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Consolidated Statement of Income (NBCUniversal) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Mar. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Revenue $ 17,732,000,000us-gaap_Revenues $ 16,791,000,000us-gaap_Revenues $ 16,844,000,000us-gaap_Revenues $ 17,408,000,000us-gaap_Revenues $ 16,926,000,000us-gaap_Revenues $ 16,151,000,000us-gaap_Revenues $ 16,270,000,000us-gaap_Revenues $ 15,310,000,000us-gaap_Revenues $ 68,775,000,000us-gaap_Revenues $ 64,657,000,000us-gaap_Revenues $ 62,570,000,000us-gaap_Revenues
Costs and Expenses:                      
Programming and production                 20,912,000,000cmcsa_ProgrammingAndProductionCosts 19,670,000,000cmcsa_ProgrammingAndProductionCosts 19,929,000,000cmcsa_ProgrammingAndProductionCosts
Other operating and administrative                 19,862,000,000cmcsa_OtherOperatingAndAdministrative 18,584,000,000cmcsa_OtherOperatingAndAdministrative 17,833,000,000cmcsa_OtherOperatingAndAdministrative
Advertising, marketing and promotion                 5,078,000,000us-gaap_MarketingAndAdvertisingExpense 4,969,000,000us-gaap_MarketingAndAdvertisingExpense 4,831,000,000us-gaap_MarketingAndAdvertisingExpense
Depreciation                 6,337,000,000us-gaap_Depreciation 6,254,000,000us-gaap_Depreciation 6,150,000,000us-gaap_Depreciation
Amortization                 1,682,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets 1,617,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets 1,648,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
Total costs and expenses                 53,871,000,000us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 51,094,000,000us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses 50,391,000,000us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
Operating income 3,787,000,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 3,745,000,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 3,804,000,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 3,568,000,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 3,647,000,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 3,414,000,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 3,435,000,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 3,067,000,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 14,904,000,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 13,563,000,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 12,179,000,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Other Income (Expense):                      
Interest expense                 (2,617,000,000)us-gaap_InterestExpense (2,574,000,000)us-gaap_InterestExpense (2,521,000,000)us-gaap_InterestExpense
Investment income (loss), net                 296,000,000us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNonoperating 576,000,000us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNonoperating 219,000,000us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNonoperating
Equity in net income (losses) of investees, net                 97,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments (86,000,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 959,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Other income (expense), net                 (215,000,000)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense (364,000,000)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense 773,000,000us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Nonoperating income (expense)                 (2,439,000,000)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense (2,448,000,000)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense (570,000,000)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes                 12,465,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 11,115,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 11,609,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income tax expense                 (3,873,000,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (3,980,000,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (3,744,000,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income                 8,592,000,000us-gaap_ProfitLoss 7,135,000,000us-gaap_ProfitLoss 7,865,000,000us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Net income attributable to Parent 1,925,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 2,592,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 1,992,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 1,871,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 1,913,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 1,732,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 1,734,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 1,437,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 8,380,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 6,816,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 6,203,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
N B C Universal Media L L C [Member]                      
Revenue                 25,428,000,000us-gaap_Revenues
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
23,650,000,000us-gaap_Revenues
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
23,812,000,000us-gaap_Revenues
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
Costs and Expenses:                      
Programming and production                 12,318,000,000cmcsa_ProgrammingAndProductionCosts
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
11,770,000,000cmcsa_ProgrammingAndProductionCosts
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
12,710,000,000cmcsa_ProgrammingAndProductionCosts
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
Other operating and administrative                 5,364,000,000cmcsa_OtherOperatingAndAdministrative
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
4,949,000,000cmcsa_OtherOperatingAndAdministrative
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
4,763,000,000cmcsa_OtherOperatingAndAdministrative
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
Advertising, marketing and promotion                 2,158,000,000us-gaap_MarketingAndAdvertisingExpense
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
2,199,000,000us-gaap_MarketingAndAdvertisingExpense
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
2,232,000,000us-gaap_MarketingAndAdvertisingExpense
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
Depreciation                 654,000,000us-gaap_Depreciation
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
639,000,000us-gaap_Depreciation
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
562,000,000us-gaap_Depreciation
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
Amortization                 841,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
772,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
764,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
Total costs and expenses                 21,335,000,000us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
20,329,000,000us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
21,031,000,000us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
Operating income                 4,093,000,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
3,321,000,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
2,781,000,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
Other Income (Expense):                      
Interest expense                 (508,000,000)us-gaap_InterestExpense
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
(515,000,000)us-gaap_InterestExpense
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
(480,000,000)us-gaap_InterestExpense
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
Investment income (loss), net                 27,000,000us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNonoperating
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
17,000,000us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNonoperating
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
27,000,000us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNonoperating
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
Equity in net income (losses) of investees, net                 46,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
(93,000,000)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
183,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
Other income (expense), net                 (218,000,000)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
(402,000,000)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
917,000,000us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
Nonoperating income (expense)                 (653,000,000)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
(993,000,000)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
647,000,000us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
Income before income taxes                 3,440,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
2,328,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
3,428,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
Income tax expense                 (143,000,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
(206,000,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
(197,000,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
Net income                 3,297,000,000us-gaap_ProfitLoss
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
2,122,000,000us-gaap_ProfitLoss
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
3,231,000,000us-gaap_ProfitLoss
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests                 (182,000,000)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
(154,000,000)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
(176,000,000)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
Net income attributable to Parent                 $ 3,115,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
$ 1,968,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
$ 3,055,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember