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Significant Transactions (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011 | Mar. 19, 2013 | Jan. 28, 2011
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Purchase of NBCUniversal noncontrolling interest | $ 16,700,000,000 |  |  |  |
Ownership Percentage In New Company |  |  | 51.00% |  | 51.00%
Cash paid to acquire entity including transaction related costs |  |  |  |  | 6,200,000,000
Remaining equity interest acquired |  |  |  | 49.00% |
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired | 99,000,000 | 90,000,000 | 6,407,000,000 |  |
Deferred income taxes | 31,935,000,000 | 30,110,000,000 |  |  |
NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Purchase of NBCUniversal noncontrolling interest | 16,700,000,000 |  |  |  |
Cash paid to acquire entity including transaction related costs |  |  |  |  | 6,200,000,000
Remaining equity interest acquired |  |  |  | 49.00% |
Redemption percentage | 15.00% |  |  |  |
Comcast Corporation [Member] | NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Ownership percentage in NBCUniversal Holdings | 96.00% |  |  |  |
NBCUniversal [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Deferred income tax liabilities |  |  |  |  | 35,000,000
Goodwill |  |  |  |  | 10,900,000,000
Universal Orlando [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Remaining equity interest acquired |  |  | 50.00% |  |
Cash paid to acquire entity, net |  |  | 1,000,000,000 |  |
Universal Orlando [Member] | NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Remaining equity interest acquired |  |  | 50.00% |  |
Cash paid to acquire entity, net |  |  | 1,000,000,000 |  |
Comcast Cash On Hand |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Consideration transferred related to the Redemption Transaction and purchase of certain properties | 11,400,000,000 |  |  |  |
Comcast Cash On Hand | NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Consideration transferred related to the Redemption Transaction and purchase of certain properties | 11,400,000,000 |  |  |  |
NBCUniversal Cash On Hand [Member] | NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Portion Of Consideration Transferred Funded By NBCUniversal | 4,600,000,000 |  |  |  |
NBCUniversal Enterprise Senior Unsecured Debt Securities |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Consideration transferred related to the Redemption Transaction and purchase of certain properties | 4,000,000,000 |  |  |  |
NBCUniversal Enterprise Senior Unsecured Debt Securities | NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Consideration transferred related to the Redemption Transaction and purchase of certain properties | 4,000,000,000 |  |  |  |
Comcast Commercial Paper Program |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Consideration transferred related to the Redemption Transaction and purchase of certain properties | 750,000,000 |  |  |  |
Comcast Commercial Paper Program | NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Consideration transferred related to the Redemption Transaction and purchase of certain properties | 750,000,000 |  |  |  |
NBCUniversal Enterprise Credit Facility |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Consideration transferred related to the Redemption Transaction and purchase of certain properties | 1,250,000,000 |  |  |  |
NBCUniversal Enterprise Credit Facility | NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Consideration transferred related to the Redemption Transaction and purchase of certain properties | 1,250,000,000 |  |  |  |
NBCUniversal Enterprise Preferred Stock |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Consideration transferred related to the Redemption Transaction and purchase of certain properties | 725,000,000 |  |  |  |
Fair Value Amount Of Redeemable Preferred Stock | 741,000,000 |  |  |  |
NBCUniversal Enterprise Preferred Stock | NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Consideration transferred related to the Redemption Transaction and purchase of certain properties | 725,000,000 |  |  |  |
Nbcuniversal Holdings Preferred Stock [Member] | NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Preferred stock dividend rate percentage | 8.25% |  |  |  |
Preferred stock liquidition preference value | 9,400,000,000 |  |  |  |
Preferred stock dividend reset rate percentage description | On March 1, 2018, and thereafter on every fifth anniversary of such date, this rate will reset to 7.44% plus the yield on actively traded United States Treasury securities having a 5 year maturity. |  |  |  |
30 Rockefeller Plaza And Englewood Cliffs [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Payments related to acquisition of real estate properties | 1,400,000,000 |  |  |  |
30 Rockefeller Plaza And Englewood Cliffs [Member] | NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Payments related to acquisition of real estate properties | 1,400,000,000 |  |  |  |
NBCUniversal Enterprise [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Preferred stock dividend rate percentage | 5.25% |  |  |  |
NBCUniversal Enterprise [Member] | NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Ownership percentage in NBCUniversal Holdings | 4.00% |  |  |  |
NBCUniversal Transaction [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Deferred income taxes |  |  |  |  | 576,000,000
Theme Parks Segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  | 982,000,000 |  |
Theme Parks Segment [Member] | NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  | 982,000,000 |  |
Redemption Transaction [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Significant Transactions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Deferred income taxes | $ 1,600,000,000 |  |  |  |

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