Comcast, the nation's largest cable company and residential Internet service provider, just got the green light to take over NBC, one of the world's biggest producers of TV shows and motion pictures. For consumers, it means higher prices, fewer choices and less innovation. Join our media watchdog network to monitor this new media giant and fight against future mergers.
What They Own
Comcast Owns:
Comcast Cable Franchises
- 39 states and the District of Columbia
- 23.9 million cable customers
- 15.3 million high-speed Internet customers
- 7.0 million voice customers
Cable Network Properties
- Golf Channel
- Style Network
- Versus - E! Entertainment Television, Inc. - G4 Media, Inc. - FearNet
- Comcast Sports Southeast (partial ownership)
- Big Ten Network (partial ownership)
- Current TV (partial ownership)
- NHL Network (partial ownership)
- Pittsburgh Cable News Channel (partial ownership)
- MLB Network (partial ownership)
- PBS KIDS Sprout (partial ownership)
- New England Cable News
Local Sports Media Properties
- Comcast SportsNet Bay Area
- Comcast SportsNet California
- Comcast SportsNet Chicago
- Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
- Comcast SportsNet New England
- Comcast SportsNet Northwest
- Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia
- Mountain West Sports Network
Other Media Properties
- MGM Pictures (partial ownership)
- United Artists Corporation (partial ownership)
- Fancast
- Fandango
- thePLATFORM
- Plaxo
- Daily Candy
- TV One (partial)
NBC Universal Owns:
Broadcast Properties
- 27 Broadcast Television Stations (many of them NBC and Telemundo affiliates)
Cable Network Properties
- Bravo
- CNBC
- MSNBC
- NBC Sports
- Oxygen
- SyFy Channel
- USA Network
- Weather Channel (partial)
- Chiller
- Sleuth
- Universal HD
- ShopNBC
- A&E Network (partial)
- The Biography Channel (partial)
- Crime & Investigation Network (partial)
- History (partial)
- History en Español (partial)
- History International (partial)
- Lifetime (partial)
- Lifetime Movie Network (partial)
- Lifetime Real Women (partial)
- Military History Channel (partial)
Other Content Properties
- NBC Television Network - Universal Media Studios
- Universal Cable Productions
- Universal Pictures
- Focus Features
- Universal Studios Home Video
- NBC Sports & Olympics
- Hulu.com
- iVillage
