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Financial Data by Business Segment | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012
Financial Data By Business Segment [Abstract] |
Financial Data by Business Segment | Note 15: Financial Data by Business Segment We present our operations in five reportable business segments: Cable Communications: Provides video, high-speed Internet and voice services (“cable services”) to residential and business customers in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Cable Networks: Consists primarily of our national cable television networks, our regional sports and news networks, our international cable networks, our cable television production studio, and our related digital media properties. Broadcast Television: Consists primarily of the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, our NBC and Telemundo owned local television stations, our broadcast television production operations, and our related digital media properties. Filmed Entertainment: Consists of the operations of Universal Pictures, which produces, acquires, markets and distributes filmed entertainment and stage plays worldwide. Theme Parks: Consists primarily of our Universal theme parks in Orlando and Hollywood. In evaluating the profitability of our operating segments, the components of net income (loss) below operating income (loss) before depreciation and amortization are not separately evaluated by our management. Our financial data by business segment is presented in the tables below.
|  | Three Months Ended June 30, 2012
(in millions) |  | Revenue(f) |  | Operating Income (Loss) Before Depreciation and Amortization(g) |  | Depreciation and Amortization |  | Operating Income (Loss) |  | Capital Expenditures
Cable Communications(a) | $ | 9,897 | $ | 4,101 | $ | 1,593 | $ | 2,508 | $ | 1,124
NBCUniversal |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Cable Networks |  | 2,252 |  | 788 |  | 183 |  | 605 |  | 22
| Broadcast Television |  | 1,540 |  | 196 |  | 21 |  | 175 |  | 11
| Filmed Entertainment |  | 1,231 |  | (83) |  | 4 |  | (87) |  | 3
| Theme Parks |  | 539 |  | 235 |  | 63 |  | 172 |  | 52
| Headquarters and Other(d) |  | 11 |  | (155) |  | 48 |  | (203) |  | 68
| Eliminations(e) |  | (69) |  | 1 |  | 1 |  | - |  | -
NBCUniversal |  | 5,504 |  | 982 |  | 320 |  | 662 |  | 156
Corporate and Other |  | 130 |  | (90) |  | 16 |  | (106) |  | 7
Eliminations(e) |  | (320) |  | 11 |  | (4) |  | 15 |  | -
Comcast Consolidated | $ | 15,211 | $ | 5,004 | $ | 1,925 | $ | 3,079 | $ | 1,287
|  | Three Months Ended June 30, 2011
(in millions) |  | Revenue(f) |  | Operating Income (Loss) Before Depreciation and Amortization(g) |  | Depreciation and Amortization |  | Operating Income (Loss) |  | Capital Expenditures
Cable Communications(a) | $ | 9,341 | $ | 3,886 | $ | 1,591 | $ | 2,295 | $ | 1,181
NBCUniversal |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Cable Networks |  | 2,173 |  | 846 |  | 187 |  | 659 |  | 19
| Broadcast Television |  | 1,695 |  | 190 |  | 9 |  | 181 |  | 12
| Filmed Entertainment |  | 1,254 |  | 27 |  | 5 |  | 22 |  | 1
| Theme Parks(c) |  | 521 |  | 225 |  | 57 |  | 168 |  | 28
| Headquarters and Other(d) |  | 14 |  | (129) |  | 44 |  | (173) |  | 25
| Eliminations(e) |  | (478) |  | (158) |  | (48) |  | (110) |  | -
NBCUniversal |  | 5,179 |  | 1,001 |  | 254 |  | 747 |  | 85
Corporate and Other |  | 128 |  | (87) |  | 16 |  | (103) |  | 5
Eliminations(e) |  | (315) |  | 1 |  | 2 |  | (1) |  | -
Comcast Consolidated | $ | 14,333 | $ | 4,801 | $ | 1,863 | $ | 2,938 | $ | 1,271
|  | Six Months Ended June 30, 2012
(in millions) |  | Revenue(f) |  | Operating Income (Loss) Before Depreciation and Amortization(g) |  | Depreciation and Amortization |  | Operating Income (Loss) |  | Capital Expenditures
Cable Communications(a) | $ | 19,496 | $ | 8,056 | $ | 3,195 | $ | 4,861 | $ | 2,180
NBCUniversal |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Cable Networks |  | 4,390 |  | 1,593 |  | 361 |  | 1,232 |  | 31
| Broadcast Television |  | 3,391 |  | 186 |  | 42 |  | 144 |  | 19
| Filmed Entertainment |  | 2,423 |  | (77) |  | 8 |  | (85) |  | 4
| Theme Parks |  | 951 |  | 392 |  | 125 |  | 267 |  | 99
| Headquarters and Other(d) |  | 23 |  | (301) |  | 96 |  | (397) |  | 114
| Eliminations(e) |  | (202) |  | 2 |  | - |  | 2 |  | -
NBCUniversal |  | 10,976 |  | 1,795 |  | 632 |  | 1,163 |  | 267
Corporate and Other |  | 304 |  | (154) |  | 30 |  | (184) |  | 14
Eliminations(e) |  | (687) |  | (5) |  | (2) |  | (3) |  | -
Comcast Consolidated | $ | 30,089 | $ | 9,692 | $ | 3,855 | $ | 5,837 | $ | 2,461
|  | Six Months Ended June 30, 2011
(in millions) |  | Revenue(f) |  | Operating Income (Loss) Before Depreciation and Amortization(g) |  | Depreciation and Amortization |  | Operating Income (Loss) |  | Capital Expenditures
Cable Communications(a) | $ | 18,425 | $ | 7,635 | $ | 3,212 | $ | 4,423 | $ | 2,234
NBCUniversal |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Cable Networks(b) |  | 3,805 |  | 1,511 |  | 340 |  | 1,171 |  | 31
| Broadcast Television |  | 2,583 |  | 225 |  | 30 |  | 195 |  | 17
| Filmed Entertainment |  | 1,876 |  | (116) |  | 9 |  | (125) |  | 2
| Theme Parks(c) |  | 796 |  | 322 |  | 115 |  | 207 |  | 40
| Headquarters and Other(d) |  | 25 |  | (249) |  | 66 |  | (315) |  | 42
| Eliminations(e) |  | (763) |  | (234) |  | (100) |  | (134) |  | -
NBCUniversal |  | 8,322 |  | 1,459 |  | 460 |  | 999 |  | 132
Corporate and Other |  | 316 |  | (228) |  | 32 |  | (260) |  | 11
Eliminations(e) |  | (602) |  | 1 |  | 1 |  | - |  | -
Comcast Consolidated | $ | 26,461 | $ | 8,867 | $ | 3,705 | $ | 5,162 | $ | 2,377
(a) For the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, Cable Communications segment revenue was derived from the following sources:
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
|  | June 30 |  | June 30
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
Residential: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Video | 51.3 | % | 52.9 | % |  | 51.5 | % | 53.4 | %
| High-speed Internet | 24.0 | % | 23.4 | % |  | 24.1 | % | 23.3 | %
| Voice | 9.0 | % | 9.4 | % |  | 9.1 | % | 9.4 | %
Business services | 5.9 | % | 4.6 | % |  | 5.8 | % | 4.5 | %
Advertising | 5.6 | % | 5.5 | % |  | 5.3 | % | 5.2 | %
Other | 4.2 | % | 4.2 | % |  | 4.2 | % | 4.2 | %
Total | 100 | % | 100 | % |  | 100 | % | 100 | %
Subscription revenue received from customers who purchase bundled services at a discounted rate is allocated proportionally to each service based on the individual service's price on a stand-alone basis. For both the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, 2.8% of Cable Communications revenue was derived from franchise and other regulatory fees. (b) For the six months ended June 30, 2011, o ur Cable Networks segment included the results of operations of the businesses we contributed to NBCUniversal, as well as the results of operations of the NBCUniversal contributed cable networks for the period January 29, 2011 through June 3 0, 2011. (c) For the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, our Theme Parks segment include d the results of operations for Universal Orlando for the period January 29, 2011 through June 3 0, 2011 to reflect our measure of operating performance for our Theme Parks segment. (d) NBCUniversal Headquarters and Other activities include s costs and expenses associated with overhead, employee benefits and headquarter initiatives. (e) NBCUniversal e liminations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 include d the elimination of the results of operations for Universal Orlando for the period January 29, 2011 through June 3 0, 2011. T hese results were not included in NBCUniversal's total and our consolidated results of operations for the period January 29, 2011 through June 3 0, 2011 because we recorded Universal Orlando as an equity method investment during this period. Also included in Eliminations are transactions that our segments enter into with one another. The most common types of transactions are the following: • our Cable Networks and Broadcast Television segments generate revenue by selling programming to our Cable Communications segment, which represents a substantial majority of the revenue elimination amount • our Cable Communications segment receives incentives offered by our Cable Networks segment in connection with its distribution of the Cable Networks' content, which are recorded as a reduction to programming expenses • our Cable Communications segment generates revenue by selling advertising and by selling the use of satellite feeds to our Cable Networks segment • our Filmed Entertainment and Broadcast Television segments generate revenue by licensing content to our Cable Networks segment (f) No single customer accounted for a significant amount of revenue in any period. (g) We use operating income (loss) before depreciation and amortization, excluding impairment charges related to fixed and intangible assets and gains or losses from the sale of assets, if any, as the measure of profit or loss for our operating segments. This measure eliminates the significant level of noncash depreciation and amortization expense that results from the capital-intensive nature of certain of our businesses and from intangible assets recognized in business combinations. Additionally, it is unaffected by our capital structure or investment activities. We use this measure to evaluate our consolidated operating performance and the operating performance of our operating segments and to allocate resources and capital to our operating segments. It is also a significant performance measure in our annual incentive compensation programs. We believe that this measure is useful to investors because it is one of the bases for comparing our operating performance with other companies in our industries, although our measure may not be directly comparable to similar measures used by other companies. This measure should not be considered a substitute for operating income (loss), net income attributable to Comcast Corporation, net cash provided by operating activities, or other measures of performance or liquidity we have reported in accordance with GAAP.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8595-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 33 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8971-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 131 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8906-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 15: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8924-108599 + Details
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