Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is the nation’s largest cable television and Internet service provider in terms of number of customers served. Comcast served 23.6 million cable customers in 39 states, 15.9 million high-speed Internet customers, and 7.6 million voice (phone) customers and passed over 51.2 million homes and businesses across 39 states.^[1]

In December 2009, General Electric Company (GE) gave Comcast a 51% stake in its NBC Universal division. In addition to $6.5 billion in cash, Comcast will merge its cable networks and web assets, valued at $7.25 billion, with NBC Universal.^[2] The deal was one of the largest in recent media business history, and gave Comcast additional profitable cable franchises.^[3] NBC Universal was the segment of GE that had the highest operating margin for five of the past six years, and as such, Comcast benefits a lot from the deal. Further, many analysts believe that the once-powerful NBC Universal will thrive again under Comcast with programming and a focus on digital initiatives like Hulu and the large number of cable channels that are part of the deal.^[4]

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