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1. Comcast

   Comcast Corporation (formerly known as American Cable Systems and Comcast Holdings), headquartered in Philadelphia, is the largest American multinational telecommunications conglomerate. It is the second-largest broadcasting and cable television company in the world by revenue (behind AT&T), the largest pay-TV company, the largest cable TV company and largest home Internet service provider in the United States, and the nation's third-largest home telephone service provider. It provides services to U.S. residential and commercial customers in 40 states and the District of Columbia. As the parent company of the international media company NBCUniversal since 2011, Comcast is a producer of feature films for theatrical exhibition, and over-the-air and cable television programming. Comcast owns and operates the Xfinity residential cable communications subsidiary, Comcast Business, a commercial services provider; Xfinity Mobile, an MVNO of Verizon; over-the-air national broadcast network channels (NBC, Telemundo, TeleXitos, and Cozi TV); multiple cable-only channels (including MSNBC, CNBC, USA Network, Syfy, Oxygen, Bravo, and E!); the film studio Universal Pictures; the VOD streaming service Peacock; animation studios (DreamWorks Animation, Illumination, Universal Animation Studios) and Universal Parks & Resorts. It also has significant holdings in digital distribution, such as thePlatform, which it acquired in 2006; and ad-tech company FreeWheel, which it acquired in 2014. Since October 2018, it has also been the parent company of Sky Group.Comcast has been criticized for a variety of reasons. Its customer satisfaction ratings were among the lowest in the cable industry during the years 2008–2010. It has violated net neutrality practices in the past, and, despite its commitment to a narrow definition of net neutrality, critics advocate a definition that precludes any distinction between Comcast's private network services and the rest of the Internet. Critics also point out a lack of competition in the vast majority of Comcast's service areas; in particular, the limited competition among cable providers. Given its negotiating power as a large ISP, some suspect that it could leverage paid peering agreements to unfairly influence end-user connection speeds. Its ownership of both content production (in NBCUniversal) and distribution (as an ISP) has raised antitrust concerns. These issues and others led to Comcast being dubbed "The Worst Company in America" by The Consumerist in 2010 and 2014.

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1. Comcast

   Comcast Corporation is an American provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services. It is the largest cable company in the U.S., one of the biggest mass media, home Internet service provider, and third largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, telephone service and in some areas home security to both residential and commercial customers in 40 states and the District of Columbia. The company is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In January 2011, Comcast acquired a 51% majority stake in media conglomerate NBCUniversal from GE, and began the process of purchasing the remaining 49% on February 12, 2013, at a cost of $16.7 billion. It completed the purchase on March 19, 2013. Comcast also has significant holding in several cable networks, distribution, and related businesses. Comcast has been the subject of criticism for activities including its stance on net neutrality, as well as poor results on customer satisfaction surveys.

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1. Comcast

   Comcast is one of the leading providers of cable, entertainment and communications products and services in the United States.

How to pronounce COMCAST?

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of COMCAST in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of COMCAST in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of COMCAST in a Sentence

1. Aliyah Abid:

   These days, the internet is how you access your education - so, with Comcast we are being asked to pay for a public education that’s supposed to be free, and not everyone is privileged enough to just not think about that.

2. Spencer Kurn:

   Before the (Time Warner Cable) deal came about, Comcast was looking internationally and said that they hadn't found anything attractive to them. Given the restrictions in the U.S. they are likely to resume looking internationally again.

3. Richard Greenfield:

   Is Disney willing to let Sky go? Or will they crush Comcast on both continents? we continue to believe that if Comcast really wants to own Sky, their best way to do it is by acquiring the Fox assets – winner takes-all was always the scenario that appeared most likely to us.

4. Rupert Murdoch:

   Given Comcast's bid for Sky, we are considering our options.

5. Craig Moffett:

   Disney has the superior balance sheet, cost of debt, equity and rationale to emerge victorious over Comcast in a bidding war.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comcast
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=COMCAST
3. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/comcast