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Financial Data by Business Segment | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Financial Data by Business Segment | Note 13: Financial Data by Business Segment We present our operations in five reportable business segments: • Cable Communications: Consists of the operations of Comcast Cable, which is the nation’s largest provider of video, high-speed Internet and voice services to residential customers under the XFINITY brand, and we also provide similar services to busi nesses an d sell advertising. • Cable Networks: Consists primarily of our national cable networks, our regional sports networks, our international cable networks and our cable television production operations. • Broadcast Television: Consists primarily of the NBC a nd Telemundo broadcast networks, our NBC and Telemundo owned local broadcast television stations, and our broadcast television production operations. • Filmed Entertainment: Consists primarily of the studio operations of Universal Pictures, which produces, acquires, markets and distributes filmed entertainment 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) bel ow 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 September 30, 2014
(in millions) |  | Revenue(e) |  | Operating Income (Loss) Before Depreciation and Amortization(f) |  | Depreciation and Amortization |  | Operating Income (Loss) |  | Capital Expenditures
Cable Communications(a) | $ | 11,041 | $ | 4,464 | $ | 1,561 | $ | 2,903 | $ | 1,644
NBCUniversal |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Cable Networks(b) |  | 2,255 |  | 868 |  | 189 |  | 679 |  | 11
| Broadcast Television |  | 1,770 |  | 142 |  | 24 |  | 118 |  | 15
| Filmed Entertainment(b) |  | 1,186 |  | 151 |  | 6 |  | 145 |  | 4
| Theme Parks |  | 786 |  | 402 |  | 68 |  | 334 |  | 184
| Headquarters and Other(c) |  | 4 |  | (142) |  | 84 |  | (226) |  | 81
| Eliminations(d) |  | (80) |  | (5) |  | - |  | (5) |  | -
NBCUniversal |  | 5,921 |  | 1,416 |  | 371 |  | 1,045 |  | 295
Corporate and Other |  | 174 |  | (197) |  | 27 |  | (224) |  | 11
Eliminations(d) |  | (345) |  | 21 |  | - |  | 21 |  | -
Comcast Consolidated | $ | 16,791 | $ | 5,704 | $ | 1,959 | $ | 3,745 | $ | 1,950
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
(in millions) |  | Revenue(e) |  | Operating Income (Loss) Before Depreciation and Amortization(f) |  | Depreciation and Amortization |  | Operating Income (Loss) |  | Capital Expenditures
Cable Communications(a) | $ | 10,491 | $ | 4,246 | $ | 1,549 | $ | 2,697 | $ | 1,432
NBCUniversal |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Cable Networks(b) |  | 2,239 |  | 853 |  | 183 |  | 670 |  | 19
| Broadcast Television |  | 1,644 |  | 34 |  | 23 |  | 11 |  | 21
| Filmed Entertainment(b) |  | 1,400 |  | 189 |  | 4 |  | 185 |  | 1
| Theme Parks |  | 661 |  | 343 |  | 73 |  | 270 |  | 142
| Headquarters and Other(c) |  | 7 |  | (167) |  | 69 |  | (236) |  | 101
| Eliminations(d) |  | (100) |  | (2) |  | - |  | (2) |  | -
NBCUniversal |  | 5,851 |  | 1,250 |  | 352 |  | 898 |  | 284
Corporate and Other |  | 133 |  | (178) |  | 16 |  | (194) |  | 10
Eliminations(d) |  | (324) |  | 12 |  | (1) |  | 13 |  | -
Comcast Consolidated | $ | 16,151 | $ | 5,330 | $ | 1,916 | $ | 3,414 | $ | 1,726
|  | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014
(in millions) |  | Revenue(e) |  | Operating Income (Loss) Before Depreciation and Amortization(f) |  | Depreciation and Amortization |  | Operating Income (Loss) |  | Capital Expenditures
Cable Communications(a) | $ | 32,827 | $ | 13,428 | $ | 4,749 | $ | 8,679 | $ | 4,282
NBCUniversal |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Cable Networks(b) |  | 7,236 |  | 2,677 |  | 558 |  | 2,119 |  | 30
| Broadcast Television |  | 6,207 |  | 504 |  | 78 |  | 426 |  | 52
| Filmed Entertainment(b) |  | 3,713 |  | 634 |  | 16 |  | 618 |  | 8
| Theme Parks |  | 1,888 |  | 816 |  | 210 |  | 606 |  | 486
| Headquarters and Other(c) |  | 10 |  | (464) |  | 244 |  | (708) |  | 308
| Eliminations(d) |  | (241) |  | (6) |  | - |  | (6) |  | -
NBCUniversal |  | 18,813 |  | 4,161 |  | 1,106 |  | 3,055 |  | 884
Corporate and Other |  | 520 |  | (532) |  | 74 |  | (606) |  | 30
Eliminations(d) |  | (1,117) |  | (11) |  | - |  | (11) |  | -
Comcast Consolidated | $ | 51,043 | $ | 17,046 | $ | 5,929 | $ | 11,117 | $ | 5,196
|  | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
(in millions) |  | Revenue(e) |  | Operating Income (Loss) Before Depreciation and Amortization(f) |  | Depreciation and Amortization |  | Operating Income (Loss) |  | Capital Expenditures
Cable Communications(a) | $ | 31,175 | $ | 12,800 | $ | 4,780 | $ | 8,020 | $ | 3,766
NBCUniversal |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Cable Networks(b) |  | 6,877 |  | 2,572 |  | 549 |  | 2,023 |  | 67
| Broadcast Television |  | 4,893 |  | 205 |  | 74 |  | 131 |  | 38
| Filmed Entertainment(b) |  | 4,004 |  | 291 |  | 11 |  | 280 |  | 4
| Theme Parks |  | 1,669 |  | 747 |  | 218 |  | 529 |  | 427
| Headquarters and Other(c) |  | 25 |  | (416) |  | 193 |  | (609) |  | 271
| Eliminations(d) |  | (282) |  | (5) |  | - |  | (5) |  | -
NBCUniversal |  | 17,186 |  | 3,394 |  | 1,045 |  | 2,349 |  | 807
Corporate and Other |  | 431 |  | (380) |  | 48 |  | (428) |  | 20
Eliminations(d) |  | (1,061) |  | (25) |  | - |  | (25) |  | -
Comcast Consolidated | $ | 47,731 | $ | 15,789 | $ | 5,873 | $ | 9,916 | $ | 4,593
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, Cable Communications segment revenue was derived from the following sources:
|  | Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended
|  | September 30 | September 30
|  | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013
Residential: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Video | 46.9 | % | 48.9 | % | 47.5 | % | 49.4 | %
| High-speed Internet | 25.7 | % | 24.7 | % | 25.6 | % | 24.6 | %
| Voice | 8.3 | % | 8.8 | % | 8.4 | % | 8.8 | %
Business services | 9.2 | % | 8.0 | % | 8.8 | % | 7.6 | %
Advertising | 5.5 | % | 5.2 | % | 5.3 | % | 5.1 | %
Other | 4.4 | % | 4.4 | % | 4.4 | % | 4.5 | %
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 nine months ended September 30, 2014, 2.8% of Cable Communications segment revenue was derived from franchise and other regulatory fees. For both the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, 2.9% of Cable Communications segment revenue was derived from franchise and other reg ulatory fees. Beginning in 2014, Fandango, our movie ticketing and entertainment business that was previously presented in our Cable Networks segment, is now presented in the Filmed Entertainment segment to reflect the change in our management reporting pr esentation. Due to immateriality, prior period amounts have not been adjusted. The change in presentation resulted in the reclassification of $195 million of goodwill from our Cable Networks segment to our Filmed Entertainment segment. NBCUniversal Headqua rters and Other activities includes costs associated with overhead, allocations, personnel costs and headquarter initiatives. 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 g enerates 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 our Cable Commun ications segment receives incentives offered by our Cable Networks segment in connection with its distribution of the Cable Networks’ content that are recorded as a reduction to programming expenses No single customer accounted for a significant amount of revenue in any period. We use operating income (loss) before depreciation and amortization, excluding impairment charges related to fixed and intangible assets and gains or losses on 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. A dditionally, 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 ope rating 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 that of other compa nies 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 (loss) attributable to Comcast Corporation, net cash provided by operating activities, or other measures of performance or liquidity we have reported in accordance with GAAP.
NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |
Financial Data by Business Segment | Note 10: Financial Data by Business Segment We present our operations in four reportable business segments: • Cable Networks: Consists primarily of our national cable networks, our regional sports networks, our international cable networks and our cable television production operations. • Broadcast Television: Consists primarily of the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, our NBC and Telemundo owned local broadcast television stations, and our broadcast television production operations. • Filmed Entertainment: Consists primarily of the studio operations of Universal Pictures, which produces, acquires, markets and distributes filmed entertainment worldwide. • Theme Parks: Consists primarily of our Universal theme parks in Orlando and Hollyw ood. 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 i s presented in the tables below.
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, 2014
(in millions) |  | Revenue(d) |  | Operating Income (Loss) Before Depreciation and Amortization(e) |  | Depreciation and Amortization |  | Operating Income (Loss) |  | Capital Expenditures
| Cable Networks(a) | $ | 2,255 | $ | 868 | $ | 189 | $ | 679 | $ | 11
| Broadcast Television |  | 1,770 |  | 142 |  | 24 |  | 118 |  | 15
| Filmed Entertainment(a) |  | 1,186 |  | 151 |  | 6 |  | 145 |  | 4
| Theme Parks |  | 786 |  | 402 |  | 68 |  | 334 |  | 184
| Headquarters and Other(b) |  | 4 |  | (142) |  | 84 |  | (226) |  | 81
| Eliminations(c) |  | (80) |  | (5) |  | - |  | (5) |  | -
Total | $ | 5,921 | $ | 1,416 | $ | 371 | $ | 1,045 | $ | 295
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
(in millions) |  | Revenue(d) |  | Operating Income (Loss) Before Depreciation and Amortization(e) |  | Depreciation and Amortization |  | Operating Income (Loss) |  | Capital Expenditures
| Cable Networks(a) | $ | 2,239 | $ | 853 | $ | 183 | $ | 670 | $ | 19
| Broadcast Television |  | 1,644 |  | 34 |  | 23 |  | 11 |  | 21
| Filmed Entertainment(a) |  | 1,400 |  | 189 |  | 4 |  | 185 |  | 1
| Theme Parks |  | 661 |  | 343 |  | 73 |  | 270 |  | 142
| Headquarters and Other(b) |  | 7 |  | (167) |  | 69 |  | (236) |  | 101
| Eliminations(c) |  | (100) |  | (2) |  | - |  | (2) |  | -
Total | $ | 5,851 | $ | 1,250 | $ | 352 | $ | 898 | $ | 284
|  | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014
(in millions) |  | Revenue(d) |  | Operating Income (Loss) Before Depreciation and Amortization(e) |  | Depreciation and Amortization |  | Operating Income (Loss) |  | Capital Expenditures
Cable Networks(a) | $ | 7,236 | $ | 2,677 | $ | 558 | $ | 2,119 | $ | 30
Broadcast Television |  | 6,207 |  | 504 |  | 78 |  | 426 |  | 52
Filmed Entertainment(a) |  | 3,713 |  | 634 |  | 16 |  | 618 |  | 8
Theme Parks |  | 1,888 |  | 816 |  | 210 |  | 606 |  | 486
Headquarters and Other(b) |  | 10 |  | (464) |  | 244 |  | (708) |  | 308
Eliminations(c) |  | (241) |  | (6) |  | - |  | (6) |  | -
Total | $ | 18,813 | $ | 4,161 | $ | 1,106 | $ | 3,055 | $ | 884
|  | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
(in millions) |  | Revenue(d) |  | Operating Income (Loss) Before Depreciation and Amortization(e) |  | Depreciation and Amortization |  | Operating Income (Loss) |  | Capital Expenditures
Cable Networks(a) | $ | 6,877 | $ | 2,572 | $ | 549 | $ | 2,023 | $ | 67
Broadcast Television |  | 4,893 |  | 205 |  | 74 |  | 131 |  | 38
Filmed Entertainment(a) |  | 4,004 |  | 291 |  | 11 |  | 280 |  | 4
Theme Parks |  | 1,669 |  | 747 |  | 218 |  | 529 |  | 427
Headquarters and Other(b) |  | 25 |  | (416) |  | 193 |  | (609) |  | 271
Eliminations(c) |  | (282) |  | (5) |  | - |  | (5) |  | -
Total | $ | 17,186 | $ | 3,394 | $ | 1,045 | $ | 2,349 | $ | 807
Beginning in 2014, Fandango, our movie ticketing and entertainment business that was previously presented in our Cable Networks segment, is now presented in the Filmed Entertainment segment to reflect the change in our current management reporting presentation. Due to immateriality, prior period amounts have not been adjusted. The change in presentation resulted in the reclassification of $195 million of goodwill from our Cable Networks segment to our Filmed Entertainment segment. Headquarters and O ther activities include costs associated with overhead, personnel costs and headquarter initiatives. Included in Eliminations are transactions that our segments enter into with one another, which consist primarily of the licensing of film and television co ntent from our Filmed Entertainment and Broadcast Television segments to our Cable Networks segment. No single customer accounted for a significant amount of revenue in any period. We use operating income (loss) before depreciation and amortization, exclud ing impairment charges related to fixed and intangible assets and gains or losses on 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 amortization expense that results 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 o ur 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 that of 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 (loss) attributable to NBCUniversal, net cash provided by operating activities, or other measures of performance or liquidity we have reported in accordance with GAAP.

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