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CA 1999 / 1999 revenue: 6,2 MM$ (+20,7%)
Bénéfices 1999 / 1999 income: 1 MM$ (+9,6%)

Combine commerce and broadcasting and you get Comcast, a cable TV operator with about 8.2 million subscribers. The third-largest US cable operator, behind AT&T Broadband and Time Warner, Comcast is upgrading its systems to fiber-optics and offering broadband services such as digital cable and high-speed cable modem Internet access. The company owns stakes in electronic retailer QVC and programmer E! Entertainment Television, among others. It also has a two-thirds stake in Comcast-Spectacor, a venture that owns Philadelphia's Flyers hockey team and 76ers basketball team. Comcast is controlled by its president, Brian Roberts, son of founder and chairman Ralph Roberts.

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• Comcast est l'un des plus gros câblo-opérateurs américains avec 8,2 millions d'abonnés,
• PrimeStar, opérateur satellite américain, est détenu à:
  • 37% par TCI Satellite Entertainment,
  • 30% par Time Warner,
  • 10% par AT&T,
  • 10% par Comcast,
  • 9% par Cox Communications,
  • 4% par General Electrics,
  • American Sky Broadcasting (ASkyB) détient 1 MM$ d'actions sans droit de vote et va fournir des satellites. ASkyB est détenu à 80% par News Corp. - la compagnie de Ruppert Murdoch - et à 20% par WorldCom.

• Comcast is one of the U.S. largest cable operator with 8.2 million subscribers,
• PrimeStar, an American satellite operator, is owned at:
  • 37% by TCI Satellite Entertainment,
  • 30% by Time Warner,
  • 10% by AT&T,
  • 10% by Comcast,
  • 9% by Cox Communications,
  • 4% by General Electrics,
  • American Sky Broadcasting (ASkyB) owns 1 billion dollar of non-voting shares and will provide some satellites.. ASkyB is owned at 80% by News Corp. - Ruppert Murdoch's company- and at 20% by WorldCom.

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• Comcast possède des parts dans Sprint PCS, la filiale cellulaire de Sprint.

• Comcast holds some shares of Sprint PCS, the cellular subsidiary of Sprint.