v2.4.1.9

Long-Term Debt (Debt Repayments) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Repurchases and repayments of debt	$ 3,175,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfOtherDebt	$ 2,444,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfOtherDebt	$ 2,881,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfOtherDebt
NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member]
Repurchases and repayments of debt	906,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfOtherDebt / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember	92,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfOtherDebt / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember	413,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfOtherDebt / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
NBCUniversal Enterprise Credit Facility [Member]
Repurchases and repayments of debt	1,250,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfOtherDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cmcsa_NbcuniversalEnterpriseCreditFacilityMember
Senior 5.3% Notes Due 2014 [Member]
Repurchases and repayments of debt	1,000,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfOtherDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cmcsa_Senior53NotesDue2014Member
Interest rate	5.30%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cmcsa_Senior53NotesDue2014Member
Maturity date	2014
Senior 2.1% Notes Due 2014 [Member]
Repurchases and repayments of debt	900,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfOtherDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cmcsa_Senior21NotesDue2014Member
Interest rate	2.10%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cmcsa_Senior21NotesDue2014Member
Maturity date	2014
Senior 2.1% Notes Due 2014 [Member] | NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member]
Repurchases and repayments of debt	900,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfOtherDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cmcsa_Senior21NotesDue2014Member / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
Interest rate	2.10%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cmcsa_Senior21NotesDue2014Member / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember
Maturity date	2014
Other Long-Term Debt [Member]
Repurchases and repayments of debt	$ 25,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfOtherDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = cmcsa_OtherLongTermDebtMember

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