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Postretirement, Pension and Other Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Postretirement And Pension Benefits

			2013					2012						2011
Year ended December 31 (in millions)			Postretirement Benefits		Pension Benefits			Postretirement Benefits			Pension Benefits			Postretirement Benefits			Pension Benefits
Benefit obligation		$	633		$	498		$	703		$	805		$	618		$	638
Fair value of plan assets(a)			-			220			-			403			-			176
Plan funded status and recorded
	benefit obligation		(633)			(278)			(703)			(402)			(618)			(462)
Portion of benefit obligation not
	yet recognized in benefits expense		(110)			(3)			17			151			(17)			137
Benefits expense(b)			65			12			60			163			47			117
Discount rate			5.00-5.25	%	4.50-5.25		%		4.25	%	3.25-4.25		%		4.75	%	4.75-5.25		%
Expected return on plan assets			N/A			5.00	%		N/A			5.00	%		N/A			6.50	%

Deferred Compensation Plans

Year ended December 31 (in millions)		2013		2012		2011
Benefit obligation	$	1,434	$	1,247	$	1,059
Interest expense	$	128	$	107	$	99

Benefit Obligation and Expense for Our Split-Dollar Life Insurance Agreements

Year ended December 31 (in millions)		2013		2012		2011
Benefit obligation	$	212	$	202	$	169
Other operating and administrative expenses	$	50	$	58	$	27

NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member]

Postretirement And Pension Benefits

		Successor
		Year Ended December 31,						Year Ended December 31,						For the Period January 29, 2011 to December 31,
							2013													2012						2011
(in millions)		Postretirement Benefits			Pension Benefits			Postretirement Benefits			Pension Benefits			Postretirement Benefits			Pension Benefits
Benefit obligation		$	158		$	498		$	177		$	546		$	161		$	427
Fair value of plan assets(a)			-			220			-			217			-			-
Plan funded status and recorded
	benefit obligation		(158)			(278)			(177)			(329)			(161)			(427)
Portion of benefit obligation not yet
	recognized in benefit expense		(44)			(3)			(11)			53			(13)			71
Benefits expense(b)			14			12			15			142			14			111
Discount rate			5.25	%		4.5-5.25	%		4.25	%		3.75-4.25	%		4.75	%		4.75-5.25	%
Expected return on plan assets			N/A			5.00	%		N/A			5.00	%		N/A			N/A

Deferred Compensation Plans

		Successor
		Year Ended December 31,		Year Ended December 31,		For the Period January 29, 2011 to December 31,
(in millions)		2013		2012		2011
Benefit obligation	$	250	$	163	$	114
Interest expense	$	18	$	11	$	10

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