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Corporate Overview 

Overview: Comcast Corporation is the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services, with 24.7 million cable customers, 14.1 million high-speed Internet customers and 5.2 million voice customers. Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable networks and in the delivery of programming content.*

Products: Comcast provides a wide variety of consumer products and services:

  • Video - Comcast is the nation's largest video provider, offering interactive services packed with the best content on Digital Cable, video on demand and high-definition television.
  • Online - Comcast offers the best content, reliable service and faster speeds.
  • Voice - Comcast's IP-enabled Digital Voice service offers consumers the quality they expect in a phone service combined with new interactive features for a low price.
  • Comcast Business Class - Comcast provides phone, Internet and video services to business customers across its national footprint.
  • Comcast Interactive Media (CIM) - develops and operates Comcast's Internet businesses focused on entertainment, information and communication, including Comcast.net, Fancast, Ziddio, thePlatform and GameInvasion.net.

Content Networks and Investments:

  • Comcast Programming Group - E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One and ten Comcast SportsNet networks.
  • Comcast-Spectacor - major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.

Headquarters: Philadelphia, PA

Website: www.comcast.com

Stock Symbols: NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK

Employees: 100,000 total nationwide; 86,000 cable; 14,000 content and other

Customers: As of March 31, 2008, Comcast served customers in 39 states and the District of Columbia.

  • 24.7 million cable customers
  • 14.1 million high-speed Internet customers
  •   5.2 million voice customers


*Comcast, 2008. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.