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Supplemental Financial Information | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012
Supplemental Financial Information [Abstract] |
Supplemental Financial Information | Note 12: Supplemental Financial Information
Receivables
|  | June 30, |  | December 31,
(in millions) |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Receivables, gross | $ | 4,846 | $ | 4,978
Less: Allowance for returns and customer incentives |  | 259 |  | 425
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | 200 |  | 202
Receivables, net | $ | 4,387 | $ | 4,351
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
|  |  | June 30, |  | June 30,
(in millions) |  |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Unrealized gains (losses) on marketable securities | $ | 22 | $ | 22
Deferred gains (losses) on cash flow hedges |  | (125) |  | (112)
Unrecognized gains (losses) on employee benefit obligations |  | (59) |  | (18)
Cumulative translation adjustments |  | (8) |  | 3
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of deferred taxes | $ | (170) | $ | (105)
Operating Costs and Expenses
| Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended
| June 30 | June 30
(in millions) |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Programming and production | $ | 4,554 | $ | 4,323 | $ | 9,290 | $ | 7,593
Cable Communications technical labor |  | 579 |  | 568 |  | 1,167 |  | 1,161
Cable Communications customer service |  | 481 |  | 460 |  | 975 |  | 929
Advertising, marketing and promotion |  | 1,287 |  | 1,105 |  | 2,489 |  | 2,075
Other |  | 3,306 |  | 3,076 |  | 6,476 |  | 5,836
Operating costs and expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization) | $ | 10,207 | $ | 9,532 | $ | 20,397 | $ | 17,594
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | June 30
(in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Net income |  | $ | 3,080 | $ | 2,406
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |  |  |  |  |
| Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 3,855 |  | 3,705
| Amortization of film and television costs |  |  | 4,156 |  | 2,889
| Share-based compensation |  |  | 189 |  | 174
| Noncash interest expense (income), net |  |  | 105 |  | 78
| Equity in net (income) losses of investees, net |  |  | (32) |  | -
| Cash received from investees |  |  |  |  |  |  | 142 |  | 170
| Net (gain) loss on investment activity and other |  |  | (27) |  | (107)
| Deferred income taxes |  |  | 41 |  | 693
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and divestitures: |  |  |  |  |
| Change in receivables, net |  |  | (30) |  | 277
| Change in film and television costs |  |  | (4,176) |  | (3,268)
| Change in accounts payable and accrued expenses related to trade creditors |  |  | (4) |  | (154)
| Change in other operating assets and liabilities |  |  | 516 |  | 93
Net cash provided by operating activities |  | $ | 7,815 | $ | 6,956
Cash Payments for Interest and Income Taxes
| Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
| June 30 |  | June 30
(in millions) |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Interest | $ | 544 | $ | 540 |  | $ | 1,158 | $ | 1,197
Income taxes | $ | 904 | $ | 496 |  | $ | 1,022 | $ | 570
Noncash Investing and Financing Activities During the six months ended June 30, 2012, we: • acquired $550 m illion of property and equipment and intangible assets that were accrued but unpaid, which is a noncash investing activity • recorded a liability of $435 million for a quarterly cash dividend of $0.1 625 per common share paid in July 2012, which is a noncash financing activity • NBCUniversal e ntered into a capital lease transaction that resulted in an increase in property and eq uipment and debt of $85 million Unaudited Actual and Pro Forma Information The following unaudited pro forma information has been presented as if both the NBCUniversal transaction and the Universal Orlando transaction occurred on January 1, 2010. This information is based on historical results of operations, adjusted for the allocation of purchase price and other acquisition accounting adjustments, and is not necessarily indicative of what our results would have been had we operated the businesses since January 1, 2010. No pro forma adjustments have been made for our incremental transaction-related expenses.
|  | Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended
|  | June 30 | June 30
|  | Actual | Pro Forma | Actual | Pro Forma
(in millions except per share amounts) |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Revenue | $ | 15,211 | $ | 14,700 | $ | 30,089 | $ | 28,280
Net income | $ | 1,633 | $ | 1,418 | $ | 3,080 | $ | 2,418
Net income attributable to Comcast Corporation | $ | 1,348 | $ | 1,038 | $ | 2,572 | $ | 1,954
Basic earnings per common share attributable to Comcast |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Corporation shareholders | $ | 0.50 | $ | 0.38 | $ | 0.95 | $ | 0.71
Diluted earnings per common share attributable to Comcast |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Corporation shareholders | $ | 0.50 | $ | 0.37 | $ | 0.94 | $ | 0.70

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