management personnel and believe we could either identify internal candidates or attract outside candidates to fill any vacancy…
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(a)Adjusted EBITDA is a financial measure that is not defined by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section on page 47 for additional information, including our definition and our use of Adjusted…
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Our success is, to a large extent, dependent on our ability to acquire, develop, adopt and leverage new and existing technologies, and our competitors’ use of certain types of technology and equipment may provide them with a competitive advantage. New technologies can materially…
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Our services, products and properties are vulnerable to damage from the occurrence of certain events, including natural disasters, severe weather events such as hurricanes and wildfires, and a range of other unforeseeable events such as infectious disease outbreaks, including…
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We compete for the sale of advertising time with television networks and stations, digital properties, including an increasing number of ad-supported DTC streaming service providers and a broad array of other online content providers, such as social networking platforms and…
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Our effective income tax rate in 2023 and 2022 was 26.2% and 47.0%, respectively. Our effective income tax rate for 2022 was impacted by the goodwill impairment, which was primarily not deductible for tax purposes. See Note 5 for additional information on our effective income…
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Many of the writers, directors, actors, technical and production personnel, as well as some on-air and creative talent employees in our Content & Experiences business, are covered by collective bargaining agreements or works councils. Many of these collective bargaining…
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We create and acquire media and entertainment content, the success of which depends substantially on consumer tastes and preferences that often change in unpredictable ways, and to meet the changing preferences of the broad domestic and international consumer markets, we must…
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Our linear television networks depend on their ability to secure and maintain distribution agreements with traditional and virtual multichannel video providers. The number of subscribers to our television networks has been, and likely will continue to be, reduced as a result of…
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We expect programming expenses for our video services to continue to be the largest single expense item for our Residential Connectivity & Platforms business and to continue to increase on a per subscriber basis. Part of these programming expenses include payments to certain…
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Distribution platforms for viewing and purchasing content have been, and will likely continue to be, developed that further challenge existing business models and increase the number of competitors that our businesses face. DTC streaming and other OTT services have driven, and…
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The following graph compares the annual percentage change in the cumulative total shareholder return on Comcast’s Class A common stock during the five years ended December 31, 2023 with the cumulative total returns on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index and a select peer group…
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Our segment operating results are presented based on how we assess operating performance and internally report financial information. See Note 2 for additional information on our segments.
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Our Class B common stock has a non-dilutable 33 1/3% of the combined voting power of our Class A and Class B common stock. This non-dilutable voting power is subject to proportional decrease to the extent the number of shares of Class B common stock is reduced below 9,444,375,…
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Our Content & Experiences business and NBCUniversal headquarters are located in New York, New York at 30 Rockefeller Plaza and its surrounding campus, which include offices and studios used by the Media segment. We own substantially all of the space we occupy at 30 Rockefeller…
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Revenue decreased in 2023 primarily due to our broadcasts of the Beijing Olympics, Super Bowl and FIFA World Cup in 2022. Excluding incremental revenue associated with our broadcasts of these events, revenue increased in 2023 driven by increases in domestic distribution and…
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Domestic broadband revenue consists of revenue from sales of broadband services to residential customers in the United States, including equipment and installation services. Domestic broadband revenue also includes revenue related to Xumo Stream Boxes and commission revenue from…
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Year ended December 31 (in millions, except per share data)202320222021Change 2022 to 2023Change 2021 to 2022Revenue$121,572 $121,427 $116,385 0.1 %4.3 %Costs and Expenses:Programming and production36,762 38,213 38,450 (3.8)(0.6)Marketing and promotion7,971 8,506 7,695 (6.3)10.5…
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The following graph illustrates the contributions to the change in consolidated revenue made by our Connectivity & Platforms and Content & Experiences businesses, as well as by Corporate and Other activities, including eliminations. (a) Graph is presented using a truncated…
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The changes in net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests in 2023 compared to 2022 was primarily due to decreases in losses at Universal Beijing Resort (see Note 8), partially offset by increases in losses in our Xumo streaming platform joint venture in the…
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The following graph illustrates the contributions to the change in consolidated costs and expenses, excluding depreciation expense, amortization expense, and goodwill and long-lived asset impairments, made by our Connectivity & Platforms and Content & Experiences businesses, as…
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Percentage changes that are considered not meaningful are denoted with NM. (a)Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section on page 47 for additional information, including our definition and our use of Adjusted EBITDA, and…
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•Total customer relationships decreased by 288,000 to 52.1 million. •Domestic broadband customers decreased by 66,000 to 32.3 million. •Domestic wireless lines increased by 1.3 million to 6.6 million. •Domestic video customers decreased by 2.0 million to 14.1 million. •Revenue…
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Constant Currency Change(g) Programming(a) Technical and support(b) Direct product costs(c) Marketing and promotion(d) Customer service(e) Other(f) (a)Programming expenses, which represent our most significant operating expense, are the fees we incur to provide video services to…