Postretirement, Pension and Other Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

			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 costs 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 costs 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