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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012
Earnings Per Share |
Computation of diluted EPS |
Computation of Diluted EPS
|  | Three Months Ended June 30
|  | 2012 |  | 2011
(in millions, except per share data) |  | Net Income Attributable to Comcast Corporation | Shares |  | Per Share Amount |  |  | Net Income Attributable to Comcast Corporation | Shares |  | Per Share Amount
Basic EPS attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders | $ | 1,348 | 2,687 | $ | 0.50 |  | $ | 1,022 | 2,759 | $ | 0.37
Effect of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Assumed exercise or issuance of shares relating to stock plans |  |  | 30 |  |  |  |  |  | 30 |  |
Diluted EPS attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders | $ | 1,348 | 2,717 | $ | 0.50 |  | $ | 1,022 | 2,789 | $ | 0.37
|  | Six Months Ended June 30
|  | 2012 |  | 2011
(in millions, except per share data) |  | Net Income Attributable to Comcast Corporation | Shares |  | Per Share Amount |  |  | Net Income Attributable to Comcast Corporation | Shares |  | Per Share Amount
Basic EPS attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders | $ | 2,572 | 2,697 | $ | 0.95 |  | $ | 1,965 | 2,765 | $ | 0.71
Effect of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Assumed exercise or issuance of shares relating to stock plans |  |  | 36 |  |  |  |  |  | 34 |  |
Diluted EPS attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders | $ | 2,572 | 2,733 | $ | 0.94 |  | $ | 1,965 | 2,799 | $ | 0.70

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