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Postretirement, Pension and Other Employee Benefit Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Postretirement And Pension Benefits |
|  |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Year ended December 31 (in millions) |  | Postretirement Benefits |  | Pension Benefits |  | Postretirement Benefits |  | Pension Benefits |  | Postretirement Benefits |  | Pension Benefits |
Benefit obligation | $ | 837 |  | $ | 581 |  | $ | 633 |  | $ | 498 |  | $ | 703 |  | $ | 805 |
Fair value of plan assets(a) |  | - |  |  | 242 |  |  | - |  |  | 220 |  |  | - |  |  | 403 |
Plan funded status and recorded |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| benefit obligation |  | (837) |  |  | (339) |  |  | (633) |  |  | (278) |  |  | (703) |  |  | (402) |
Portion of benefit obligation not |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| yet recognized in benefits expense |  | 46 |  |  | 53 |  |  | (110) |  |  | (3) |  |  | 17 |  |  | 151 |
Benefits expense(b) |  | 59 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 65 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 60 |  |  | 163 |
Discount rate |  | 4.25 | % | 3.75-4.25 | % |  | 5.00-5.25 | % | 4.50-5.25 | % |  | 4.25 | % | 3.25-4.25 | %
Expected return on plan assets |  | N/A |  |  | 5.00 | % |  | N/A |  |  | 5.00 | % |  | N/A |  |  | 5.00 | %
(a) The fair value of the plan assets are primarily based on Level 1 inputs that use quoted market prices for identical financial instruments in an active market. (b) We did not recognize service costs related to our pension plans in 2014 and 2013 as the plans were frozen. The 2012 amount included service cost s related to our pension benefits of $139 million.
Deferred Compensation Plans |
Year ended December 31 (in millions) |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Benefit obligation | $ | 1,774 | $ | 1,434 | $ | 1,247
Interest expense | $ | 149 | $ | 128 | $ | 107
Benefit Obligation and Expense for Our Split-Dollar Life Insurance Agreements |
Year ended December 31 (in millions) |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Benefit obligation | $ | 217 | $ | 212 | $ | 202
Other operating and administrative expenses | $ | 52 | $ | 50 | $ | 58
NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |
Postretirement And Pension Benefits |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Year ended December 31 (in millions) | Postretirement Benefits |  | Pension Benefits |  | Postretirement Benefits |  | Pension Benefits |  | Postretirement Benefits |  | Pension Benefits |
Benefit obligation | $ | 209 |  | $ | 581 |  | $ | 158 |  | $ | 498 |  | $ | 177 |  | $ | 546 |
Fair value of plan assets(a) |  | - |  |  | 242 |  |  | - |  |  | 220 |  |  | - |  |  | 217 |
Plan funded status and recorded |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| benefit obligation |  | (209) |  |  | (339) |  |  | (158) |  |  | (278) |  |  | (177) |  |  | (329) |
Portion of benefit obligation not yet |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| recognized in benefit expense |  | (3) |  |  | 53 |  |  | (44) |  |  | (3) |  |  | (11) |  |  | 53 |
Benefits expense(b) |  | 12 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 142 |
Discount rate |  | 4.25 | % |  | 3.75-4.25 | % |  | 5.25 | % |  | 4.50-5.25 | % |  | 4.25 | % |  | 3.75-4.25 | %
Expected return on plan assets |  | N/A |  |  | 5.00 | % |  | N/A |  |  | 5.00 | % |  | N/A |  |  | 5.00 | %
(a) The fair value of the plan assets are primarily based on Level 1 inputs that use quoted market prices for identical financial instruments in an active market. (b) We did not recognize service costs related to our pension plans in 2014 and 2013 as the plans were frozen. The 2012 amount included service cost s related to our pension benefits of $134 million.
Deferred Compensation Plans |
Year ended December 31 (in millions) |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Benefit obligation | $ | 349 | $ | 250 | $ | 163
Interest expense | $ | 24 | $ | 18 | $ | 11

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the change in the benefit obligation of pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans from the beginning to the end of the period, showing separately, if applicable, the effects of the following: service cost, interest cost, contributions by plan participants, actuarial gains and losses, foreign currency exchange rate changes, benefits paid, plan amendments, business combinations, divestitures, curtailments, settlements, and special and contractual termination benefits. Disclosure also includes the certain accumulated beneift obligations dislcosure and the assumptions used to determine for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans the benefit obligation and net benefit cost. + References No definition available. + Details
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