Supplemental Financial Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Note 11: Supplemental Financial Information

Receivables
	September 30,		December 31,
(in millions)	2014		2013
Receivables, gross	$	6,679	$	6,972
Less: Allowance for returns and customer incentives		284		375
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts		223		221
Receivables, net	$	6,172	$	6,376

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
	September 30,		September 30,
(in millions)	2014		2013
Unrealized gains (losses) on marketable securities	$	3	$	18
Deferred gains (losses) on cash flow hedges		(29)		(47)
Unrecognized gains (losses) on employee benefit obligations		70		(50)
Cumulative translation adjustments		(41)		(31)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of deferred taxes	$	3	$	(110)

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
		Nine Months Ended
		September 30
(in millions)		2014		2013
Net income		$	6,596	$	5,167
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
	Depreciation and amortization		5,929		5,873
	Share-based compensation		386		312
	Noncash interest expense (income), net		132		122
	Equity in net (income) losses of investees, net		(87)		96
	Cash received from investees		71		89
	Net (gain) loss on investment activity and other		(24)		(239)
	Deferred income taxes		358		(52)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and divestitures:
	Current and noncurrent receivables, net		89		145
	Film and television costs, net^(a)		(471)		408
	Accounts payable and accrued expenses related to trade creditors		119		(108)
	Other operating assets and liabilities		(796)		(134)
Net cash provided by operating activities		$	12,302	$	11,679

Comprised of additions to our film and television cost assets of $7,198 million and $5,590 million, net of film and television cost amortization of $6,727 million and $5,998 million in 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Cash Payments for Interest and Income Taxes
	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30				September 30
(in millions)		2014		2013		2014		2013
Interest	$	656	$	636	$	1,820	$	1,768
Income taxes	$	974	$	958	$	2,878	$	3,180

Noncash Investing and Financing Activities

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014:

• we acquired $847 million of property and equipment and intangible assets that were accrued but unpaid

• we recorded a liability of $580 million for a quarterly cash dividend of $0.225 per common share paid in October 2014

• we used $3.2 billion of equity securities to settle our obligations under certain prepaid forward sale agreements

NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member]

Supplemental Financial Information

Note 9: Supplemental Financial Information

Receivables
	September 30,		December 31,
(in millions)	2014		2013
Receivables, gross	$	5,134	$	5,348
Less: Allowance for returns and customer incentives		281		372
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts		69		65
Receivables, net	$	4,784	$	4,911

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
	September 30,		September 30,
(in millions)	2014		2013
Unrealized gains (losses) on marketable securities	$	3	$	-
Deferred gains (losses) on cash flow hedges		4		(5)
Unrecognized gains (losses) on employee benefit obligations		45		(51)
Cumulative translation adjustments		(64)		(47)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of deferred taxes	$	(12)	$	(103)

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
		Nine Months Ended
		September 30
(in millions)		2014		2013
Net income		$	2,416	$	1,319
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
	Depreciation and amortization		1,106		1,045
	Share-based compensation		-		7
	Equity in net (income) losses of investees, net		(49)		105
	Cash received from investees		50		73
	Net (gain) loss on investment activity and other		83		347
	Deferred income taxes		52		(6)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and divestitures:
	Current and noncurrent receivables, net		7		142
	Film and television costs, net^(a)		(483)		368
	Accounts payable and accrued expenses related to trade creditors		(183)		(262)
	Other operating assets and liabilities		157		596
Net cash provided by operating activities		$	3,156	$	3,734

Comprised of additions to our film and television cost assets of $7,188 million and $5,577 million, net of film and television cost amortization of $6,705 million and $5,945 million in 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Cash Payments for Interest and Income Taxes
	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30				September 30
(in millions)		2014		2013		2014		2013
Interest	$	38	$	38	$	294	$	262
Income taxes	$	31	$	59	$	141	$	161

Noncash Investing and Financing Activities

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014:

• we acquired $194 million of property and equipment and intangible assets that were accrued but unpaid