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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income (USD $)
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Mar. 31, 2015
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Mar. 31, 2014
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| Revenue | $ 17,853,000,000us-gaap_Revenues | $ 17,408,000,000us-gaap_Revenues |
| Costs and Expenses: | ||
| Programming and production | 5,463,000,000cmcsa_ProgrammingAndProductionCosts | 5,908,000,000cmcsa_ProgrammingAndProductionCosts |
| Other operating and administrative | 5,079,000,000cmcsa_OtherOperatingAndAdministrative | 4,749,000,000cmcsa_OtherOperatingAndAdministrative |
| Advertising, marketing and promotion | 1,355,000,000us-gaap_MarketingAndAdvertisingExpense | 1,213,000,000us-gaap_MarketingAndAdvertisingExpense |
| Depreciation | 1,634,000,000us-gaap_Depreciation | 1,569,000,000us-gaap_Depreciation |
| Amortization | 432,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets | 401,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets |
| Total costs and expenses | 13,963,000,000us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses | 13,840,000,000us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses |
| Operating income | 3,890,000,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss | 3,568,000,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss |
| Other Income (Expense): | ||
| Interest expense | (656,000,000)us-gaap_InterestExpense | (642,000,000)us-gaap_InterestExpense |
| Investment income (loss), net | 33,000,000us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNonoperating | 113,000,000us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNonoperating |
| Equity in net income (losses) of investees, net | 33,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments | 32,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments |
| Other income (expense), net | 102,000,000us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense | (15,000,000)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense |
| Nonoperating income (expense) | (488,000,000)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense | (512,000,000)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense |
| Income before income taxes | 3,402,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | 3,056,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest |
| Income tax expense | (1,261,000,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | (1,118,000,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit |
| Net income | 2,141,000,000us-gaap_ProfitLoss | 1,938,000,000us-gaap_ProfitLoss |
| Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable subsidiary preferred stock | (82,000,000)cmcsa_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterestsAndRedeemableSubsidiaryPreferredStock | (67,000,000)cmcsa_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterestsAndRedeemableSubsidiaryPreferredStock |
| Net income attributable to Parent | 2,059,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | 1,871,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss |
| Basic earnings per common share attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders | $ 0.82us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic | $ 0.72us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic |
| Diluted earnings per common share attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders | $ 0.81us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted | $ 0.71us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted |
| Dividends declared per common share | $ 0.25us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared | $ 0.225us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared |
| NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] | ||
| Revenue | 6,604,000,000us-gaap_Revenues / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
6,876,000,000us-gaap_Revenues / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
| Costs and Expenses: | ||
| Programming and production | 3,171,000,000cmcsa_ProgrammingAndProductionCosts / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
3,742,000,000cmcsa_ProgrammingAndProductionCosts / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
| Other operating and administrative | 1,334,000,000cmcsa_OtherOperatingAndAdministrative / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
1,274,000,000cmcsa_OtherOperatingAndAdministrative / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
| Advertising, marketing and promotion | 605,000,000us-gaap_MarketingAndAdvertisingExpense / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
549,000,000us-gaap_MarketingAndAdvertisingExpense / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
| Depreciation | 160,000,000us-gaap_Depreciation / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
162,000,000us-gaap_Depreciation / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
| Amortization | 204,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
203,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
| Total costs and expenses | 5,474,000,000us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
5,930,000,000us-gaap_CostsAndExpenses / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
| Operating income | 1,130,000,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
946,000,000us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
| Other Income (Expense): | ||
| Interest expense | (124,000,000)us-gaap_InterestExpense / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
(129,000,000)us-gaap_InterestExpense / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
| Investment income (loss), net | (2,000,000)us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNonoperating / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
6,000,000us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNonoperating / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
| Equity in net income (losses) of investees, net | 20,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
18,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
| Other income (expense), net | (58,000,000)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
(36,000,000)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
| Nonoperating income (expense) | (164,000,000)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
(141,000,000)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
| Income before income taxes | 966,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
805,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
| Income tax expense | (48,000,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
(64,000,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
| Net income | 918,000,000us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
741,000,000us-gaap_ProfitLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
| Net income attributable to Parent | $ 852,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
$ 682,000,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss / dei_LegalEntityAxis = cmcsa_NBCUniversalMediaLLCMember |
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