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Comcast Corp: Form 10-K for the period ended Dec 31, 2025

Filed with the SEC on Feb 3, 2026 and accepted by EDGAR at Feb 3, 2026, 21:09 ET.

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We are a global media and technology company that reaches customers, viewers and guests worldwide through the connectivity and platforms services we provide and the content and experiences we create. We deliver broadband, wireless, video and voice services primarily under the Xfinity, Comcast Business, Sky and NOW brands; produce, distribute and stream leading entertainment, sports and news through brands including NBC, Telemundo, Universal, Peacock and Sky; and own and operate Universal theme parks.

We operate two primary businesses:

  • Connectivity & Platforms: Contains our broadband, wireless, video and wireline voice businesses in the United States, United Kingdom and Italy (collectively, the “Connectivity & Platforms markets”). Also includes the operations of our Sky-branded entertainment television networks in the United Kingdom and Italy. Our Connectivity & Platforms business is reported in two segments, Residential Connectivity & Platforms and Business Services Connectivity.
  • Content & Experiences: Contains our media and entertainment businesses that produce and distribute entertainment, sports, news and other content for global audiences and that own and operate theme parks and attractions in the United States and Asia. Our Content & Experiences business is reported in three segments, Media, Studios and Theme Parks.

On January 2, 2026, we completed the previously announced separation of Versant Media Group, Inc. (“Versant”) into an independent, publicly traded company with its Class A common stock listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbol “VSNT” (the “Separation”). The Versant business is comprised of certain of our former cable television networks, including MS NOW (formerly MSNBC), CNBC, USA Network, Golf Channel, E!, SYFY and Oxygen, and complementary digital platforms, including GolfNow, Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes and SportsEngine.

The Versant business was not operated as a distinct business unit or division of Comcast. The Separation was structured to qualify as a tax-free spin-off for U.S. federal income tax purposes and achieved through the transfer of assets and liabilities comprising the Versant business to Versant and its subsidiaries, followed by the distribution on January 2, 2026 of 100% of the shares of Versant common stock to shareholders of Comcast as of the close of business on the record date of December 16, 2025 (the “Distribution”). For additional information, refer to Note 16 to the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The Versant businesses were included in Comcast’s Media segment and consolidated results for all periods presented, and accordingly the discussion that follows includes the Versant businesses unless otherwise indicated.

For additional information on our businesses and segments, refer to Item 7: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Description of Our Businesses

Connectivity & Platforms Business

Residential Connectivity & Platforms Segment

Our Residential Connectivity & Platforms segment primarily includes:

  • Residential broadband and wireless services (collectively, “Residential Connectivity”)
  • Residential and business video services, advertising, residential voice services, and Sky-branded entertainment television networks

We offer services to customers individually and as bundled services at a discounted rate.

Residential Connectivity

Broadband

We offer broadband services in the United States over our hybrid fiber-optic and coaxial (“HFC”) network, as well as through direct fiber-to-the-premises connections for certain customers, and internationally in the United Kingdom and Italy by leveraging networks owned by third-party telecommunications providers.

Our domestic broadband offerings have a range of service levels, including up to gigabit-plus downstream speeds that we offer across nearly our entire footprint. As part of our low-income broadband adoption program, we offer qualifying domestic customers broadband services at discounted rates through our Internet Essentials and Internet Essentials Plus services, with downstream speeds of up to 75 and 100 megabits per second, respectively. We also offer prepaid domestic broadband services with downstream speeds of up to 200 megabits per second marketed under the NOW brand and offer monthly access to our network of Wi-Fi hotspots.

We continue to evolve and enhance our domestic network capabilities, including deploying technology in select markets that will enable us to deliver multigigabit symmetrical broadband speeds (i.e., comparable upstream and downstream speeds), as described in the Network and Technology discussion below.

The map below highlights our domestic network footprint by zip code and the markets where we had 250,000 or more domestic residential broadband customers as of December 31, 2025.

Our international broadband services primarily include fiber-to-the-premises and fiber-to-the-cabinet offerings.

As part of our domestic and international broadband services, we offer customers our advanced, proprietary wireless gateways that combine an internet modem with a Wi-Fi router to deliver reliable internet speeds and enhanced coverage through an in-and-out-of-home Wi-Fi network. In addition, customers may personalize and manage their Wi-Fi network and connected devices with our mobile apps and online portal. Broadband customers have access to our network of Wi-Fi hotspots.

Wireless

We offer wireless services for wireless handsets, tablets and smart watches (“wireless devices”) to residential customers in the United States and the United Kingdom using mobile virtual network operator (“MVNO”) rights. Our domestic wireless services are offered over Verizon’s wireless network and our existing network of secure residential, outdoor and business Wi-Fi hotspots, and are offered initially only as part of our bundled service offerings to customers that subscribe to our qualifying broadband services.

Wireless customers may activate multiple lines per account. We offer services to domestic customers through unlimited data plans. We also offer prepaid unlimited data plans marketed under the NOW brand. We offer services to international customers through various gigabyte plans or an unlimited data plan. Customers may either bring their own wireless device or purchase wireless devices from us with the option to pay upfront or finance the purchase interest-free over 24 to 36 months for domestic customers and over 24 to 48 months for international customers.

Video

We offer video services to residential and business customers. Our video packages range from a basic to full linear service and typically include free-to-air networks, a variety of other linear television networks including premium, sports and news networks, and certain direct-to-consumer streaming services (“DTC streaming services”) such as Peacock, Disney+ and Netflix. Our international video packages also include Sky-branded entertainment television networks that offer entertainment, premium movie and free-to-air programming, as well as Sky Sports networks which are part of our Media segment. We also offer certain bundled DTC streaming services to our domestic and international broadband customers.

Our video services are provided primarily through our X1 platform in the United States over our network, and through our Sky Q platform in the United Kingdom and Italy using a combination of satellite transmission and broadband connections. X1 and Sky Q are cloud-based platforms that leverage set-top boxes and voice-activated remote controls to provide integrated features, including search functionality, that operate across content in customers’ video service packages; streaming content and music from internet-based apps, including DTC streaming services; and pay-per-view and video on demand programming that is available for no additional cost or to rent or buy.

We also offer Xumo Stream Box devices to our domestic broadband customers. The Xumo Stream Box provides access to and integration of content from internet-based apps and pay-per-view and video on demand programming that is available over the internet, similar to the integrated content provided through our X1 platform. Our video services are also offered in the United Kingdom and Italy over a broadband connection without the need for a satellite dish. These services have an operating system similar to Sky Q and are offered to customers through Sky Stream, which leverages a streaming device and Wi-Fi, or to customers that purchase our Sky Glass smart televisions.

We also offer international and domestic DTC streaming services marketed under the NOW brand, which provide video content over the internet and do not require a set-top box. Our international NOW service offerings include packages for monthly access to entertainment, sports and movie programming, as well as daily pass options for sports programming. Our domestic NOW TV service, which is only offered to qualifying residential broadband customers, includes monthly access to a variety of linear television networks and other programming; integrated access to free streaming channels from Xumo Play, NBC and Sky; and access to an ad-supported tier of Peacock.

Advertising

As part of our distribution agreements with domestic cable networks, we generally receive an allocation of scheduled advertising time that our advertising business sells, and we also sell advertising on our Sky-branded entertainment television networks and on our digital platforms. We also enter into representation agreements under which we sell advertising on behalf of third parties both domestically and internationally. Additionally, we offer technology, tools, data-driven services and marketplace solutions to customers in the media industry to facilitate effective engagement of advertisers with their target audiences.

Other

We offer residential wireline voice services primarily using interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) technology, and we offer residential security and automation services. We also license our technology platforms to other multichannel video providers and distribute certain of our Sky-branded entertainment television networks to third-party video service providers.

Business Services Connectivity Segment

Our Business Services Connectivity segment consists primarily of offerings under the Comcast Business brand, including domestic service offerings for small businesses that include broadband, wireline voice and wireless services, and domestic and international enterprise solutions offerings for medium-sized customers and larger enterprises with multiple locations. Certain business customers subscribe to our video services, and the associated revenue is included in our Residential Connectivity & Platforms segment. Our business services connectivity offerings in the United Kingdom are operated under the Sky Business brand.

Our domestic broadband offerings have a range of service levels, including fiber-based services that deliver symmetrical speeds ranging up to 100 gigabits per second, with up to 400 gigabits per second for certain customers. Our domestic wireless services are offered to business customers over Verizon’s wireless network and beginning in 2026, we will also use T-Mobile’s wireless network.

Our small business broadband, wireline voice and wireless service offerings are similar to those provided to our residential customers and also include cloud-based cybersecurity services, wireless backup connectivity, advanced Wi-Fi solutions, video monitoring services and other cloud-based services.

Our enterprise solutions offerings also include ethernet network services, which connect multiple locations and provide higher downstream and upstream broadband speed options, advanced voice services, and a software-defined networking product. Larger enterprises may also receive support services related to Wi-Fi networks, router management, network security, business continuity risks and other services. These services are primarily provided to Fortune 1000 companies and other large enterprises with multiple locations both within and outside of our distribution footprint, where we provide coverage outside of our service areas through agreements with other companies to use their networks.

Network and Technology

Our Connectivity & Platforms businesses use our HFC network in the United States, which we believe is sufficiently flexible and scalable to support our future technology requirements and enables us to continue to grow capacity and capabilities over time. This network provides the two-way transmissions required to provide connectivity services and interactive video and entertainment services through our platforms, and consists primarily of headends, fiber-optic and coaxial cables owned or leased by us, and equipment such as lasers, routers, switches and content distribution servers.

Our network and its continued evolution include:

  • Leveraging DOCSIS 3.1 to offer up to gigabit-plus downstream broadband speeds to residential and business customers, with multigigabit downstream broadband speeds available to approximately 60% of our residential customers.
  • Deploying fiber-to-the-premises with symmetrical speed offerings ranging up to 10 gigabits per second to residential customers who request that service, subject to local construction constraints, and up to 100 gigabits per second to business customers, with up to 400 gigabits per second to certain business customers.
  • Executing on our multi-year strategy to evolve our existing HFC network, including the rollout of DOCSIS 4.0 in select markets, which allows for multigigabit symmetrical speeds. We are also virtualizing and automating our core network functions to enhance capacity, efficiency and reliability.
  • Extending our network to new homes and businesses, both within existing markets and into new service areas, with a growing portion of new passings connected with fiber. We also partner with local, state and federal agencies, when possible, to provide services to unserved and underserved communities leveraging governmental subsidies where available.
  • Offering domestic wireless services using an MVNO agreement that allows us to offer services using Verizon’s wireless network along with our existing network of Wi-Fi hotspots across our network. In 2026, our domestic wireless services offered to business customers will also begin using T-Mobile’s wireless network under an MVNO agreement.

The components of our domestic network require periodic maintenance and replacement and are primarily located on owned and leased properties, and in locations under agreements with local public utilities and municipalities. We operate national and regional data centers with equipment that is used to provide our services, and we maintain network operations centers with equipment necessary to monitor and manage the status of our services and network.

Our international services are offered leveraging third-party networks, as well as our own core fiber network for broadband and wireline voice services in the United Kingdom. The related operating plant and equipment used to provide our video and connectivity services includes leased satellite system signal receiving, encoding and decoding devices, and owned and leased headends and distribution networks, including coaxial, fiber-optic cables and other related equipment. For a majority of international customers, our video platform is delivered via one-way digital satellite transmission that uses satellites leased from third parties for the distribution of television networks, augmented by a set-top box and two-way broadband connectivity. We offer broadband and wireline voice services in the United Kingdom and Italy using third-party networks. In many cases, the fee for us to access these networks is on regulated terms. The ranges of service levels and speeds we offer are dependent upon the capabilities and reach of these third-party networks. We offer wireless services in the United Kingdom using a combination of a third party’s network and our own mobile core network.

Our Connectivity & Platforms business engineering teams continue to focus on technology initiatives to develop and deploy next-generation media, content delivery, content aggregation and streaming platforms that support X1, Sky Q, NOW, Sky Stream, Sky Glass and Xumo. These platforms are based on our global technology platform and integrate linear television networks, DTC streaming services and other internet-based apps, and on demand programming into a unified experience with voice-activated remote-control search and interactive features. We also continue to focus on leveraging our own cloud network services to deliver video and advanced search capabilities. Our Connectivity & Platforms businesses also focus on technology initiatives related to broadband and wireless services that leverage our global technology platform, including providing our customers with in-and-out-of-home Wi-Fi, the ability to manage their Wi-Fi network and connected home with our mobile apps and online portal, advanced security technology, and other features.

Programming

To offer video services, Residential Connectivity & Platforms licenses substantial amounts of linear television programming from both third parties and our Media segment. The fees associated with distribution agreements from programmers are generally based on the number of subscribers receiving the television network programming and a per subscriber fee, although programming expenses for certain television networks are based on a fixed fee. Some agreements also include rights to offer such programming through multiple delivery platforms, such as through our on demand services, online portal, mobile apps, the Xumo Stream Box, or our NOW and NOW TV streaming services. Certain distribution agreements also include access to the programmer’s DTC streaming service.

The programming on our Sky-branded entertainment television networks includes content licensed from both third parties and our Studios segment, including certain original content, and the most significant agreements for the licensing of film and television entertainment content include rights with Paramount, Warner Bros. and our Studios segment, certain of which are exclusive rights.

Other Sources of Supply and Operations

We purchase from a limited number of suppliers a significant amount of customer premise equipment, including wireless gateways and set-top boxes, network equipment, and services to provide our broadband and video services to residential and business customers. We also purchase from a limited number of suppliers a significant number of wireless devices. We use a limited number of vendors to provide customer billing for our residential and business customers.

Our technical services groups perform various tasks, including installations, plant maintenance and upgrades to our domestic network, and servicing and upgrades of customer premise equipment. The service vehicles used by our technical services groups are primarily owned. Our customer service teams provide primarily 24/7 call-answering capability and other services.

Competition

Residential Connectivity & Platforms

Broadband

We compete with a number of companies, many with significant financial resources, that offer internet services, including:

  • wireline telecommunications companies
  • wireless telecommunications companies
  • municipal broadband networks and power companies
  • satellite broadband providers

Certain wireline telecommunications companies, such as AT&T, Lumen and Verizon in the United States and BT and Virgin Media O2 in the United Kingdom, have built and are continuing to build fiber-based wireline network infrastructure further into their networks, which enables them to provide data transmission speeds that exceed those that can be provided with traditional copper digital subscriber line (“DSL”) technology, and are offering services with these higher speeds in many of our service areas. Certain companies that offer DSL services have increased data transmission speeds, lowered prices or created bundled services to compete with our broadband services.

Various wireless companies, such as AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, offer internet services using a variety of wireless technologies, including 5G fixed wireless networks and 4G and 5G wireless broadband services. These networks work with devices such as smartphones, laptops, tablets, and mobile and fixed wireless routers, as well as wireless data cards. Wireless companies and satellite broadband providers have also purchased, and may continue to purchase, spectrum to increase their capacity to provide broadband and wireless services.

Other companies and municipalities have launched fiber-based or newer satellite-based broadband technologies that provide services in certain areas in which we operate.

Domestic broadband-deployment funding initiatives at federal and state levels may result in other service providers deploying subsidized internet access within our footprint. The availability of these and other offerings could negatively impact the demand for our domestic broadband services.

Wireless

We compete with national and regional wireless service providers in the United States, and with wireless service providers in the United Kingdom, that offer wireless service on both a stand-alone basis and with other services as bundled offerings.

Video

We compete with a number of companies offering video services in the Connectivity & Platforms markets, including:

  • DTC streaming service providers and aggregators, including:
  • subscription-based services, such as Disney+ and Netflix, that offer online services that enable internet streaming and downloading of movies, television shows and other video programming
  • virtual multichannel video providers, such as Hulu + Live TV and YouTube TV, that offer streamed linear television networks
  • free ad-supported television services
  • companies that offer streaming devices that access and integrate streaming content
  • direct broadcast satellite (“DBS”) providers that transmit satellite signals to substantially all households in the United States to provide video programming and other information similar to our video services
  • companies that have built and continue to build fiber-based networks that provide video services similar to ours and provide bundled offerings that include wireless and/or broadband services
  • other providers that build and operate communications systems and services in the same areas that we serve, including traditional providers of linear television programming
  • a broad array of other online content providers, such as social networking platforms and user-generated content providers
  • other companies, such as broadcast television stations, that provide multiple free-to-air networks

Similar to the competitive environment in our Media segment, our Sky-branded entertainment television networks compete for the distribution of our television network programming to third-party video service providers and for viewers’ attention and audience share.

Advertising

We compete for the sale of advertising with digital properties, including an increasing number of ad-supported DTC streaming service providers, and other online content providers, such as social networking platforms and user-generated content providers, as well as with television networks and stations, and with all other advertising platforms. Similar to the competitive environment in our Media segment, the willingness of advertisers to purchase advertising from us may be adversely affected by declines in audience ratings and television viewership, difficulty in measuring fragmented audiences and the increasing number of entertainment choices available. Our advertising is sold to local, regional and national advertisers, and competition is affected by the market conditions in the specific geographic locations in which we operate. We also compete with companies offering technology, tools and other services to customers in the media industry.

Business Services Connectivity

Business Services Connectivity primarily competes with wireline telecommunications companies and wide area network managed service providers. Competition for our connectivity services for small business customers is generally similar to that in the Residential Connectivity & Platforms segment. We compete for the sale of enterprise solutions offerings primarily with wide area network managed service providers, cloud-based application service providers and other telecommunication carriers.

Seasonality and Cyclicality

Results in our Residential Connectivity & Platforms segment are impacted by the seasonal nature of residential customers receiving our services, including in college and vacation markets in the United States, and by the timing of the European football seasons in our international markets, which generally result in negative impacts to net customer relationship additions/(losses) in the second quarter of each year.

Similar to seasonal and cyclical variations in our Media segment, advertising revenue is subject to cyclical patterns and changes in viewership levels, driven by the timing of the winter holiday season, political campaigns, sports seasons and when programming is aired.

Content & Experiences Business

Media Segment

We operate our Media segment as a combined television and streaming business, which primarily includes:

  • NBCUniversal’s national and regional cable networks
  • NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks and owned local broadcast television stations
  • Peacock DTC streaming service
  • International television networks, including Sky Sports networks in the United Kingdom and Italy

We distribute a wide variety of programming on our linear television networks, Peacock and other digital properties to appeal to consumers with varying preferences across demographics and geographic areas.

Revenue is primarily generated from the sale of advertising and from the distribution of our television and streaming programming.

We sell advertising on our linear television networks, Peacock and other digital properties. Our advertising sales are affected by the prices we charge for each advertising unit, which are generally based on the size and demographics of our viewing audiences, audience ratings on our television networks, the number of advertising units we can place in our programming and on our digital properties, and our ability to sell advertising across our television and streaming business.

We receive fees from the distribution of our television networks to traditional multichannel video providers, such as our Residential Connectivity & Platforms segment, and from virtual multichannel video providers that offer streamed linear television networks. Our distribution agreements are generally multiyear, with revenue based on the number of subscribers receiving the programming on our television networks and a per subscriber fee, although revenue for certain of our television networks is based on a fixed fee. These fees include amounts for our owned television networks, including under NBC and Telemundo retransmission consent agreements, as well as associated fees from NBC-affiliated and Telemundo-affiliated local broadcast television stations. We also receive subscription fees for our Peacock DTC streaming service either directly from customers or from companies who sell Peacock to customers on our behalf.

We also generate revenue from the licensing of our owned content and technology and from various digital properties.

Domestic Cable Networks

The table below presents a summary of NBCUniversal’s national cable networks and their advertising reach to U.S. households as of December 31, 2025, which operated predominately in the United States. The cable networks listed, with the exception of Bravo, Universo and NBC Sports Network, were contributed to the Versant business in connection with the Separation in January 2026.

Cable Network Approximate U.S. Households as of December 31, 2025 (in millions)(a) Description of Programming
USA Network 60 General entertainment and sports
E! 59 Entertainment and pop culture
Syfy 59 Genre-based entertainment
MS NOW 59 News, political commentary and information
Bravo 59 Lifestyle entertainment
CNBC 59 Business and financial news
Oxygen 60 True crime
Golf Channel 49 Golf competition and golf entertainment
Universo 13 Spanish-language entertainment
CNBC World 14 Global financial news
NBC Sports Network (b) General sports

(a) Household data is based on information from The Nielsen Company as of December 31, 2025, using its Cable Coverage Universe Estimates report and dynamic ad insertion estimates. The Nielsen estimates include subscribers to both traditional and certain virtual multichannel video providers. The Nielsen estimates are not based on information provided by us and are included solely to enable comparisons between our cable networks and those operated by our peers.

(b) NBC Sports Network launched in November 2025 and approximate U.S. household data was not available as of December 31, 2025.

Our regional sports networks serve approximately 9 million households across the United States, including in markets such as Boston, Philadelphia, Sacramento and San Francisco.

Domestic Broadcast Networks

NBC

The NBC network features original entertainment, news and sports programming that reaches viewers in virtually all U.S. television households through more than 200 affiliated stations across the United States, including our 11 owned NBC local broadcast television stations. The NBC owned local broadcast television stations include stations in 8 of the top 10 general markets and collectively reached approximately 36 million U.S. television households as of December 31, 2025, representing approximately 28% of U.S. television households. In addition to broadcasting the NBC network’s national programming, local broadcast television stations deliver local news, weather, and investigative and consumer reporting.

Telemundo

The Telemundo network, a Spanish-language broadcast network, features original entertainment, news, live specials and sports programming that reaches viewers in 96% of U.S. Hispanic television households through 124 stations, including our 30 owned Telemundo local broadcast television stations, 94 affiliated stations and distribution of our national feed. The Telemundo owned local broadcast television stations include stations in all of the top 20 U.S. Hispanic markets and collectively reached approximately 71% of U.S. Hispanic television households as of December 31, 2025. In addition to broadcasting the Telemundo network’s national programming, local broadcast television stations deliver local news, weather, and investigative and consumer reporting. We also own an independent Telemundo station serving the Puerto Rico television market.

Peacock

Peacock is our DTC streaming service, featuring NBCUniversal and third-party content. Programming includes exclusive Peacock originals, current NBC, Bravo and Telemundo shows, news, late-night comedy, live sports and a library of television shows and movies, as well as several live channels and a live stream of customers’ local NBC affiliate stations. The service is available on internet-connected devices and offered through three subscription-based tiers: an ad-supported tier limited to current NBC and Bravo shows and a selection of library shows; an ad-supported tier with access to all programming choices excluding local NBC affiliate stations; and an ad-free tier, with certain limited exceptions, featuring all programming choices. The ad-free tier also allows customers to download and watch select programming offline. We offer Peacock in the United States directly to customers or through arrangements with third parties and our Residential Connectivity & Platforms segment, which offer Peacock to customers on our behalf.

International Networks

We operate a diversified portfolio of international television networks, including premium sports networks under the Sky Sports brand in the United Kingdom and Italy, with a majority of networks dedicated to a specific sport, such as European football. We also operate several NBCUniversal international television networks globally, including Studio Universal, Telemundo International, Universal TV, as well as CNBC International, which became part of Versant in connection with the Separation.

Programming

Our television networks and Peacock include content licensed from our Studios segment and from third parties, as well as content produced by Media segment businesses, such as live news and sports programming and certain original content, including late-night comedy for NBC and original telenovelas for Telemundo.

We have various multiyear agreements for the licensing of content, including contracts related to television and/or streaming rights for sporting events. We generally seek to include in our sports rights agreements the rights to distribute content on one or more of our television networks and on digital properties, including Peacock.

Our most significant sports rights agreements relate to the NBA, NFL, Olympics and English Premier League. The table below presents a summary of these and certain other sports rights as of December 31, 2025. Upon the Separation of Versant, Versant assumed some or all contractual rights and responsibilities for certain television rights, including all of the NASCAR and WWE Smackdown agreements.

Television and/or Streaming Rights Market Rights Expiration
NBA and WNBA(a) United States, United Kingdom and Italy 2035-36 NBA season and 2036 WNBA season
NFL(b) United States 2033-34 season
Summer and Winter Olympic Games United States 2036
English Premier League United Kingdom, Italy and United States 2028-29, 2027-28 and 2027-28 seasons, respectively
PGA Tour and other golf events United States Between 2028 and 2032
NASCAR(c) United States 2031
Big Ten football and basketball United States 2029-30 season
Formula One United Kingdom and Italy 2029 and 2027, respectively
World Wrestling Entertainment (“WWE”) United States 2029
England and Wales Cricket Board United Kingdom 2028
Serie A Italy 2028-29 season
English Football League United Kingdom 2028-29 season
MLB United States 2028 season
FIFA World Cup (Spanish-language) United States 2026
Certain professional sports teams through our Regional Sports Networks Certain regions in the United States Between 2027 and 2040

(a) Beginning with the 2025-26 NBA season and 2026 WNBA season, includes the rights to produce and distribute across our networks and on Peacock a specified number of NBA and WNBA regular season and playoff games, the NBA All-Star game and NBA All-Star Saturday Night each season, as well as six NBA Conference Finals series and three WNBA Finals series over the term of the agreements. A certain number of NBA games will also be distributed in the Spanish language on Telemundo.

(b) Includes the rights to produce and distribute on NBC and on Peacock a specified number of regular season games that includes Sunday Night Football games, Thursday Kickoff games and Thanksgiving night games, playoff games, and three remaining Super Bowl games, the next of which is in February 2026. The agreement expires after the 2033-34 season, with a termination right available to the NFL after the 2029-30 season. The agreement also includes rights to additional exclusive games on Peacock. All of the NFL games are also distributed in the Spanish language on Universo or Telemundo.

(c) Includes the unilateral right by the other party (i.e., the licensor) to the agreement, under certain circumstances, to shorten the term of the agreement by one year.

Our television and streaming business competes for the acquisition of content, including sports rights, and for on-air and creative talent primarily with other television networks, DTC streaming providers, and local broadcast television stations. In Europe, major sports rights, which are significant to our international networks, are usually tendered through a competitive auction process, with the winning bidder or bidders acquiring rights over a 3 to 5 year period.

Studios Segment

Our Studios segment primarily includes our NBCUniversal and Sky film and television studio production and distribution operations. Our studio production facilities primarily include our owned Universal City location in Los Angeles, California and our leased studios in Atlanta, Georgia and in Elstree, United Kingdom. Revenue is generated primarily from the worldwide licensing of our owned film and television content and from the worldwide distribution of our produced and acquired films for exhibition in movie theaters. We also generate revenue from the sale of physical and digital home entertainment products, as well as from the production and licensing of live stage plays and from the distribution of content produced by third parties.

Film Studios

Our film studios develop, produce, acquire, market and distribute filmed entertainment worldwide. Our films are produced primarily under the following names:

  • Universal Pictures
  • Illumination
  • DreamWorks Animation
  • Focus Features
  • Working Title

We distribute the majority of our films initially for exhibition in movie theaters, while other films are initially distributed through licensing agreements. After their initial release, we distribute films globally to different customers over multiple licensing windows. We license films, including recent films and selections from our film library, which is comprised of more than 6,500 movies in a variety of genres, to linear television networks and DTC streaming service providers, and to video on demand services provided by multichannel video providers. This includes licenses to our Media and Residential Connectivity & Platforms segments. Certain films are also licensed to our Media segment and made available for viewing on Peacock on the same date as the theatrical release. We also distribute films globally through the sale of physical and digital home entertainment products. Additionally, we acquire distribution rights to films produced by third parties, which may be limited to particular geographic regions, specific forms of media or certain periods of time. Theatrical revenue is significantly affected by the timing of each release and the number of films we distribute, their acceptance by audiences, the number of exhibition screens, ticket prices, the percentage of ticket sales retention by the exhibitors and the popularity of competing films at the time our films are released. The success of a film in movie theaters is generally a significant factor in determining the revenue a film is likely to generate in succeeding licensing windows and through physical and digital home entertainment product sales.

We develop and produce films both alone and jointly with other studios or production companies. In certain cases, we have also entered into film co-financing arrangements with third-party studios and non-studio entities to jointly finance or distribute certain of our film productions. These arrangements can take various forms, but in most cases involve the grant of economic interest in a film to an investor. Investors generally assume the full risks and rewards of ownership proportionate to their ownership in the film.

In connection with film studio productions, we typically owe “residuals” payments to individuals hired under collective bargaining agreements, which are generally calculated based on post-theatrical or content licensing revenue. We also typically owe “participations” payments to creative talent, to third parties under co-financing agreements and to other parties involved in content production, which are generally based on the financial performance of the content.

Television Studios

Our television studios develop, produce and distribute original content, including scripted and unscripted television series. We also produce television content jointly as co-producers with third-party studios and production companies. Our television studios produce content primarily under the following names:

  • Universal Television
  • Universal Content Productions
  • Universal Television Alternative Studio
  • Universal International Studios
  • Sky Studios

Our original content is primarily initially licensed to linear television networks and DTC streaming service providers, including those in our Media and Residential Connectivity & Platforms segments. We also license content after its initial airing, license older television content from our television library, and distribute owned and acquired content globally through the sale of physical and digital home entertainment products. The production and distribution costs related to original broadcast television content generally exceed the revenue generated from the initial license, which means that obtaining additional licenses following the initial network license is critical to the content’s financial success. Similar to our film studios, we typically owe residuals and participations payments in connection with television studio productions.

Theme Parks Segment

Our Theme Parks segment primarily includes the operations of the following Universal theme parks:

  • Universal Orlando Resort: Includes three theme parks, Universal Studios Florida, Islands of Adventure, and our newest theme park, Epic Universe, which opened in May 2025, as well as our water park, Volcano Bay, all of which are located in Orlando, Florida. Universal Orlando Resort also includes Universal CityWalk Orlando, a dining, retail and entertainment complex, and features on-site themed hotels in which we own a noncontrolling interest.
  • Universal Studios Hollywood: Includes the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park located in Hollywood, California and Universal CityWalk Hollywood, a dining, retail and entertainment complex.
  • Universal Studios Japan: Includes the Universal Studios Japan theme park located in Osaka, Japan.
  • Universal Beijing Resort: Includes the Universal Studios Beijing theme park, as well as Universal CityWalk Beijing, a dining, retail and entertainment complex, and on-site themed hotels, all of which are located in Beijing, China. Universal Beijing Resort is owned by us and a consortium of Chinese state-owned companies (see Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K).

Our Theme Parks segment properties are primarily owned by us, although certain properties are leased, including land in Beijing, China and Osaka, Japan. We have invested and expect to continue to invest significantly in existing and new theme park attractions, hotels and infrastructure, as well as in new destinations and experiences, such as Universal Horror Unleashed, a year-round horror entertainment experience with locations in Las Vegas, Nevada, which opened in August 2025, and in Chicago, Illinois, expected to open in 2027; Universal Kids Resort, a smaller-scale theme park in Frisco, Texas expected to open in 2026; and a Universal theme park and resort in the United Kingdom with a projected opening date in 2031, subject to various approvals.

Revenue is generated primarily from guest spending at our theme parks, including ticket sales and in-park spending on food, beverages and merchandise, and from our consumer products business. Revenue for our theme parks generally depends on the overall environment for travel and tourism, including consumer spending on leisure and other recreational activities.

We also license the right to use the Universal Studios brand name and other intellectual property and provide other services to third parties, including the party that owns and operates the Universal Studios Singapore theme park on Sentosa Island, Singapore. The themed elements in our rides, attractions and merchandising are based on intellectual property in our Studios and Media segments and intellectual property licensed from third parties under long-term agreements.

Competition

Media

Our Media segment competes for viewers’ attention and audience share with all forms of programming provided to viewers, including DTC streaming service providers; television networks; local broadcast television stations; physical and digital home entertainment products; video on demand and pay-per-view services; online activities, such as social networking and viewing user-generated content; gaming products; and other forms of entertainment, news and information.

Media competes for the sale of advertising with digital properties, including an increasing number of ad-supported DTC streaming service providers and other online content, such as social networking platforms and user-generated content, as well as with other television networks and stations, and with all other advertising platforms. The willingness of advertisers to purchase advertising from us may be adversely affected by lower audience ratings and viewership at the related networks, stations or digital properties. Declining audience ratings can be caused by increased competition for the leisure time of viewers and by audience fragmentation resulting from the increasing number and forms of entertainment choices available. Additionally, it is increasingly challenging to accurately measure fragmented audiences.

Our domestic cable networks and international networks compete primarily with other cable networks and programming providers for carriage by multichannel video providers and with DTC streaming service providers. Our domestic broadcast networks compete with the other broadcast networks in markets across the United States to secure affiliations with independently owned local broadcast television stations, which are necessary to ensure the effective distribution of broadcast network programming to a nationwide audience. Peacock competes for subscribers primarily with other DTC streaming service providers, as well as with traditional providers of linear television programming.

Studios

Our film and television studios compete for audiences with other major film and television studios, independent film producers and creators of content, as well as with alternative forms of entertainment. The competitive position of our studios primarily depends on the number of films and television series and episodes produced, their distribution and marketing success, and consumer response. Our studios also compete to obtain creative, performing and technical talent, including writers, actors, directors and producers, as well as scripts for films and television shows, and for the distribution of, and consumer interest in, their content. We also compete with other major film and television studios and other producers of entertainment content for the exhibition of content in theaters, on demand, on television networks and on DTC streaming services.

Theme Parks

Our theme parks compete with other multi-park entertainment companies as well as with other providers of entertainment, tourism, recreational activities and lodging. The competitive position of our theme parks primarily depends on the quality and popularity of rides and attractions, including effective use of intellectual property in themed attractions. There is increased competition in areas with high concentrations of theme parks and other attractions operated by several companies. Macroeconomic conditions and other factors, including changes in currency exchange rates, may also result in shifting consumer preferences toward other types of destinations, experiences and products.

Seasonality and Cyclicality

Revenue and costs and expenses in our Media segment are cyclical as a result of our periodic broadcasts of major sporting events, such as the Olympic Games and the Super Bowl. In particular, advertising revenue increases due to increased demand for advertising time for these events and distribution revenue increases in the period of broadcasts of the Olympic Games. Costs and expenses also increase as a result of our production costs for these broadcasts and the recognition of the related rights fees.

Revenue in Media is also subject to cyclical advertising patterns and changes in viewership levels. Domestic advertising revenue is generally highest in the fourth quarter of each year due to increases in advertising in the period leading up to and including the winter holiday season, and in even-numbered years due to advertising related to candidates running for political office and issue-oriented advertising. International advertising revenue typically has seasonally higher audience levels in winter months, with lower levels in summer months due to the timing of European football seasons, winter holidays and summer vacations. Revenue also fluctuates depending on the timing of when our programming is aired, which typically results in additional advertising revenue in the second and fourth quarters of each year.

Revenue in Studios fluctuates due to the timing, nature and number of films released in movie theaters, through DTC streaming services and viewing on demand, and on physical and digital home entertainment products. Release dates are determined by several factors, including competition and the timing of vacation and holiday periods. As a result, revenue tends to be seasonal, with increases experienced each year during the summer months and around the winter holiday season. We incur significant marketing expenses before and throughout the release of a film in movie theaters and as a result, we typically incur losses on a film prior to and during the film’s exhibition in movie theaters. Content licensing revenue also fluctuates due to the timing of when our film and television content is made available to licensees. Revenue from our television studios fluctuates in part due to a correlation with the broadcast network season beginning annually in September.

Revenue in Theme Parks fluctuates with changes in theme park attendance that typically result from the seasonal nature of vacation travel and weather variations, local entertainment offerings and the opening of new attractions. Our theme parks generally experience peak attendance during the spring holiday period, the summer months when schools are closed and the winter holiday season.

Corporate and Other

Our other business interests reported in Corporate and Other consist primarily of our Sky-branded video services and television networks in Germany; Comcast Spectacor, which owns the Philadelphia Flyers and the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Xumo, our consolidated streaming platform joint venture with Charter Communications. Xumo is focused on developing and offering a streaming platform on a variety of devices, including Xumo TV smart televisions, which have an operating system that leverages our global technology platform, and also operates the Xumo Play streaming service.

Legislation and Regulation

Our businesses are subject to various federal, state, local, and international laws and regulations. In the United States in particular, the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the “Communications Act”), and Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) regulations and policies affect significant aspects of our communications businesses.

Beyond the more significant regulations summarized below, legislators and regulators at all levels of government frequently consider changing, and sometimes do change, existing statutes, rules or regulations, or interpretations of existing statutes, rules or regulations, or prescribe new ones, any of which may significantly affect our businesses and ability to effectively compete. Applying existing laws in novel ways to new technologies, including streaming services and artificial intelligence (“AI”), may also affect our business. These legislators and regulators, along with some state attorneys general and foreign governmental authorities, have been active in conducting inquiries and reviews regarding our services. State legislative and regulatory initiatives can create a patchwork of different and/or conflicting state requirements, such as with respect to privacy and Open Internet/net neutrality regulations, that can affect our businesses and ability to effectively compete.

Legislative and regulatory activity has increased in recent years, particularly with respect to broadband networks. For example, Congress has approved tens of billions of dollars in funding for broadband deployment and adoption initiatives, and it may from time to time consider other proposals that address communications issues, including whether it should rewrite the Communications Act to account for changes in the communications marketplace. Federal agencies have considered adopting new regulations for communications services, including broadband, from time to time. States and localities are increasingly proposing new regulations impacting communications services, including broader regulation of broadband networks. Regulators in various international jurisdictions are similarly considering changes to telecommunications and media requirements. Any of these regulations could significantly affect our business and our legal and compliance costs. In addition, United States and foreign regulators and courts could adopt new interpretations of existing competition or antitrust laws or enact new competition or antitrust laws or regulatory tools that could negatively impact our businesses. Any future legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative actions may increase our costs or impose additional restrictions on our businesses, some of which may be significant. We are unable to predict the outcome or effects of any of these potential actions or any other legislative or regulatory proposals on our businesses.

The following paragraphs summarize the more significant legal and regulatory requirements and risks affecting our businesses.

Communications-Related Regulations in the United States

Broadband

Our broadband services are subject to a number of regulations and commitments.

In 2023, the FCC adopted broad rules that prohibit digital discrimination of access to broadband service based on income level, race, ethnicity, color, religion and national origin; this order currently is subject to legal challenge in federal court. In 2024, the FCC reclassified broadband internet access services as a “telecommunications service” subject to traditional common carriage regulation under Title II of the Communications Act. However, a federal appellate court in January 2025 overturned that reclassification, ruling that broadband internet access service is an “information service” under Title I of the Communications Act and that the FCC does not have authority to subject broadband services to utility-style regulations such as rate regulation and market entry and exit requirements under Title II. As a Title I “information service,” broadband is only subject to light-touch regulation such as broadband disclosure requirements, and deployment, subscription and pricing reporting requirements. States and localities have in the past enacted, and may in the future periodically consider, new broadband-related regulations, including those regarding government-owned broadband networks, net neutrality and broadband affordability, which could create a patchwork of, and potentially inconsistent, federal, state and local regulatory regimes. New broadband regulations, if adopted, may have adverse effects on our businesses, and we cannot predict the outcome of any pending or future litigation or how any rules will ultimately be interpreted and enforced and how they might affect our business.

We, from time to time, participate in broadband-deployment funding initiatives at the federal and state levels and may also become subject to additional broadband-related commitments as a condition of receiving federal or state broadband funding. We cannot predict how any such funds will be awarded, when the initiatives will be terminated or the impact of these initiatives on our businesses.

A number of municipalities operate municipally owned broadband networks, and there may be further efforts by local governments to expand or create government-owned networks, particularly in light of federal funding for broadband deployment. Certain states have enacted laws that restrict or prohibit local municipalities from operating municipally owned broadband networks, and there may be efforts in other state legislatures to restrict the development of government-owned networks. Other states, however, have amended or may amend such laws to facilitate such networks. We cannot predict how successful any of those efforts will be and how they might affect our businesses.

Video and Media

We are subject to laws and regulations that apply to the cable services we provide through our Residential Connectivity & Platforms business and to our cable networks and local broadcast television stations in our Media business. These laws and regulations can constrain our ability to compete, particularly against DTC streaming service providers, which are not subject to these same requirements.

Federal, state and local franchising rules and regulations may require us to provide adequate channel capacity, facilities and financial support for public, educational and governmental access programming; comply with certain renewal procedures for our franchise agreements; pay franchise fees; and comply with customer service, accessibility, and certain other requirements. In addition, the FCC and other federal agencies can impact the programming networks that we carry, as well as how we price, package, bill and market our video services. FCC regulations also require cable operators to carry programming transmitted by certain local broadcast television stations (“must-carry” requirement) or to negotiate a “retransmission consent” agreement with certain other stations that will frequently involve payments from cable operators to the station; govern program access by preventing cable networks affiliated with cable operators from favoring affiliated cable operators over competing multichannel video providers; grant licenses to broadcast television stations for 8-year cycles, which may not be renewed on favorable terms, or at all; limit local and national broadcast television ownership, as well as foreign ownership in a broadcast television station; and regulate children’s programming. The FCC is actively considering changes to its broadcast ownership and network-affiliate rules, and we cannot predict the outcome of those rulemakings or how they will affect our business.

The FCC enforces these rules on a case-by-case basis based on complaints filed by consumers, state and local governments, and other entities. We have been involved in disputes at the FCC in some of these areas and may be involved in new disputes in the future, including potential disputes related to content moderation and free speech. We cannot predict the outcome of any such disputes or associated litigation. The FCC and Congress have previously considered proposals that would require companies that own multiple cable networks to make each of their networks available individually when negotiating distribution agreements with MVPDs and potentially with DTC streaming service providers. We currently offer our cable networks on a packaged basis (in “tiers”) and, in various cases, individually. We have been involved in program access disputes at the FCC and may be subject to new complaints in the future.

Furthermore, certain states and localities have adopted laws to impose franchise or other fees on DTC streaming services. To date, courts have invalidated those laws, but we cannot predict the outcome of any future litigation.

Wireless

We offer a wireless service primarily using our MVNO rights to provide the service over Verizon’s wireless network to customers, and beginning in 2026, over T-Mobile’s wireless network to business customers. MVNOs are subject to many of the same FCC regulations as facilities-based wireless carriers, such as E911 services and local number portability, as well as certain state or local regulations. The FCC or other regulatory authorities may adopt new or different regulations for MVNOs and/or mobile broadband providers in the future, which could adversely affect our wireless service offering or our business generally.

Voice

We provide voice services using VoIP technology. The FCC has adopted a number of regulations for providers of nontraditional voice services such as ours, including regulations relating to privacy of customer proprietary network information, local number portability duties and benefits, disability access, E911, law enforcement assistance, outage reporting, Universal Service Fund contribution obligations, rural call completion, customer equipment back-up power, robocall mitigation, service discontinuance and certain regulatory filing requirements. State regulatory commissions and legislatures in other jurisdictions may continue to consider imposing regulatory requirements on our voice services as long as the regulatory classification of VoIP remains unsettled at the federal level.

Spectrum Allocations

The FCC, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration and other federal agencies have taken steps to evaluate and modify certain spectrum allocations and rules to make available additional spectrum that likely will be used for licensed and/or unlicensed commercial services, including 5G and Wi-Fi services, which could impact our businesses. U.S. legislation signed into law in July 2025 restored the FCC’s spectrum auction authority until September 2034. We cannot predict the timing or outcome of these spectrum allocation actions. Additional commercial spectrum could impact current marketplace dynamics, including distribution of video content and the ability of wireless providers to compete with our services. Further, if the FCC reallocates spectrum that our businesses currently use to provide services, we could be required to transition our operations to different frequencies in order to accommodate the reallocation of spectrum for 5G, which could disrupt our services and impose additional costs.

International Communications-Related and Other Regulations

Certain of our international businesses are subject to telecommunications and media-specific regulation, including those related to broadband and voice services and television networks, in Europe, Latin America, and other international jurisdictions, and all of our international businesses are subject to regulation under generally applicable laws, such as competition, consumer protection, data protection, and taxation in the jurisdictions where they operate. Our international businesses are currently, and may be in the future, subject to proceedings or investigations from regulatory and antitrust authorities in the jurisdictions in which those businesses operate.

Other Areas of Regulation

Intellectual Property

Copyright, trademark, unfair competition, patent, trade secret and other proprietary-rights laws of the United States and other countries help protect our intellectual property rights. In particular, unauthorized copying, distribution and piracy of programming and films over the internet, through devices, software and websites, on counterfeit DVDs/Blu-rays, through AI and through other platforms interfere with the market for copyrighted works and present challenges for our content businesses. We have actively engaged in the enforcement of our intellectual property rights and likely will continue to expend substantial resources to protect our content. Although many legal protections exist to combat such practices, the extent of copyright protection is sometimes ambiguous and the use of technological protections can be controversial. Modifications to existing laws, a weakening of these protections or their enforcement or a failure of existing laws, in the United States or internationally, to adapt to new technologies could have an adverse effect on our ability to license and sell our programming.

U.S. copyright laws establish a cable compulsory copyright license that requires our video distribution business to contribute a specified percentage of revenue to a federal copyright royalty pool in exchange for retransmitting copyrighted material included in broadcast signals. We also pay standard industry licensing fees for the public performance of music in the programs we create or distribute. The cable compulsory copyright license and the royalties we pay are subject to audits and possible regulatory and legislative changes that could impact the royalty fees we pay and our ability to retransmit broadcast signals over cable systems. In addition, the landscape for music licensing is constantly changing, and music fees we pay are subject to new fee demands and negotiations. We cannot predict how changes to the compulsory copyright license and music licensing will impact the fees that we pay.

Privacy and Data Protection Regulation

Our businesses are subject to laws and regulations that impose various restrictions and obligations related to privacy and the processing of individuals’ personal information. In the United States, federal privacy laws and regulations, such as those found within the Communications Act or the Video Privacy Protection Act, restrict companies’ collection, use, disclosure and retention of personal information. The proliferation of laws at the state level has expanded consumers’ rights to include individual rights of access, deletion, portability, correction, the right to appeal, and the individual’s right to “opt in” to collection and use of certain types of “sensitive” personal information. Internationally, we are subject to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation and the United Kingdom’s Data Protection Act of 2018, as well as many other similar laws that apply to our businesses, which broadly regulate the processing of personal data collected from individuals in the European Union and United Kingdom, respectively.

Some of our businesses are also subject to the FTC’s general oversight of consumer privacy protections through its enforcement authority over unfair and deceptive acts or practices, as well as through its enforcement authority under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. The FTC has sought to expand its authority in this area through various rulemakings related to general privacy, targeted advertising and children’s privacy. There has been an increased focus on children’s privacy at both the state and federal levels within the United States, as well as internationally. These new laws may require changes to our products and services and could adversely affect our advertising businesses.

In addition, many international data protection laws, some federal laws, and all 50 U.S. states have security breach notification requirements that obligate businesses to provide notice to consumers and government agencies if certain information has been accessed or exfiltrated by an unauthorized party; some of these laws also require documented information security programs.

State and Local Taxes

Some U.S. states and localities have imposed or are considering imposing, through both legislative and administrative channels, new or additional taxes or fees on, or limiting or eliminating incentives or credits earned or monetized by, our businesses, or imposing adverse methodologies by which taxes, fees, incentives or credits are computed, earned or monetized. These include combined reporting or other changes to general business taxes, central assessments for property tax, and taxes and fees on the businesses operated or services provided by our businesses, most notably new taxes or fees on digital advertising or other digital commerce. In some situations, DBS providers and other competitors (such as DTC streaming service providers) that deliver their services over a broadband connection do not face the same state and local tax and fee burdens. Congress has also considered, and may consider again, proposals to bar or limit states from imposing taxes on these DBS providers or other competitors (such as DTC streaming service providers) that are equivalent to the taxes or fees that we pay. The Internet Tax Freedom Act (“ITFA”) prohibits most states and localities from imposing sales and other taxes on our internet access charges and discriminating against electronic commerce; however, some jurisdictions may challenge the ITFA or the application of the ITFA to our business, or may assert that certain taxes akin to right-of-way fees are not preempted by the ITFA or other federal laws.

Other Regulations

U.S. states and localities, and various regulatory authorities, actively regulate other aspects of our businesses, including our Studios and Theme Parks businesses, accessibility to our video and voice services and broadcast television programming for people with disabilities, customer service standards, inside wiring, cable equipment, pole attachments, universal service fees, regulatory fees, public safety, telemarketing, leased access, indecency, loudness of commercial advertisements, advertising, political broadcasting, sponsorship identification, Emergency Alert System, equal employment opportunity and other employment-related practices, environmental-related matters, our equipment supply chain, and technical standards relating to the operation of cable systems and television stations. In addition, our international businesses are subject to various similar regulations, including those that cover television broadcasting, programming, and advertising. We are occasionally subject to enforcement actions and investigations at the FCC and other federal, state, and local agencies, as well as foreign governments and regulatory authorities, which can result in fines, sanctions and/or ongoing compliance plans and government oversight.

Human Capital Resources

As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 179,000 full-time and part-time employees calculated on a full-time equivalent basis. Approximately 30% of our employees were located in over 30 countries outside the United States, with larger workforce concentrations in the United Kingdom, Western Europe, East Asia and South Asia. We also use freelance and temporary employees in the normal course of our business. A small overall portion of our full-time U.S. employees are unionized, although many of Content & Experiences’ freelance and temporary writers, directors, actors, technical and production personnel, as well as some on-air and creative talent employees, are covered by industry-wide collective bargaining agreements or work councils. Outside the United States, employees in certain countries, particularly in Europe, are represented by an employee representative organization, such as a union, works council or employee association.

Our company has been built on a foundation of respect, integrity and trust, and we are committed to creating and fostering a work environment that promotes those values. As a global media and technology company, we have a wide range of employees, including management professionals, technicians, engineers, call center employees, theme park employees, and media talent and production employees. Some of our key workforce-related programs and initiatives include the following.

Employee Engagement

  • We seek to create an engaged workforce through proactive listening and constructive dialogue, including through regular employee engagement surveys.
  • We are committed to creating an environment that encourages employees to ask questions, raise concerns and speak up about a workplace issue or suspected illegal or unethical conduct. We provide several channels for speaking up without fear of retaliation, including a helpline and a web portal that are administered by an independent third-party company and allow for anonymous reporting when permitted by applicable laws.

Talent Development

  • We provide a wide variety of opportunities for professional growth for all employees with in-classroom and online trainings and on-the-job experience.
  • We offer education tuition assistance to full-time employees in the United States.
  • Our Board of Directors discusses succession planning for our CEO and the remainder of our senior executive management team at least once a year. Throughout the year, our senior executive management team, as well as a broader array of executives throughout our businesses, make presentations to the Board and its committees and interact with our directors informally outside of regularly scheduled Board meetings, which provides directors with meaningful insight into our current pool of talent, what attracts and retains our executives, and our company culture.
  • We promote a culture that embraces equal opportunity for all.
  • Comcast has nine voluntary employee resource groups that are open to all with more than 36,000 members in 240 chapters across the United States.

Health and Welfare Benefits

  • We offer a robust portfolio of health and welfare programs and solutions designed to meet the unique needs of our employees and their families, delivered through a consistent and seamless member experience.
  • Our offerings include comprehensive and affordable health care coverage options along with a variety of additional tools and resources, including access to dedicated health care navigators, expert medical opinion services, virtual primary care services and a diabetes management program. In addition, we offer comprehensive family planning options, including for adoption and surrogacy, and provide specialized support teams to help employees manage all stages in the family planning journey including parenthood.
  • We continue to invest in the emotional wellbeing of our employees and offer a broad array of tools and resources such as our Employee Assistance Program, which provides personal counseling sessions to support employees and their families and provide problem-solving support for a broad range of issues, including stress, anxiety, depression, substance use and more. We also offer various digital emotional wellbeing tools, including child learning and behavior support, meditation, stress management, sleep issues, depression, chronic pain and substance use.

Financial Benefits

  • We focus on attracting and retaining employees by providing compensation and benefits packages that are competitive within the applicable market, taking into account the job position’s location and responsibilities.
  • We provide competitive financial benefits such as a 401(k) retirement plan in the United States with a company match and other retirement arrangements internationally.
  • We have employee stock purchase plans in the United States, the United Kingdom, India and several other European countries where most of our full-time and part-time employees can purchase our stock at a discount.
  • We generally grant stock-based awards on an annual basis to a meaningful portion of our employees, with over 24,000 employees receiving such awards in 2025.
  • We offer financial literacy training and counseling to support employees in making their own financial decisions.

Available Information and Websites

Our phone number is (215) 286-1700, and our principal executive offices are located at One Comcast Center, Philadelphia, PA 19103-2838. Our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to such reports filed with or furnished to the SEC under Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are available free of charge on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov (http://www.sec.gov) and on our website at www.comcastcorporation.com (http://www.comcastcorporation.com) as soon as reasonably practicable after such reports are electronically filed with the SEC. The information posted on our websites is not incorporated into our SEC filings.

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts or statements of current conditions, but instead represent only our beliefs regarding future events, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of our control. These may include estimates, projections and statements relating to our business plans, objectives and expected operating results, which are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. These forward-looking statements are generally identified by words such as “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “potential,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “commit,” “plan,” “goal,” “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “will,” “continue,” “will likely result” and similar expressions. In evaluating these statements, you should consider various factors, including the risks and uncertainties we describe in “Risk Factors” and in other reports we file with the SEC.

Any of these factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements, which could adversely affect our businesses, results of operations or financial condition. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise.

Risk factors

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Risks Related to Our Business, Industry and Operations

Our businesses operate in highly competitive and dynamic industries, and our businesses and results of operations could be adversely affected if we do not compete effectively.

Our businesses operate in intensely competitive, consumer-driven, rapidly changing environments. We compete with a growing number of companies that provide a broad range of communications products and services and entertainment, sports, news and information content to consumers. There can be no assurance that we will be able to compete effectively against our competitors or that competition will not have an adverse effect on our businesses.

Below is a summary of our most significant sources of competition. Many of these competitors offer competitive pricing, packaging and/or bundling of services to customers, which further increases competition. For a more detailed description of the competition facing our businesses, see Item 1: Business and refer to the “Competition” discussions within that section.

  • Connectivity & Platforms’ broadband services compete primarily against wireline telecommunications companies, including many that are increasing deployment of fiber-based networks; wireless telecommunications companies offering internet services (using a variety of wireless technologies, including 5G fixed wireless networks and 4G and 5G wireless broadband services); municipalities and power companies in the United States that own and operate their own broadband networks; and satellite broadband providers. Domestic broadband-deployment funding initiatives at the federal and state level may result in other service providers deploying new subsidized internet access networks within our footprint, and in cases where we receive subsidies, may impose constraints on how we conduct our businesses. For a more extensive discussion of the significant risks associated with the regulation of our businesses, see “—We are subject to regulation by federal, state, local and foreign authorities, which impose additional costs and restrictions on our businesses” below and Item 1: Business and refer to the “Legislation and Regulation” discussion within that section.
  • Our wireless and voice services compete with both telecommunications and wireless telecommunication providers.
  • Competition for video services consists primarily of DTC streaming service providers and aggregators, DBS providers and telecommunications companies.
  • Business Services Connectivity primarily competes with wireline telecommunications companies and wide area network managed service providers.
  • Our businesses in Content & Experiences, as well as our video business, face substantial and increasing competition from providers of similar types of entertainment, sports, news and information content, as well as from other forms of entertainment, including from social networking and user-generated content or technologies such as AI that can rapidly produce large volumes of content, as well as tourism, recreational activities and lodging. They must compete to obtain talent, popular content (including sports programming), advertising and other resources required to successfully operate their businesses. This competition has further intensified as certain DTC streaming service providers have commissioned, and may continue to commission, high-cost programming and acquire live sports rights to attract viewers at significant costs.

Competitors with significant resources, greater efficiencies of scale, fewer regulatory burdens and more competitive pricing and packaging continue to increasingly compete with our businesses in all forms. Some of these competitors could also have preferential access to customer data or other competitive information. Further, consolidation of, or cooperation between, our competitors may increase competition in all of these areas. For example, cooperation between competitors may allow them to offer a range of products and services, including aggregating certain content into a stand-alone offering, offering free or lower cost DTC streaming services, potentially on an exclusive basis, through unlimited data-usage plans for broadband and wireless services or bundling DTC streaming services on their platforms.

Our competitive position may be negatively affected if we do not provide our customers with a satisfactory customer experience. In addition, our ability to compete effectively depends on our perceived image and reputation among our various constituencies, including our customers, consumers, advertisers, business partners, employees, investors and government authorities. For example, some of these constituencies may have their own, and some have conflicting environmental and social priorities, which may present risks to our reputation and brands if these constituencies perceive misalignment.

Changes in consumer behavior continue to adversely affect our businesses and challenge existing business models.

Distribution platforms for viewing and purchasing content continue to challenge existing business models, increase the number of competitors that our businesses face, and have driven, and will continue to drive, changes in consumer behavior as consumers seek control over when, where and how they consume content and access communications services, and how much or for how long they pay for such content.

The number of entertainment choices available to consumers, including DTC streaming service providers and aggregators, social networking and user-generated content platforms, and gaming and virtual reality products and services, continues to increase, intensify audience fragmentation and disaggregate how content traditionally has been distributed to and viewed by consumers. The popularity of many of these content distribution platforms has changed, and we expect will continue to change, consumers’ expectations of video content, video aggregation services and the value of our video services, their willingness to pay for such content and services, their perception of quality entertainment and their tolerance for commercial interruptions.

The continuing trend of content owners, including us with Peacock, delivering their content directly to consumers, rather than through, or in addition to, traditional video distribution channels also disrupts traditional media distribution business models. As consumers increasingly turn to DTC streaming services in lieu of linear video services, which continue to experience accelerated net customer losses, our video customers and video revenues, and linear television network subscriber fees received from video service providers, each decrease.

In addition to reducing traditional television viewership, these trends, when coupled with time-shifting technologies such as DVR and on demand services, have caused, and likely will continue to cause, audience ratings declines for our television networks. Shifting content consumption patterns also may result in lower demand for home entertainment products or theatrical attendance. While we have adapted some of our video and content offerings to compete in the evolving media distribution landscape, such as by offering Peacock and NOW, there also can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully compete or that Peacock will grow or sustain its revenue or user base, successfully compete as a stand-alone DTC streaming service or fully offset decreases to our linear television networks’ results of operations.

Our failure to effectively anticipate or adapt to emerging competitors or changes in consumer behavior, including among younger consumers, and shifting business models could have an adverse effect on our competitive position, businesses and results of operations.

A decline in advertisers’ expenditures or changes in advertising markets could negatively impact our businesses.

We compete for the sale of advertising time with digital properties, including an increasing number of ad-supported DTC streaming service providers as advertisers have shifted, and may continue to shift, a larger portion of their total expenditures to digital media. We also compete with other online content providers, such as social networking platforms and user-generated content providers, television networks and stations, and all other advertising platforms. Because we derive substantial revenue from the sale of advertising, a decline in expenditures by advertisers, including through traditional linear television distribution models or on Peacock, could negatively impact our results of operations. We have experienced, and may continue to experience, declines caused by the economic prospects of specific advertisers or industries and economic conditions generally; increased competition for the leisure time of viewers, audience fragmentation and viewing content on DTC streaming services; use of time-shifting or advertising-blocking technologies; and regulatory intervention on advertising placement.

In addition, lower audience ratings and reduced viewership, which many of our linear television networks have experienced, and likely will continue to experience, as well as the level of popularity of Peacock, affect advertisers’ willingness to purchase advertising from us and the rates paid. Advertising sales and rates also are dependent on the methodology used for audience measurement and could be negatively affected if methodologies do not accurately reflect actual viewership levels.

Our success depends on consumer acceptance of our content, and our businesses may be adversely affected if our content fails to achieve sufficient consumer acceptance.

We create and acquire media, sports and entertainment content, the success of which depends substantially on consumer tastes and preferences that often change in unpredictable ways. To meet the changing preferences of our consumer markets, we must consistently create, acquire, market and distribute a broad array of content and theme park attractions. We have invested, and will continue to invest, substantial amounts in content, such as sports rights, the production of films and original content for television networks and streaming services, and in the creation of new theme parks and theme park attractions, before learning the extent to which they will earn consumer acceptance.

We obtain a significant portion of our content from third parties, such as movie studios, television production companies, sports organizations and other suppliers, sometimes on an exclusive basis. Competition for popular content, particularly for sports rights, is intense. Entering into or renewing contracts for such content rights or acquiring additional rights has in the past resulted, and may result in the future, in significantly increased costs, potentially over an extended contractual term. Particularly with respect to contracts for sports rights, our results of operations and cash flows over the term of a contract depend on a number of factors, including the strength of the advertising market, audience size, the timing and amount of rights payments, and the ability to secure distribution from, impose surcharges on, or obtain carriage on multichannel video providers or to grow and retain subscribers to our own DTC services. There can be no assurance that revenue generated from these contracts will exceed our costs for the rights and of producing and distributing the programming. In addition, media companies may determine not to license popular content to us, and as more content owners offer their content directly to consumers through their own platforms, they may reduce the quantity and quality of the content they license to our linear television networks or Peacock. The inability to enter into or renew some or all of these contracts on acceptable terms could reduce the reach of our programming, which could adversely affect our results of operations and businesses.

We also create content for licensing to third parties and to our linear television networks or Peacock. The inability to license such content on acceptable terms or at all could negatively impact our business. Moreover, we may generate lower revenue when we opt to retain our content for our own use, including for Peacock, rather than licensing it to third parties who pay licensing fees for such content.

If our content does not achieve sufficient consumer acceptance, or if we cannot obtain or retain rights to popular content on acceptable terms, or at all, our businesses may be adversely affected.

Programming expenses for our video services are increasing on a per subscriber basis, which could adversely affect our video businesses.

We expect programming expenses for our video services to continue to be the largest single expense item for our Residential Connectivity & Platforms business and to continue to increase on a per subscriber basis. Part of these programming expenses include payments to certain local broadcast television stations in exchange for their required consent for the retransmission of broadcast network programming to video services customers; we expect to continue to be subject to demands for payment and other concessions from local broadcast television stations. These market factors may be exacerbated by consolidation in the media industry, which may further increase our programming expenses. If we are unable to offset programming cost increases through rate increases, the sale of additional services, cost management or other initiatives, the increasing cost of programming could have an adverse effect on our results of operations.

Moreover, as our contracts with programming providers expire, there can be no assurance that they will be renewed on acceptable terms, or at all, in which case we may be unable to provide such programming as part of our video services, and our businesses and results of operations could be adversely affected.

The loss of programming distribution agreements, or the renewal of these agreements on less favorable terms, could adversely affect our businesses.

Our linear television networks depend on their ability to secure and maintain distribution agreements with traditional and virtual multichannel video providers. The number of subscribers to our television networks has decreased, and likely will continue to decrease, as a result of reduced viewing of linear television. If our networks do not attract sufficient viewers, both new and existing multichannel video providers may be reluctant to distribute our networks or may decide to distribute our networks with significantly less favorable terms. Similarly, multichannel video providers may elect not to enter into agreements to distribute some or all of our linear television networks as a result of these changing market dynamics.

In addition, our broadcast television stations depend on their ability to secure and maintain network affiliation agreements with third-party local broadcast television stations in the markets where we do not own the affiliated local broadcast television station. Our owned local broadcast television stations must elect, with respect to retransmission by certain multichannel video providers, either “must-carry” status, in which we require the provider to carry the station without paying any compensation to us, or “retransmission consent,” in which we give up our right to mandatory carriage and instead seek to negotiate the terms and conditions of carriage, including the amount of compensation, if any, paid to us by such provider.

For all of these types of arrangements, our ability to renew agreements on acceptable terms and/or in a timely manner may be affected by evolving market dynamics, government regulations and industry consolidation. There can be no assurance that any of these agreements will be entered into or renewed in the future on similar terms. The inability to enter into or renew some or all of these agreements could reduce our revenues and the reach of our programming, which could adversely affect our businesses.

Our businesses depend on using and protecting certain intellectual property rights and on not infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating the intellectual property rights of others.

We rely on our intellectual property, such as patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets, as well as licenses and other agreements with our vendors and other third parties, to use various technologies, conduct our business operations and sell our products and services. Legal challenges to our intellectual property rights and claims of intellectual property infringement, misappropriation or other violation by third parties could require that we enter into royalty or licensing agreements on unfavorable terms, incur substantial monetary liability, or be enjoined preliminarily or permanently from further use of the intellectual property in question, from importing into the United States or other jurisdictions in which we operate hardware or software that uses such intellectual property or from the continuation of our businesses as currently conducted. We may need to change our business practices if any of these events occur, which may limit our ability to compete effectively and could have an adverse effect on our results of operations. Even if we believe any such challenges or claims are without merit, they can be time-consuming, costly to defend and may divert management’s attention and resources away from our businesses. Moreover, if we are unable to obtain, or continue to obtain, licenses from our vendors and other third parties on reasonable terms, or at all, our businesses could be adversely affected.

In addition, intellectual property constitutes a significant part of the value of our businesses, and our success is highly dependent on protecting the intellectual property rights of the content we create or acquire against third-party misappropriation, reproduction or infringement. The unauthorized reproduction, distribution or display of copyrighted material negatively affects our ability to generate revenue from the legitimate sale of our content, as well as from the sale of advertising in connection with our content, and increases our costs due to our active enforcement of our intellectual property rights. The legal landscape for new technologies, including AI, remains uncertain, and legal developments could impact our ability to protect our intellectual property against uses by unauthorized third parties, including generative AI developers, misappropriation, reproduction or infringement or impact our ability to deploy new technologies. Our use or adoption of new and emerging technologies may also increase our exposure to intellectual property claims.

Piracy and other unauthorized uses of content are made easier, and the enforcement of intellectual property rights more challenging, by technological advances that allow the conversion of programming, films and other content into digital formats, which facilitates the creation, transmission and sharing of high-quality unauthorized copies. In particular, piracy of programming and films through unauthorized distribution platforms continues to present challenges for our businesses. For example, certain entities may stream our broadcast television content illegally online without our consent and without paying us any compensation, and sporting events on our international networks may be illegally transmitted. While piracy is a challenge in the United States, it is particularly prevalent in many parts of the world that lack developed copyright laws, effective enforcement of copyright laws and technical protective measures like those in effect in the United States. If any U.S. or foreign laws intended to combat piracy and protect intellectual property rights are repealed or weakened or are not adequately enforced, or if the legal system fails to adapt to new technologies that facilitate piracy, we may be unable to effectively protect our rights, the value of our intellectual property may be negatively impacted and our costs of enforcing our rights may increase.

We may be unable to obtain necessary hardware, software and operational support.

We depend on third-party vendors to supply us with a significant amount of the hardware, software and operational support necessary to provide certain of our products and services. We also rely on third-party satellite transponder capacity to provide video services in Europe, as well as on third-party wireless networks to offer certain wireless services in the United States and internationally. Some of these vendors represent our primary source of supply or grant us the right to incorporate their intellectual property into some of our hardware and software products. While we monitor the operations and financial condition of key vendors in an attempt to detect any potential difficulties, there can be no assurance that we would timely identify any operating or financial difficulties associated with these vendors or that we could effectively mitigate our risks with respect to any such difficulties. If any of these vendors experience operating or financial difficulties, including as a result of cybersecurity vulnerabilities or incidents, faulty software updates, or any other supply chain compliance-related issues, if our demand exceeds their capacity or if they breach or terminate their agreements with us or are otherwise unable to meet our specifications or provide the equipment, products or services we need in a timely manner (or at all), or at reasonable prices, our ability to provide some products or services may be adversely affected and we may incur additional costs.

Our businesses depend on keeping pace with technological developments.

Our success is, to a large extent, dependent on our ability to acquire, develop, adopt and leverage new and existing technologies, such as AI, and our competitors’ use of certain types of technology and equipment may provide them with a competitive advantage. New technologies can materially impact our businesses in a number of ways, including affecting the demand for our products, the distribution methods of our products and content to our customers, how we create our entertainment products, the ways in which our customers can purchase and view our content and the growth of distribution platforms available to advertisers. For example, current and new wireless internet technologies (including 5G fixed wireless networks and 4G and 5G wireless broadband services) continue to evolve rapidly and may allow for greater speed and reliability for those services as compared with prior technologies and create further competition for our businesses. In addition, some companies and U.S. municipalities are building advanced fiber-based networks that provide very fast internet access speeds, and some providers offer newer satellite broadband services. We expect advances in communications technology to continue to occur in the future.

If we choose technology or equipment that is not as effective or attractive to consumers as that employed by our competitors, if we fail to employ technologies desired by consumers or that enhance our business operations, such as through the use of AI, or if we fail to execute effectively on our technology initiatives, our businesses and results of operations could be adversely affected. We also will continue to incur additional costs as we execute our technology initiatives, such as the deployment of multigigabit symmetrical speeds by leveraging our DOCSIS 4.0 technology and the development and enhancement of various streaming platforms. There can be no assurance that we can execute on these and other initiatives in a manner sufficient to grow or maintain our revenue or to successfully compete in the future. We also may generate less revenue or incur increased costs if changes in our competitors’ product offerings require that we offer certain services or enhancements at a lower or no cost to our customers or that we increase our research and development expenditures.

A cyber attack, information or security breach, or technology disruption or failure may negatively impact our ability to conduct our business or result in the misuse of confidential information, all of which could adversely affect our business, reputation or results of operations.

Network and information systems and other technologies, including those that are related to our network management, customer service operations and programming delivery and are embedded in our products and services, are critical to our business activities. In the ordinary course of our business, there are constant attempts by unauthorized parties to cause systems-related events and security incidents and to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in security architecture and system design. These incidents include computer hacking, cyber attacks, computer viruses, worms or other destructive or disruptive software, denial of service attacks, phishing attacks, malware, ransomware, malicious social engineering, theft, misconduct, fraud and other malicious activities. Incidents can be caused inadvertently by us or our third-party vendors due to factors such as process breakdowns, human error, software or hardware failures or vulnerabilities in security architecture or system design.

Cyber threats and attacks are constantly evolving and are growing in sophistication and frequency, which increases the difficulty of detecting and successfully defending against them. For example, we expect threat actors will continue to gain sophistication by using tools and techniques, such as AI, that are specifically designed to circumvent security controls. Some cyber attacks have had, and in the future can have, cascading impacts that unfold with increasing speed across networks, information systems and other technologies across the world and create latent vulnerabilities in our and third-party vendors’ systems and other technologies. We also obtain certain confidential, proprietary and personal information about our customers, personnel and vendors, that in many cases is provided or made available to third-party vendors who agree to protect it, which has in the past, and may in the future, become compromised through a cyber attack or data breach, misappropriation, misuse, leakage, falsification or accidental release or loss of information by us or a third party. Due to the nature of our businesses, we may be at a disproportionately heightened risk of these types of incidents occurring because we maintain certain information necessary to conduct our business in digital form. We also incorporate third-party software (including extensive open-source software), applications, and data hosting and cloud-based services into many aspects of our products, services and operations, as well as rely on service providers to help us perform our business operations, all of which expose us to cyber attacks with respect to such third-party suppliers and service providers and their products and services. Due to applicable laws, regulations and contractual obligations, we may be held responsible for cybersecurity breaches or incidents experienced by such third parties in relation to the information we share with them. Due to the complexity and interconnectedness of our systems and those of our third-party vendors, the process of enhancing our protective measures can itself create a risk of systems disruptions and security issues.

While we develop and maintain systems, and operate programs that seek to prevent security incidents from occurring, these efforts are costly and must be constantly monitored and updated in the face of sophisticated and rapidly evolving attempts to overcome our security measures and protections. The occurrence of both intentional and unintentional incidents has caused, and may from time to time in the future cause, a variety of business impacts. These include degradation or disruption of our network, products and services, excessive call volume to call centers, theft or misuse of our intellectual property or other assets, disruption of the security of our internal systems, products, services or satellite transmission signals, power outages, and the compromise or exfiltration of sensitive, personal, proprietary, confidential or technical business information and customer or vendor data, and reputational impacts. In addition, despite efforts to detect unlawful intrusions, attacks can persist for an extended period of time before being detected, and following detection, it may take considerable time to understand the nature, scope, impact and timing of the incident. Moreover, the amount and scope of insurance we maintain against losses resulting from any of the foregoing events likely would not be sufficient to fully cover our losses or otherwise adequately compensate us for disruptions to our business that may result. Repercussions of these incidents have in the past included and may in the future include legal proceedings or significant regulatory fines, oversight or other remedial measures, including with respect to relevant consumer privacy rules, or otherwise have an adverse effect on our company. Despite our efforts, we expect that we will continue to experience such incidents in the future, and there can be no assurance that any such incident will not have an adverse effect on our business, reputation or results of operations. Refer to Item 1C: Cybersecurity for additional information.

Weak economic conditions may have a negative impact on our businesses.

A substantial portion of our revenue comes from customers whose spending patterns may be affected by prevailing economic conditions. Weak economic conditions in the United States, in Europe or globally could adversely affect demand for any of our products and services and have a negative impact on our results of operations. For example, weak economic conditions will likely impact our customers’ discretionary spending and as a result, they may reduce the level of services to which they subscribe or may discontinue subscribing to one or more of our services altogether. This risk may be increased by the expanded availability of free or lower cost competitive services, such as certain DTC streaming services, or substitute services for broadband and voice services, such as wireless and public Wi-Fi networks. Weak economic conditions also negatively impact our advertising revenue, the performance of our films and home entertainment releases, and attendance and spending in our theme parks. In particular, the success of our theme parks and theatrical releases largely depends on consumer demand for out-of-home entertainment experiences, which may be limited by weakened economic conditions. Weak economic conditions may also cause governments and regulators to impose additional tax or product affordability regulations, which could have a negative impact on our results of operations.

Weak economic conditions and disruptions in the global financial markets, such as high interest rates, may impact our ability to obtain financing or to refinance existing debt on acceptable terms, if at all, which could increase the cost of our borrowings over time and may increase our exposure to currency fluctuations in countries where we operate. Further, inflationary pressures in the United States, in Europe and globally may also have negative impacts on our cost structure and pricing models and may impact the ability of third parties (including advertisers, customers, suppliers, wholesale distributors, retailers and content creators, among others) to satisfy their obligations to us.

Acquisitions and other strategic initiatives present many risks, and we may not realize the financial and strategic goals that we had contemplated.

From time to time, we make acquisitions and investments and may pursue other strategic initiatives, such as the Separation of Versant. In connection with such acquisitions and strategic initiatives, we may incur significant or unanticipated expenses and dyssynergies, fail to realize anticipated benefits and synergies, have difficulty incorporating an acquired or new line of business, disrupt relationships with current and new employees, customers and vendors, incur significant debt, divert the attention of management from our current operations, or have to delay or not proceed with announced transactions or initiatives. These and other circumstances could also result in the impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets. Additionally, federal regulatory or antitrust agencies such as the FCC or DOJ or international regulators may impose restrictions on the operation of our businesses as a result of our seeking regulatory approvals for any significant acquisitions and strategic initiatives or may dissuade us from pursuing certain transactions. The occurrence of any of these events could have an adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

We face risks relating to doing business internationally that could adversely affect our businesses.

We operate our businesses worldwide. There are risks inherent in doing business internationally, including global financial market turmoil; economic volatility and global economic slowdown; currency exchange rate fluctuations and inflationary pressures; geopolitical risks, including acts of terror and war; requirements of local laws and customs relating to the publication and distribution of content and the display and sale of advertising; changes in import or export restrictions, tariffs, sanctions and trade policies and regulations; difficulties in developing, staffing and managing foreign operations; issues related to occupational safety and adherence to diverse local labor laws and regulations; and potentially adverse tax developments. Additionally, although we employ foreign currency derivative instruments to hedge certain exposure to foreign currency exchange rate risks, including the British pound, euro and Japanese yen, the use of such derivative instruments may not be sufficient to mitigate exchange rate fluctuations. In addition, doing business internationally subjects us to risks relating to political or social unrest, as well as corruption and government regulations, including U.S. laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the U.K. Bribery Act, that impose stringent requirements on how we conduct our foreign operations. Moreover, foreign enforcement of laws and contractual rights in certain countries where we do business can be inconsistent and unpredictable, which may affect our ability to enforce our rights or make investments that we believe otherwise make strategic sense. If any of these events occur or our conduct does not comply with such laws and regulations, our businesses may be adversely affected.

Natural disasters, severe weather and other uncontrollable events could adversely affect our business, reputation and results of operations.

Our services, products and properties are vulnerable to damage from the occurrence of certain events, including natural disasters, severe weather events such as hurricanes and wildfires, and a range of other unforeseeable events such as infectious disease outbreaks, terrorist attacks or other similar events. Such events have in the past caused, and could in the future cause, a variety of adverse business impacts including degradation or disruption of our network, products and services, excessive call volume to call centers, a reduction in demand for our products, services and theme parks, disruption of our internal systems, products, services or satellite transmission signals, power outages, and damage to our or our customers’ or vendors’ equipment and properties. These events also may result in lost revenue and large expenditures to repair or replace damaged properties, products and services and could lead to litigation and regulatory fines or remedial measures, including if we inadvertently contributed to damages suffered by others.

The amount and scope of insurance we maintain against losses resulting from these types of events likely would not be sufficient to fully cover our losses or otherwise adequately compensate us for disruptions to our business that may result. We expect that we will continue to experience some or all of these events in the future, and there can be no assurance that any such event will not have an adverse effect on our business, reputation or results of operations.

The loss of key management personnel or popular on-air and creative talent could have an adverse effect on our businesses.

We rely on certain key management personnel in the operation of our businesses. While we maintain long-term and emergency transition plans for key management personnel and believe we could either identify internal candidates or attract outside candidates to fill any vacancy created by the loss of any key management personnel, the loss of one or more of our key management personnel could have a negative impact on our businesses.

In addition, our Content & Experiences business depends on the abilities and expertise of on-air and creative talent. If we fail to attract or retain on-air or creative talent, if the costs to attract or retain such talent increase materially, or if these individuals cause negative publicity or lose their current appeal, our businesses could be adversely affected.

Labor disputes, whether involving employees or sports organizations, may disrupt our operations and adversely affect our businesses.

Many of the writers, directors, actors, technical and production personnel, as well as some on-air and creative talent employees in our Content & Experiences business, are covered by collective bargaining agreements or works councils. Many of these collective bargaining agreements are industry-wide agreements, and we may lack practical control over the negotiations and terms of the agreements. If we are unable to reach agreement with a labor union before the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement, our employees who were covered by that agreement may have a right to strike or take other actions that could adversely affect us, which could disrupt our operations and reduce our revenue, and the resolution of any disputes may increase our costs. For example, the Writers Guild of America (“Writers Guild”) and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (“SAG”) work stoppages in 2023 paused productions, which reduced content licensing revenue at our Studios segment. There can be no assurance that we will renew our collective bargaining agreements as they expire or that we can renew them on favorable terms or without any work stoppages in the future.

In addition, labor disputes in sports organizations with which we have programming rights agreements of varying scope and duration could have an adverse effect on our businesses.

If the Separation does not qualify as non-taxable, we and/or holders of our common stock could be subject to significant tax liability.

We have received an opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP that the Separation qualified as non-taxable for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the opinion, the IRS or a court could determine that the Separation should be treated as taxable.

If the Separation does not qualify as non-taxable, we and/or holders of our common stock could be subject to substantial U.S. and/or applicable non-U.S. taxes as a result, and we could incur significant liabilities under applicable law. If the failure to qualify is caused by any action taken by Versant, Versant is required to indemnify us for any resulting tax liabilities.

Risks Related to Legal, Regulatory and Governance Matters

We are subject to regulation by federal, state, local and foreign authorities, which impose additional costs and restrictions on our businesses.

Our businesses are subject to various federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations. In the United States in particular, the Communications Act and FCC regulations and policies affect significant aspects of our communications businesses.

Legislators and regulators at all levels of government frequently consider changing, and sometimes do change, existing statutes, rules or regulations, or interpretations of existing statutes, rules or regulations, or prescribe new ones, any of which may significantly affect our businesses and ability to effectively compete. Applying existing laws in novel ways to new technologies, including streaming services and AI, may also affect our business. These legislators and regulators, along with some state attorneys general and foreign governmental authorities, have been active in conducting inquiries and reviews regarding our services. State legislative and regulatory initiatives can create a patchwork of different and/or conflicting state requirements, such as with respect to privacy and Open Internet/net neutrality regulations, that can affect our businesses and ability to effectively compete.

Legislative and regulatory activity has increased in recent years, particularly with respect to broadband networks. For example, Congress has approved tens of billions of dollars in funding for broadband deployment and adoption initiatives, and it may from time to time consider other proposals that address communications issues, including whether it should rewrite the Communications Act to account for changes in the communications marketplace. Federal agencies have considered adopting new regulations for communications services, including broadband, from time to time. States and localities are increasingly proposing new regulations impacting communications services, including broader regulation of broadband networks. Regulators in various international jurisdictions are similarly considering changes to telecommunications and media requirements. Any of these regulations could significantly affect our business and our legal and compliance costs.

In addition, United States and foreign regulators and courts could adopt new interpretations of existing competition or antitrust laws or enact new competition or antitrust laws or regulatory tools that could negatively impact our businesses. Any future legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative actions may increase our costs or impose additional restrictions on our businesses, some of which may be significant. We are unable to predict the outcome or effects of any of these potential actions or any other legislative or regulatory proposals on our businesses.

Failure to comply with the laws and regulations applicable to our businesses could result in administrative enforcement actions, fines, and civil and criminal liability. Any changes to the legal and regulatory framework applicable to any of our services or businesses could have an adverse impact on our businesses and results of operations. For a more extensive discussion of the significant risks associated with the regulation of our businesses, see Item 1: Business and refer to the “Legislation and Regulation” discussion within that section.

Unfavorable litigation or governmental investigation results could require us to pay significant amounts or lead to onerous operating procedures.

We are subject from time to time to a number of lawsuits both in the United States and in foreign countries, including claims relating to competition, intellectual property rights (including copyrights, trademarks and patents), employment and labor matters, personal injury and property damage, defamation, disparagement, libel, free speech, negligence, customer privacy, regulatory requirements, advertising, marketing and selling practices, and credit and collection issues. We also spend substantial resources complying with various regulatory and government standards, including any related investigations and litigation. Greater constraints on the use of arbitration to resolve certain of these disputes also could adversely affect our business. Adverse outcomes in any lawsuits or investigations could result in significant monetary damages or injunctive relief that could adversely affect our businesses, results of operations or financial condition. In addition, regardless of the ultimate merit or outcome of such lawsuits, investigations or claims, these proceedings may have an adverse impact on our business as a result of legal costs, diversion of the attention of management and other personnel, harm to our reputation and other factors.

Our Class B common stock has substantial voting rights and separate approval rights over several potentially material transactions, and our Chairman and Co-CEO has considerable influence over our company through his beneficial ownership of our Class B common stock.

Our Class B common stock has a non-dilutable 33 1/3% of the combined voting power of our Class A and Class B common stock. This non-dilutable voting power is subject to proportional decrease to the extent the number of shares of Class B common stock is reduced below 9,444,375, which was the number of shares of Class B common stock outstanding on the date of our 2002 acquisition of AT&T Corp.’s cable business, subject to adjustment in specified situations. Stock dividends payable on the Class B common stock in the form of Class B or Class A common stock do not decrease the non-dilutable voting power of the Class B common stock. The Class B common stock also has separate approval rights over several potentially material transactions, even if they are approved by our Board of Directors or by our other shareholders and even if they might be in the best interests of our other shareholders. These potentially material transactions include mergers or consolidations involving us, transactions (such as a sale of all or substantially all of our assets) or issuances of securities that require shareholder approval, transactions that result in any person or group owning shares representing more than 10% of the combined voting power of the resulting or surviving corporation, issuances of Class B common stock or securities exercisable or convertible into Class B common stock, and amendments to our articles of incorporation or bylaws that would limit the rights of holders of our Class B common stock. Brian L. Roberts, our chairman and Co-CEO, beneficially owns all of the outstanding shares of our Class B common stock and, accordingly, has considerable influence over our company and the potential ability to transfer effective control by selling the Class B common stock, which could be at a premium.

Cybersecurity

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Our management, with involvement and input from our Board of Directors, performs an annual enterprise-wide risk management (“ERM”) assessment to identify and manage key existing and emerging risks for our company. Our ERM process assesses the characteristics and circumstances of the evolving business environment at the time and seeks to identify both the potential impacts to our company of a particular risk and the velocity with which the risk may manifest (e.g., rapidly in less than three months or more slowly in more than twelve months). Our executive management team has the overall responsibility for, and oversight of, our ERM process, and an ERM steering committee manages the process, with one or more senior business executives then monitoring and managing each of the identified risks.

Cybersecurity is among the risks identified for Board-level oversight as a result of our most recent ERM assessment, with our Audit Committee of the Board overseeing our policies, practices and assessments with respect to cybersecurity.

The Board and/or our Audit Committee receive regular updates throughout the year on cybersecurity. Each of our Board and Audit Committee separately receives an annual report on cybersecurity matters and related risk exposures from our primary businesses’ Chief Information Security Officers (“CISOs”) and Chief Technology Officers or other similar officers (“CTOs”). Our Audit Committee also receives regular updates on our cybersecurity posture throughout the year, as appropriate. When covered during an Audit Committee meeting, the chair of the Audit Committee reports on its discussion to the full Board.

In addition to this Board-level oversight, our Cybersecurity Leadership Council (“CLC”) oversees our cybersecurity strategy and is responsible for overseeing and managing our cybersecurity risks. The CLC includes our Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), Chief Legal Officer, head of Internal Audit, Chief Privacy and Data Strategy Officer, and lead internal securities counsel, as well as the CISOs, CTOs, CFOs and General Counsels of our primary businesses. Given the complex and varied nature of our businesses, the Connectivity & Platforms and Content & Experiences businesses each have a dedicated CISO whom we believe is appropriately qualified to assess and manage cybersecurity risks. The Connectivity & Platforms CISO has served in various roles in product security and privacy at our company since 2016 and held various leadership and technical positions in Fortune 500 companies before joining our company. The Content & Experiences CISO has served in various roles in information security at our company since 2018 and held various roles in managing security operation center service portfolios and information security before joining our company.

The CLC conducts regular meetings throughout the year during which CISOs provide updates and report on meaningful cybersecurity risks, threats, incidents and vulnerabilities in accordance with the CLC’s reporting framework, as well as related priorities, mitigation and remediation activities, financial and employee resource levels, regulatory compliance, technology trends and third-party provider risks. To help inform this reporting framework, our primary businesses maintain incident response plans and other policies and procedures designed to respond to, mitigate and remediate cybersecurity incidents according to a defined set of severity ratings based on the potential impact to our business, information technology systems, network or data, including data held or information technology services provided by third-party vendors or other service providers.

Network and information systems and other technologies, including those that are related to our network management, customer service operations and programming delivery and are embedded in our products and services, are critical to our business activities. We frequently obtain certain confidential, proprietary and/or personal information about our customers, personnel and vendors, which in many cases is provided or made available to third-party vendors who agree to protect it. As a result, we have multiple layers of security designed to detect and block cybersecurity events, as well as a dedicated team of cybersecurity personnel, who assist our CISOs in helping to assess, identify, monitor, detect and manage cybersecurity risks, threats, vulnerabilities and incidents. In the normal course, we engage assessors, consultants and other third parties to assist in various cyber-related matters. For example, an outside consulting firm conducts a National Institute of Standards and Technology and International Organization for Standardization-based cybersecurity capability maturity assessment every three years, which is reviewed with the Audit Committee, and our security teams leverage third-party advisors, as appropriate. We also perform penetration tests, data recovery testing, security audits and risk assessments throughout the year. Our cybersecurity program also incorporates intelligence sharing capabilities about emerging threats within the telecommunications industry and other industries through collaboration with peer companies and specialized consultants and through public-private partnerships with government intelligence agencies. We hold cybersecurity trainings for our employees and request that key vendors do the same.

However, while we develop and maintain systems, and operate programs that seek to prevent security incidents from occurring, these systems and programs must be constantly monitored and updated in the face of sophisticated and rapidly evolving attempts to overcome our security measures and protections. The occurrence of both intentional and unintentional incidents has caused, and could cause in the future, a variety of adverse business impacts. See “Item 1A: Risk Factors” above for additional information on risks related our business, including, for example, risks related to cyber attacks, information and system breaches, and technology disruptions and failures; our reliance on using and protecting certain intellectual property rights; keeping pace with technological developments; legal and regulatory developments; and obtaining hardware, software and operational support from third-party vendors.

Properties

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We believe our physical assets are generally in good operating condition and are suitable and adequate for our business operations. We own our corporate headquarters, which is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at One Comcast Center.

Connectivity & Platforms Business

Our principal physical assets for the operations of the Residential Connectivity & Platforms and the Business Services Connectivity segments consist of operating plant and equipment, including our network in the United States. Refer to Item 1: Business: Network and Technology for additional information.

Our Connectivity & Platforms business headquarters is located in One Comcast Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We also own the Comcast Technology Center, which is a center for our technology and engineering workforce located adjacent to the Comcast Center, and our Sky headquarters, located in Middlesex, United Kingdom.

We also own or lease buildings throughout the Connectivity & Platforms markets that contain administrative space, retail stores and customer service centers, and warehouses.

Content & Experiences Business

Our Content & Experiences business and NBCUniversal headquarters are located in New York, New York at 30 Rockefeller Plaza and its surrounding campus, which include offices and studios used by the Media segment. We own substantially all of the space we occupy at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, and we lease the spaces in the surrounding campus.

Other principal locations supporting our Media segment operations include our leased Telemundo headquarters and production facilities in Miami, Florida, as well as our owned Universal City location in Los Angeles, California, our leased NBC Sports headquarters and production facilities in Stamford, Connecticut, and our owned CNBC headquarters and production facilities located in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey which is owned by Versant following the Separation on January 2, 2026.

Refer to Item 1: Business: Studios Segment and Theme Parks Segment for information on properties used in the operations of those respective segments.

We also own or lease additional offices, studios, production facilities, screening rooms, retail operations, warehouse space, satellite transmission receiving facilities and data centers in numerous locations in the United States and around the world.

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See Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of legal proceedings.

Management's discussion and analysis

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Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, the consolidated financial statements and related notes (“Notes”) to enhance the understanding of our operations and our present business environment. For more information about our company’s operations and the risks facing our businesses, see Item 1: Business and Item 1A: Risk Factors, respectively. Refer to Item 7: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K for management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations for fiscal year 2024, including comparison to fiscal year 2023.

Overview

We are a global media and technology company with two primary businesses: Connectivity & Platforms and Content & Experiences. We present the operations of (1) our Connectivity & Platforms business in two segments: Residential Connectivity & Platforms and Business Services Connectivity; and (2) our Content & Experiences business in three segments: Media, Studios and Theme Parks.

The discussion and analysis that follows includes the results of the cable television networks and complementary digital platforms included in Versant as the Separation did not occur until 2026. Refer to Note 16 for additional information.

Consolidated Revenue, Net Income Attributable to Comcast Corporation and Adjusted EBITDA(a)

(in billions)

Revenue Net Income Attributable to Comcast Corporation Adjusted EBITDA

(a) Adjusted EBITDA is a financial measure that is not defined by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section on page 46 for additional information, including our definition and our use of Adjusted EBITDA, and for a reconciliation from net income attributable to Comcast Corporation to Adjusted EBITDA. Revenue, Net Income Attributable to Comcast Corporation and Adjusted EBITDA charts are not presented on the same scale.

2025 Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA Segment Contribution(a)

Revenue Adjusted EBITDA

(a) Charts exclude the results of Content & Experiences Headquarters and Other, Corporate and Other, and eliminations. Refer to our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for additional information.

2025 Developments

Connectivity & Platforms(a) Content & Experiences(a)(b)

(a) Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA charts are not presented on the same scale.

(b) Segment details in the charts exclude the results of Content & Experiences Headquarters and Other and Eliminations and therefore the amounts do not equal the total.

Residential Connectivity & Platforms Media
•Revenue decreased due to decreases in video, other and advertising revenue, partially offset by increases in domestic wireless and international connectivity revenue. •Adjusted EBITDA decreased primarily due to a decrease in revenue and an increase in other costs and expenses, partially offset by a decrease in programming expenses. •Adjusted EBITDA margin decreased from 38.2% to 37.7%. Business Services Connectivity •Revenue increased due to an increase in revenue from enterprise solutions offerings and small business customers. •Adjusted EBITDA increased due to an increase in revenue, partially offset by increased costs and expenses. •Adjusted EBITDA margin decreased from 56.7% to 55.9%. Customer Metrics •Total customer relationships decreased by 967,000 to 50.8 million. •Domestic broadband customers decreased by 711,000 to 31.3 million. •Domestic wireless lines increased by 1.5 million to 9.3 million. •Domestic video customers decreased by 1.3 million to 11.3 million. •Domestic homes and businesses passed increased by 1.3 million to 65.0 million. Capital Expenditures •Total Connectivity & Platforms capital expenditures increased 5.3% to $8.7 billion, reflecting increased spending on customer premise equipment, scalable infrastructure and support capital. •Revenue decreased primarily due to the impact of the Paris Olympics in 2024. Excluding $1.9 billion of incremental revenue associated with this event, revenue increased due to increases in international networks, domestic distribution and other revenue, partially offset by a decrease in domestic advertising revenue. •Adjusted EBITDA increased primarily due to a decrease in programming and production costs driven by the Paris Olympics, partially offset by a decrease in revenue. •Peacock generated revenue and costs and expenses of $5.4 billion and $6.5 billion in 2025, respectively, compared to $4.9 billion and $6.7 billion in 2024, respectively, including the Paris Olympics. Paid subscribers increased by 8 million to 44 million in 2025. Studios •Revenue increased primarily due to an increase in content licensing, partially offset by a decrease in theatrical revenue. •Adjusted EBITDA decreased due to an increase in costs and expenses driven by marketing and promotion and programming and production, partially offset by an increase in revenue. Theme Parks •Revenue increased primarily due to an increase in revenue at our theme parks in Orlando, driven by the opening of Epic Universe in May 2025. •Adjusted EBITDA increased due to an increase in revenue, partially offset by an increase in costs and expenses. •Capital expenditures continued to reflect significant spending for the development of Epic Universe in Orlando ahead of its opening.

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Other

  • Repurchased a total of 205 million shares of our Class A common stock for $6.8 billion in 2025 compared to a total of 212 million shares of our Class A common stock for $8.6 billion in 2024. Raised our dividend by $0.08 to $1.32 per share on an annualized basis in January 2025 and paid $4.9 billion of dividends in 2025.
  • In June 2025, we sold our interest in Hulu, at which time we recognized the sale of our interest with a pre-tax gain of $9.4 billion (see Note 8).
  • On January 2, 2026, we completed the Separation of Versant into an independent, publicly traded company and we made a pro rata distribution of 100% of the shares of Versant common stock to Comcast shareholders in which each Comcast shareholder received 1 share of Versant common stock for every 25 shares of Comcast common stock owned as of the close of business on December 16, 2025 (see Note 16).

Consolidated Operating Results

Year ended December 31 (in millions, except per share data) 2025 2024 Change 2024 to 2025
Revenue $123,707 $123,731 —%
Costs and Expenses:
Programming and production 34,951 37,026 (5.6)
Marketing and promotion 8,862 8,073 9.8
Other operating and administrative 43,013 40,533 6.1
Depreciation 9,327 8,729 6.8
Amortization 6,884 6,072 13.4
Total costs and expenses 103,035 100,434 2.6
Operating income 20,672 23,297 (11.3)
Interest expense (4,409) (4,134) 6.6
Investment and other income (loss), net 9,503 (490) NM
Income before income taxes 25,766 18,673 38.0
Income tax expense (6,106) (2,796) 118.4
Net income 19,660 15,877 23.8
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests (338) (315) 7.3
Net income attributable to Comcast Corporation $19,998 $16,192 23.5%
Basic earnings per common share attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders $5.41 $4.17 29.7%
Diluted earnings per common share attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders $5.39 $4.14 30.1%
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding - basic 3,699 3,885 (4.8)%
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - diluted 3,709 3,908 (5.1)%
Adjusted EBITDA(a) $37,384 $38,069 (1.8)%

Percentage changes that are considered not meaningful are denoted with NM.

(a) Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section on page 46 for additional information, including our definition and our use of Adjusted EBITDA, and for a reconciliation from net income attributable to Comcast Corporation to Adjusted EBITDA.

Consolidated Revenue

The following graph illustrates the contributions to the change in consolidated revenue made by our Connectivity & Platforms and Content & Experiences businesses, as well as by Corporate and Other activities, including eliminations.

(a) Graph is presented using a truncated scale.

Revenue for our segments and other businesses is discussed separately below under the heading “Segment Operating Results.”

Consolidated Costs and Expenses

The following graph illustrates the contributions to the change in consolidated costs and expenses, excluding depreciation expense and amortization expense, made by our Connectivity & Platforms and Content & Experiences businesses, as well as by Corporate and Other activities, including adjustments and eliminations. The increase in adjustments in the current year is primarily driven by transaction and transaction-related costs associated with the Separation of Versant that are excluded from Adjusted EBITDA and our segment operating results.

(a) Graph is presented using a truncated scale.

Costs and expenses for our segments and our corporate operations and other businesses are discussed separately below under the heading “Segment Operating Results.”

Consolidated depreciation and amortization expense increased in 2025 compared to 2024 primarily due to increased amortization of certain acquisition-related intangible assets related to the linear media business, increased depreciation due to the opening of Epic Universe in May 2025, impairments of certain long-lived assets in 2025 and the impact of foreign currency.

Amortization expense from acquisition-related intangible assets totaled $3.3 billion and $2.7 billion in 2025 and 2024, respectively. Amounts primarily relate to customer relationship intangible assets recorded in connection with the NBCUniversal transaction in 2011 and the Sky transaction in 2018.

Consolidated interest expense increased in 2025 compared to 2024 primarily due to a decrease in capitalized interest driven by the opening of Epic Universe, as well as higher weighted-average interest rates in the current year.

Consolidated investment and other income (loss), net increased in 2025 compared to 2024.

Year ended December 31 (in millions) 2025 2024
Equity in net income (losses) of investees, net $(591) $(680)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on equity securities, net (20) (313)
Other income (loss), net 10,114 502
Total investment and other income (loss), net $9,503 $(490)

The change in equity in net income (losses) of investees, net in 2025 compared to 2024 was primarily due to our investments in Atairos and Hulu. The income (losses) at Atairos were driven by fair value adjustments on its underlying investments with income (loss) of $(377) million and $(474) million in 2025 and 2024, respectively.

The change in realized and unrealized gains (losses) on equity securities, net in 2025 compared to 2024 was primarily due to a gain on the sale of a nonmarketable security in the current year and due to higher net unrealized losses on nonmarketable securities in the prior year.

The change in other income (loss), net in 2025 compared to 2024 primarily resulted from a $9.4 billion pre-tax gain from the sale of our interest in Hulu in 2025 (see Note 8).

Consolidated Income Tax Expense

Our effective income tax rate in 2025 and 2024 was 23.7% and 15.0%, respectively.

The increase in income tax expense in 2025 was primarily driven by a tax benefit in the prior year from an internal corporate reorganization completed in 2024 and higher domestic income before income taxes in the current year.

See Note 5 for additional information on our income taxes.

Consolidated Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests

The changes in net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests in 2025 compared to 2024 were primarily due to our regional sports networks and Universal Beijing Resort.

Segment Operating Results

Our segment operating results are presented based on how we assess operating performance and internally report financial information. See Note 2 for additional information on our segments.

Connectivity & Platforms Overview

Year ended December 31 (in millions) Revenue 2025 2024 2024 to 2025 Change Constant Currency Change(b)
Residential Connectivity & Platforms $70,704 $71,574 (1.2)% (1.9)%
Business Services Connectivity 10,237 9,701 5.5 5.5
Total Connectivity & Platforms revenue $80,940 $81,275 (0.4)% (1.1)%
Adjusted EBITDA
Residential Connectivity & Platforms $26,653 $27,338 (2.5)% (2.8)%
Business Services Connectivity 5,725 5,500 4.1 4.1
Total Connectivity & Platforms Adjusted EBITDA $32,377 $32,838 (1.4)% (1.6)%
Adjusted EBITDA Margin(a)
Residential Connectivity & Platforms 37.7% 38.2% (50) bps (30) bps
Business Services Connectivity 55.9 56.7 (80) bps (80) bps
Total Connectivity & Platforms Adjusted EBITDA margin 40.0% 40.4% (40) bps (20) bps

(a) Our Adjusted EBITDA margin is Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of revenue. We believe this metric is useful particularly as we continue to focus on growing our higher-margin businesses and improving overall operating cost management. The changes reflect the year-over-year basis point changes in the rounded Adjusted EBITDA margins.

(b) Constant currency is a non-GAAP financial measure. Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section on page 46 for additional information, including our definition and our use of constant currency, and for a reconciliation of constant currency amounts.

We continue to focus on growing our higher-margin connectivity businesses while managing overall operating costs. We also continue to invest in our network to support higher-speed broadband offerings and to expand the number of homes and businesses passed. Our customer relationship additions/(losses) continue to be negatively impacted by an increasingly competitive environment. We are focused on increasing our residential connectivity revenue. In 2025, we simplified our broadband pricing structure and began offering a free wireless line for one year to new and existing domestic broadband customers, which we expect will improve customer retention and strengthen our ability to compete for new customers, but will negatively impact average domestic broadband revenue per customer. We also expect continued declines in video revenue as a result of domestic customer net losses due to shifting video consumption patterns and the competitive environment, although customer net losses typically mitigate the impact of continued rate increases on programming expenses, as well as continued declines in other revenue related to declines in wireline voice revenue. We are also focused on growing our Business Services Connectivity segment revenue by offering competitive services, including enterprise solutions, and driving higher adoption of our advanced solutions.

Connectivity & Platforms Customer Metrics

(in thousands)

Customer Relationships 2025 2024 Net Additions / (Losses) 2025 2024
Domestic Residential Connectivity & Platforms customer relationships(a) 30,439 31,172 (733) (476)
International Residential Connectivity & Platforms customer relationships(a) 17,624 17,811 (186) (36)
Business Services Connectivity customer relationships(b)(c) 2,702 2,626 (48) (16)
Total Connectivity & Platforms customer relationships 50,766 51,609 (967) (527)
Domestic Broadband
Residential customers 28,719 29,373 (654) (375)
Business customers(b)(c) 2,536 2,469 (57) (36)
Total domestic broadband customers 31,255 31,842 (711) (411)
Domestic Wireless
Total domestic wireless lines(d) 9,305 7,826 1,479 1,237
Domestic Video
Total domestic video customers 11,270 12,523 (1,253) (1,583)
Domestic homes and businesses passed(e) 64,983 63,692
Domestic broadband penetration of homes and businesses passed(f) 47.6% 49.8%

(a) Residential Connectivity & Platforms customer relationships generally represent the number of residential customer locations that subscribe to at least one of our services. International Residential Connectivity & Platforms customer relationships represent customers receiving Sky services in the United Kingdom and Italy. Because each of our services includes a variety of product tiers, which may change from time to time, net additions or losses in any one period will reflect a mix of customers at various tiers.

(b) Business Services Connectivity customer metrics are generally counted based on the number of connections receiving services, including connections within our network in the United States, as well as connections outside of our network both in the United States and internationally. Certain arrangements whereby third parties provide connectivity services leveraging our network are also generally counted based on the number of connections served.

(c) Beginning in the second quarter of 2025, Business Services Connectivity customer relationships and domestic broadband business customers include connections from the acquisition of Nitel and other conforming changes, resulting in an increase of 124,000 Business Services Connectivity customer relationships and 123,000 domestic broadband business customers as of April 1, 2025. Because these adjustments were made as of April 1, 2025, they are not reflected in 2024 customer metrics or in net additions/(losses) in 2024 or 2025.

(d) Domestic wireless lines represent the number of residential and business customers’ wireless devices. An individual customer relationship may have multiple wireless lines.

(e) Connectivity & Platforms domestic homes and businesses are considered passed if we can connect them to our network in the United States without further extending the transmission lines. Homes and businesses passed is an estimate based on the best available information.

(f) Penetration is calculated by dividing the number of domestic customers located within our network by the number of domestic homes and businesses passed.

2025 2024 2024 to 2025 Change Constant Currency Change(a)
Average monthly total Connectivity & Platforms revenue per customer relationship $131.77 $130.57 0.9% 0.3%
Average monthly total Connectivity & Platforms Adjusted EBITDA per customer relationship $52.71 $52.75 (0.1)% (0.3)%

(a) Constant currency is a non-GAAP financial measure. Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measure” section on page 46 for additional information, including our definition and our use of constant currency, and for a reconciliation of constant currency amounts.

Average monthly total revenue per customer relationship is impacted by rate adjustments and changes in the types and levels of services received by our residential and business customers, as well as changes in advertising and other revenue and in foreign currency exchange rates. While revenue from our individual service offerings is also impacted by changes in the allocation of revenue among services sold in a bundle, the allocation does not impact average monthly total revenue per customer relationship. Each of our services has a different contribution to Adjusted EBITDA margin. We use average monthly Adjusted EBITDA per customer relationship to evaluate the profitability of our customer base across our service offerings. We believe both metrics are useful to understand the trends in our business, and average monthly Adjusted EBITDA per customer relationship is useful particularly as we continue to focus on growing our higher-margin businesses.

Connectivity & Platforms — Supplemental Costs and Expenses Information

Connectivity & Platforms supplemental costs and expenses information in the table below is presented on an aggregate basis across the Connectivity & Platforms segments as the segments use certain shared infrastructure, including our network in the United States. Costs and expenses information reported separately for the Residential Connectivity & Platforms and Business Services Connectivity segments includes each segment’s direct costs and an allocation of shared costs.

Year ended December 31 (in millions) Costs and Expenses 2025 2024 2024 to 2025 Change Constant Currency Change(g)
Programming(a) $16,007 $16,881 (5.2)% (6.1)%
Technical and support(b) 7,610 7,617 (0.1) (0.7)
Direct product costs(c) 7,576 6,607 14.7 12.8
Marketing and promotion(d) 5,085 4,772 6.6 5.8
Customer service(e) 2,755 2,732 0.9 0.2
Other(f) 9,532 9,828 (3.0) (3.8)
Total Connectivity & Platforms costs and expenses $48,563 $48,438 0.3% (0.7)%

(a) Programming expenses, which represent our most significant operating expense, are the fees we incur to provide video services to our customers, and primarily include fees related to the distribution of television network programming and fees charged for retransmission of the signals from local broadcast television stations. These expenses also include the costs of content on the Sky-branded entertainment television networks, including amortization of licensed content.

(b) Technical and support expenses primarily consist of costs for labor to complete service call and installation activities; and costs for network operations and satellite transmission, product development, fulfillment and provisioning.

(c) Direct product costs primarily consist of access fees related to using wireless and broadband networks owned by third parties to deliver our services and costs of products sold, including wireless devices and Sky Glass smart televisions.

(d) Marketing and promotion expenses primarily consist of the costs associated with attracting new customers and promoting our service offerings.

(e) Customer service expenses primarily consist of the personnel and other costs associated with customer service and certain selling activities.

(f) Other expenses primarily consist of administrative personnel costs; franchise and other regulatory fees; fees paid to third parties where we sell advertising on their behalf; bad debt; building and office expenses, taxes and billing costs; and other business, headquarters and support costs necessary to operate the Connectivity & Platforms business.

(g) Constant currency is a non-GAAP financial measure. Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section on page 46 for additional information, including our definition and our use of constant currency, and for a reconciliation of constant currency amounts.

Residential Connectivity & Platforms Segment Results of Operations

Year ended December 31 (in millions) Revenue 2025 2024(a) 2024 to 2025 Change Constant Currency Change(b)
Domestic broadband $25,837 $25,660 0.7% 0.7%
Domestic wireless 4,967 4,273 16.3 16.3
International connectivity 4,963 4,503 10.2 6.8
Total residential connectivity 35,767 34,435 3.9 3.4
Video 26,387 27,791 (5.1) (6.1)
Advertising 3,712 4,089 (9.2) (10.3)
Other 4,838 5,259 (8.0) (8.8)
Total revenue 70,704 71,574 (1.2) (1.9)
Costs and Expenses
Programming 16,007 16,881 (5.2) (6.1)
Other 28,044 27,355 2.5 1.4
Total costs and expenses 44,051 44,237 (0.4) (1.4)
Adjusted EBITDA $26,653 $27,338 (2.5)% (2.8)%

(a) Beginning in the first quarter of 2025, commission revenue from the sale of certain DTC streaming services and revenue related to certain equipment are presented in video revenue. Previously, these amounts were presented in domestic broadband and international connectivity. Prior periods have been reclassified to reflect the current year presentation.

(b) Constant currency is a non-GAAP financial measure. Refer to the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section on page 46 for additional information, including our definition and our use of constant currency, and for a reconciliation of constant currency amounts.

Residential Connectivity & Platforms Segment – Revenue

Domestic broadband revenue primarily consists of revenue from sales of broadband services to residential customers in the United States, including equipment and installation services.

Domestic broadband revenue remained consistent in 2025 due to an increase in average rates, offset by a decline in the number of domestic broadband customers.

Domestic wireless revenue primarily consists of revenue from sales of wireless services and devices, including handsets, tablets and smart watches, to residential customers in the United States.

Domestic wireless revenue increased in 2025 primarily due to an increase in the number of customer lines and device sales.

International connectivity revenue primarily consists of revenue from sales of broadband services, including equipment and installation services, wireless devices and wireless services to residential customers in the United Kingdom and Italy.

International connectivity revenue increased in 2025 primarily due to an increase in broadband revenue resulting from an increase in average rates and an increase in wireless revenue primarily resulting from an increase in the number of customer lines and device sales. These increases include the positive impact of foreign currency.

Video revenue primarily consists of revenue from sales of video services to residential and business customers across the Connectivity & Platforms markets, including equipment and installation services. Video revenue includes pay-per-view and other transactional revenue and franchise fees, revenue from sales of certain hardware, including Sky Glass smart televisions, commission revenue from the sale of certain DTC streaming services, and revenue related to Xumo Stream Boxes.

Video revenue decreased in 2025 due to declines in the overall number of video customers, partially offset by an overall increase in average rates and the positive impact of foreign currency.

Advertising revenue primarily consists of revenue from the sale of advertising across our platforms in the Connectivity & Platforms markets, including advertising as part of our distribution agreements with cable networks in the United States, and advertising on Sky-branded entertainment television networks and on our digital properties. Advertising also includes revenue where we enter into representation agreements under which we sell advertising on behalf of third parties and from our advanced advertising businesses.

Advertising revenue decreased in 2025 primarily driven by lower domestic political and nonpolitical advertising, partially offset by the positive impact of foreign currency.

Other revenue primarily consists of revenue in the Connectivity & Platforms markets from sales of wireline voice services to residential customers; our residential security and automation services businesses; the licensing of our technology platforms to other multichannel video providers; the distribution of certain of our Sky-branded entertainment television networks to third-party video service providers; commissions from electronic retailing networks; and certain billing and collection fees.

Other revenue decreased in 2025 primarily due to a decrease in residential wireline voice revenue driven by a decline in the number of customers.

Residential Connectivity & Platforms Segment – Costs and Expenses

Programming expenses decreased in 2025 primarily due to a decline in the number of domestic video subscribers, partially offset by rate increases under our domestic programming contracts, an increase in programming expenses for our international sports networks and the impact of foreign currency.

Other expenses increased in 2025 primarily due to increased direct product costs, the impact of foreign currency and increased spending on marketing and promotion, partially offset by a decrease in franchise and other regulatory fees, and a decrease in fees paid to third parties relating to advertising sales.

Business Services Connectivity Segment Results of Operations

Year ended December 31 (in millions) 2025 2024 Change 2024 to 2025
Revenue $10,237 $9,701 5.5%
Costs and expenses 4,512 4,201 7.4
Adjusted EBITDA $5,725 $5,500 4.1%

Business services connectivity revenue primarily consists of revenue from our service offerings for small business locations in the United States, which include broadband, wireline voice and wireless services, as well as our enterprise solutions offerings, and our business connectivity service offerings in the United Kingdom.

Business services connectivity revenue increased in 2025 primarily due to an increase in revenue from enterprise solutions offerings, including the results from Nitel, which was acquired in April 2025, and from an increase in revenue from small business customers.

Business services connectivity costs and expenses increased in 2025 primarily due to increases in direct product costs, which include the results from Nitel.

Content & Experiences Overview

Year ended December 31 (in millions) Revenue 2025 2024 Change 2024 to 2025
Media $27,090 $28,148 (3.8)%
Studios 11,286 11,092 1.7
Theme Parks 9,836 8,617 14.2
Headquarters and Other 46 50 (6.7)
Eliminations (2,699) (2,798) 3.5
Total Content & Experiences revenue $45,559 $45,108 1.0%
Adjusted EBITDA
Media $3,196 $3,130 2.1%
Studios 1,099 1,404 (21.7)
Theme Parks 3,080 2,949 4.5
Headquarters and Other (1,095) (831) (31.8)
Eliminations 186 82 127.9
Total Content & Experiences Adjusted EBITDA $6,467 $6,735 (4.0)%

We operate our Media segment as a combined television and streaming business and will continue to do so following the Separation of the Versant business. We expect that the number of subscribers and audience ratings at our remaining linear television networks will continue to decline as a result of the competitive environment and shifting video consumption patterns, which we aim to mitigate over time by growth in both paid subscribers and advertising revenue at Peacock. We expect to continue to incur significant costs related to content and marketing at Peacock. Revenue and programming expenses are also impacted by the timing of certain sporting events, including the Paris Olympics in the third quarter of 2024 and the NBA beginning in the fourth quarter of 2025. We expect lower revenue and costs and expenses for the Media segment in 2026 as a result of the Separation of Versant.

Our Studios segment generates revenue primarily from third parties and from licensing content to our Media segment. While the results of operations for our Studios segment are not impacted, results for our total Content & Experiences business may be impacted as the Studios segment licenses content to the Media segment, including for Peacock, rather than licensing the content to third parties.

We continue to invest significantly in existing and new theme park attractions, hotels and infrastructure, including Epic Universe in Orlando, which opened in May 2025, as well as in new destinations and experiences, including a Universal theme park and resort in the United Kingdom with a projected opening date in 2031, subject to various approvals.

Media Segment Results of Operations

Year ended December 31 (in millions) Revenue 2025 2024 Change 2024 to 2025
Domestic advertising $8,382 $10,008 (16.2)%
Domestic distribution 11,613 11,826 (1.8)
International networks 4,977 4,282 16.2
Other 2,118 2,031 4.2
Total revenue 27,090 28,148 (3.8)
Costs and Expenses
Programming and production 17,866 18,968 (5.8)
Marketing and promotion 1,463 1,473 (0.6)
Other 4,565 4,577 (0.3)
Total costs and expenses 23,894 25,017 (4.5)
Adjusted EBITDA $3,196 $3,130 2.1%

Media Segment – Revenue

Revenue decreased in 2025 primarily due to the Paris Olympics in 2024. Excluding incremental revenue associated with this event, revenue increased in 2025 driven by increases in international networks, domestic distribution and other revenue, partially offset by a decrease in domestic advertising revenue.

Year ended December 31 (in millions) 2025 2024 Change 2024 to 2025
Total revenue $27,090 $28,148 (3.8)%
Olympics — 1,906 NM
Total revenue, excluding Olympics $27,090 $26,242 3.2%
Total domestic advertising revenue $8,382 $10,008 (16.2)%
Olympics — 1,432 NM
Domestic advertising revenue, excluding Olympics $8,382 $8,576 (2.3)%
Total domestic distribution revenue $11,613 $11,826 (1.8)%
Olympics — 473 NM
Domestic distribution revenue, excluding Olympics $11,613 $11,353 2.3%

Percentage changes that are considered not meaningful are denoted with NM.

Domestic advertising revenue primarily consists of revenue generated from sales of advertising on our linear television networks, Peacock and other digital properties operating predominantly in the United States.

Domestic advertising revenue decreased in 2025 primarily due to the Paris Olympics in 2024. Excluding incremental revenue associated with this event, domestic advertising revenue decreased in 2025 primarily due to a decrease in revenue at our linear television networks, partially offset by an increase in revenue at Peacock.

Domestic distribution revenue primarily consists of revenue generated from the distribution of our television networks operating predominantly in the United States to traditional and virtual multichannel video providers, and from NBC-affiliated and Telemundo-affiliated local broadcast television stations. Our revenue from distribution agreements is generally based on the number of subscribers receiving the programming on our television networks and a per subscriber fee. Distribution revenue also includes Peacock subscription fees.

Domestic distribution revenue decreased in 2025, including the impact of the Paris Olympics in 2024. Excluding incremental revenue associated with this event, domestic distribution revenue increased in 2025 primarily due to an increase in revenue at Peacock, partially offset by a decrease in revenue at our linear television networks. The decrease at our linear television networks was primarily due to a decline in the number of subscribers, partially offset by contractual rate increases.

International networks revenue primarily consists of revenue generated by our networks operating predominantly outside the United States, including the Sky Sports networks in the United Kingdom and Italy. This revenue primarily results from the distribution of our television networks to traditional and virtual multichannel video providers and other platforms, as well as sales of advertising. A significant portion of this revenue comes from the Residential Connectivity & Platforms segment.

International networks revenue increased in 2025 primarily due to an increase in revenue associated with the distribution of sports networks and the positive impact of foreign currency.

Other revenue primarily consists of revenue generated from various digital properties and the licensing of our owned content and technology.

Other revenue increased in 2025 primarily due to increased revenue from a digital property and increased licensing of our owned content.

Media segment total revenue included $5.4 billion and $4.9 billion related to Peacock in 2025 and 2024, respectively, including amounts related to the Paris Olympics in 2024. We had 44 million and 36 million paid subscribers of Peacock as of 2025 and 2024, respectively. Peacock paid subscribers represent customers from which we recognize distribution revenue, including both customers that pay us directly and customers receiving the service through arrangements with companies who sell Peacock on our behalf. In these arrangements, paid subscribers are counted based on the terms of the arrangement when the related revenue is recognized. As a result, certain customers are counted when they activate their account, while other customers are counted when the Peacock service is made available to them as part of their bundled service offering regardless of whether it is activated. The increase in paid subscribers in 2025 is mainly due to the availability of Peacock through third-party bundled service offerings.

Media Segment – Costs and Expenses

Programming and production costs primarily consists of the amortization of owned and licensed content, including sports rights, direct production costs, production overhead, on-air talent costs and costs associated with the distribution of our television networks to multichannel video providers.

Programming and production costs decreased in 2025 primarily due to costs associated with the Paris Olympics in 2024, partially offset by an increase in sports programming costs for our international television networks and the impact of foreign currency.

Marketing and promotion expenses primarily consists of the costs associated with promoting our television networks, Peacock and other digital properties.

Marketing and promotion expenses remained consistent in 2025 primarily due to costs associated with the Paris Olympics in 2024, offset by higher costs related to marketing for our linear television networks.

Other expenses primarily consists of salaries, employee benefits, rent and other overhead expenses.

Other expenses remained consistent in 2025 primarily due to higher severance charges in 2024, offset by an increase in costs related to Peacock.

Media segment total costs and expenses included $6.5 billion and $6.7 billion related to Peacock in 2025 and 2024, respectively, including amounts related to the Paris Olympics in 2024.

Studios Segment Results of Operations

Year ended December 31 (in millions) Revenue 2025 2024 Change 2024 to 2025
Content licensing $8,199 $8,063 1.7%
Theatrical 1,621 1,693 (4.3)
Other 1,465 1,335 9.7
Total revenue 11,286 11,092 1.7
Costs and Expenses
Programming and production 7,441 7,257 2.5
Marketing and promotion 1,773 1,483 19.5
Other 973 947 2.7
Total costs and expenses 10,186 9,687 5.2
Adjusted EBITDA $1,099 $1,404 (21.7)%

Studios Segment – Revenue

Content licensing revenue primarily relates to the licensing of our owned film and television content in the United States and internationally to television networks and DTC streaming service providers, as well as through video on demand services provided by multichannel video providers and other service providers.

Content licensing revenue increased in 2025 primarily due to the timing of when content was made available by our television studios under licensing agreements, partially offset by the timing of when content was made available by our film studios.

Theatrical revenue primarily relates to the worldwide distribution of our produced and acquired films for exhibition in movie theaters.

Theatrical revenue decreased in 2025 primarily due to higher revenue from releases in our 2024 slate, including Despicable Me 4, Wicked, and Kung Fu Panda 4, compared to revenue from releases in our 2025 slate, including Jurassic World Rebirth, How to Train Your Dragon and Wicked: For Good.

Other revenue primarily consists of the sale of physical and digital home entertainment products, as well as the production and licensing of live stage plays and the distribution of content produced by third parties.

Studios Segment – Costs and Expenses

Programming and production costs primarily consists of the amortization of capitalized film and television production and acquisition costs; participations and residuals expenses; and distribution expenses.

Programming and production costs increased in 2025 primarily due to higher costs associated with content licensing sales, partially offset by lower costs associated with theatrical releases.

Marketing and promotion expenses primarily consists of expenses associated with advertising for our theatrical releases.

Marketing and promotion expenses increased in 2025 primarily due to increased spending on current year and upcoming theatrical film releases.

Other expenses include salaries, employee benefits, rent and other overhead expenses.

Theme Parks Segment Results of Operations

Year ended December 31 (in millions) 2025 2024 Change 2024 to 2025
Revenue $9,836 $8,617 14.2%
Costs and expenses 6,756 5,668 19.2
Adjusted EBITDA $3,080 $2,949 4.5%

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Theme parks segment revenue primarily relates to guest spending at our theme parks, including ticket sales and in-park spending, and to our consumer products business.

Theme park segment revenue increased in 2025 primarily driven by our domestic theme parks, which included higher revenue at our theme parks in Orlando driven by the opening of Epic Universe in May 2025, partially offset by lower revenue at our theme park in Hollywood.

Theme parks segment costs and expenses primarily consists of theme park operations, including repairs and maintenance and related administrative expenses; food, beverage and merchandise costs; labor costs; and sales and marketing costs.

Theme parks segment costs and expenses increased in 2025 primarily due to operating costs associated with Epic Universe.

Content & Experiences Headquarters, Other and Eliminations

Headquarters and Other Results of Operations

Year ended December 31 (in millions) 2025 2024 Change 2024 to 2025
Revenue $46 $50 (6.7)%
Costs and expenses 1,142 881 29.6
Adjusted EBITDA $(1,095) $(831) (31.8)%

Headquarters and Other expenses primarily consist of overhead, personnel and other costs necessary to operate the Content & Experiences business.

Eliminations

Year ended December 31 (in millions) 2025 2024 Change 2024 to 2025
Revenue $(2,699) $(2,798) (3.5)%
Costs and expenses (2,886) (2,880) 0.2
Adjusted EBITDA $186 $82 (127.9)%

Amounts represent eliminations of transactions between segments in our Content & Experiences business, the most significant being content licensing between the Studios and Media segments, which are affected by the timing of recognition of content licenses.

Eliminations increase or decrease to the extent that additional content is made available to our other segments within the Content & Experiences business. Refer to Note 2 for additional information on transactions between our segments.

Corporate, Other and Eliminations

Corporate and Other Results of Operations

Year ended December 31 (in millions) 2025 2024 Change 2024 to 2025
Revenue $3,044 $2,933 3.8%
Costs and expenses 4,518 4,308 4.9
Adjusted EBITDA $(1,474) $(1,376) (7.1)%

Corporate and Other primarily consists of overhead and personnel costs; Sky-branded video services and television networks in Germany; Comcast Spectacor, which owns the Philadelphia Flyers and the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Xumo, our consolidated streaming platform joint venture.

Corporate and Other revenue increased in 2025 primarily due to an increase from Sky operations in Germany, which includes the positive impact of foreign currency and an underlying increase in revenue, partially offset by a decrease in revenue from Comcast Spectacor.

Corporate and Other costs and expenses increased in 2025 primarily due to our corporate functions and higher costs related to Sky operations in Germany which includes the impact of foreign currency partially offset by an underlying decrease in costs and expenses. These increases were partially offset by marketing associated with the Paris Olympics in 2024.

Eliminations

Year ended December 31 (in millions) 2025 2024 Change 2024 to 2025
Revenue $(5,836) $(5,585) 4.5%
Costs and expenses (5,849) (5,456) 7.2
Adjusted EBITDA $13 $(128) (110.4)%

Amounts represent eliminations of transactions between our Connectivity & Platforms, Content & Experiences and other businesses, the most significant being distribution of television network programming between the Media and Residential Connectivity & Platforms segments. Eliminations of transactions between segments within Content & Experiences are presented separately. Amounts are affected by the periodic broadcast of the Olympic Games, including the Paris Olympics in 2024. Refer to Note 2 for additional information on transactions between our segments.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure and is the primary basis used to measure the operational strength and performance of our businesses as well as to assist in the evaluation of underlying trends in our businesses. This measure eliminates the significant level of noncash depreciation and amortization expense that results from the capital-intensive nature of certain of our businesses and from intangible assets recognized in business combinations. It is also unaffected by our capital and tax structures, and by our investment activities, including the results of entities that we do not consolidate, as our management excludes these results when evaluating our operating performance. Our management and Board of Directors use this financial measure to evaluate our consolidated operating performance and the operating performance of our operating segments and to allocate resources and capital to our operating segments. It is also a significant performance measure in our annual incentive compensation programs. Additionally, we believe that Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors because it is one of the bases for comparing our operating performance with that of other companies in our industries, although our measure of Adjusted EBITDA may not be directly comparable to similar measures used by other companies.

We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income attributable to Comcast Corporation before net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, income tax expense, investment and other income (loss), net, interest expense, depreciation and amortization expense, and other operating gains and losses (such as impairment charges related to fixed and intangible assets and gains or losses on the sale of long-lived assets), if any. From time to time, we may exclude from Adjusted EBITDA the impact of certain events, gains, losses or other charges (such as significant legal settlements) that affect the period-to-period comparability of our operating performance.

We reconcile consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to net income attributable to Comcast Corporation. This measure should not be considered a substitute for operating income (loss), net income (loss), net income (loss) attributable to Comcast Corporation, or net cash provided by operating activities that we have reported in accordance with GAAP.

Reconciliation from Net Income Attributable to Comcast Corporation to Adjusted EBITDA

Year ended December 31 (in millions) 2025 2024
Net income attributable to Comcast Corporation $19,998 $16,192
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests (338) (315)
Income tax expense 6,106 2,796
Interest expense 4,409 4,134
Investment and other (income) loss, net (9,503) 490
Depreciation 9,327 8,729
Amortization 6,884 6,072
Adjustments(a) 501 (30)
Adjusted EBITDA $37,384 $38,069

(a) Amounts represent the impact of certain events, gains, losses or other charges that are excluded from Adjusted EBITDA. For the periods presented, Adjusted EBITDA excludes transaction and transaction-related costs associated with the Separation of Versant, as well as other operating and administrative expenses related to our investment portfolio. Transaction costs are incremental costs directly related to effectuating the Separation and primarily include advisory, legal and audit fees, as well as legal entity separation costs. Transaction-related costs are incremental costs incurred in anticipation of the Separation, including costs that reflect strategic decisions about how the standalone Versant business will be structured or operated, which may be different than if it remained part of Comcast. Transaction-related costs primarily include certain separation-related employee compensation, severance and retention bonuses; IT separation and implementation costs; and other one-time costs.

Year ended December 31 (in millions) 2025 2024
Transaction-related costs $374 $—
Transaction costs 109 7
Costs related to our investment portfolio 18 (37)
Total Adjustments $501 $(30)

Constant Currency

Constant currency and constant currency growth rates are non-GAAP financial measures that present our results of operations excluding the estimated effects of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. Certain of our businesses, including Connectivity & Platforms, have operations outside the United States that are conducted in local currencies. As a result, the comparability of the financial results reported in U.S. dollars is affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates. In our Connectivity & Platforms business, we use constant currency and constant currency growth rates to evaluate the underlying performance of the businesses, and we believe they are helpful for investors because such measures present operating results on a comparable basis year over year to allow the evaluation of their underlying performance.

Constant currency and constant currency growth rates are calculated by comparing the results for each comparable prior year period adjusted to reflect the average exchange rates from each current year period presented rather than the actual exchange rates that were in effect during the respective periods.

Reconciliation of Connectivity & Platforms Constant Currency

Year ended December 31 (in millions) Revenue 2024 As Reported Effects of Foreign Currency Constant Currency Amounts
Residential Connectivity & Platforms $71,574 $533 $72,107
Business Services Connectivity 9,701 2 9,703
Total Connectivity & Platforms revenue $81,275 $535 $81,811
Adjusted EBITDA
Residential Connectivity & Platforms $27,338 $71 $27,409
Business Services Connectivity 5,500 (1) 5,499
Total Connectivity & Platforms Adjusted EBITDA $32,838 $71 $32,909
Adjusted EBITDA Margin
Residential Connectivity & Platforms 38.2% (20) bps 38.0%
Business Services Connectivity 56.7 — bps 56.7
Total Connectivity & Platforms Adjusted EBITDA margin 40.4% (20) bps 40.2%
2024 As Reported Effects of Foreign Currency Constant Currency Amounts
Average monthly total Connectivity & Platforms revenue per customer relationship $130.57 $0.86 $131.43
Average monthly total Connectivity & Platforms Adjusted EBITDA per customer relationship $52.75 $0.12 $52.87

(in millions)

Costs and Expenses 2024 As Reported Effects of Foreign Currency Constant Currency Amounts
Programming $16,881 $172 $17,054
Technical and support 7,617 49 7,666
Direct product costs 6,607 109 6,716
Marketing and promotion 4,772 35 4,808
Customer service 2,732 17 2,749
Other 9,828 81 9,909
Total Connectivity & Platforms costs and expenses $48,438 $465 $48,902

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Reconciliation of Residential Connectivity & Platforms Constant Currency

(in millions)

Revenue 2024 As Reported Effects of Foreign Currency Constant Currency Amounts
Domestic broadband $25,660 $— $25,660
Domestic wireless 4,273 — 4,273
International connectivity 4,503 145 4,648
Total residential connectivity 34,435 145 34,581
Video 27,791 296 28,087
Advertising 4,089 48 4,137
Other 5,259 44 5,303
Total revenue 71,574 533 72,107
Costs and Expenses
Programming 16,881 172 17,054
Other 27,355 289 27,644
Total costs and expenses 44,237 461 44,698
Adjusted EBITDA $27,338 $71 $27,409

Other Adjustments

From time to time, we present adjusted information, such as revenue, to exclude the impact of certain events, gains, losses or other charges. This adjusted information is a non-GAAP financial measure. We believe, among other things, that the adjusted information may help investors evaluate our ongoing operations and can assist in making meaningful period-over-period comparisons.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Year ended December 31 (in billions) 2025 2024
Cash provided by operating activities $33.6 $27.7
Cash used in investing activities $(16.2) $(15.7)
Cash used in financing activities $(14.3) $(10.9)
December 31 (in billions) 2025 2024
Cash and cash equivalents $9.5 $7.3
Restricted cash included in other current assets and other noncurrent assets, net $1.1 $0.1
Debt $98.9 $99.1

Our businesses generate significant cash flows from operating activities. We believe that we will be able to continue to meet our current and long-term liquidity and capital requirements, including fixed charges, through our cash flows from operating activities; existing cash, cash equivalents and investments; available borrowings under our existing credit facility; and our ability to obtain future external financing. Refer to the “Contractual Obligations” discussion below for additional information regarding our cash requirements. We anticipate that we will continue to use a substantial portion of our cash flows from operating activities in repaying our debt obligations, funding our capital expenditures and cash paid for intangible assets, investing in business opportunities, and returning capital to shareholders.

We maintain significant availability under our revolving credit facility and our commercial paper program to meet our short-term liquidity requirements. Our commercial paper program generally provides a lower-cost source of borrowing to fund our short-term working capital requirements. As of December 31, 2025, amounts available under our revolving credit facility, net of amounts outstanding under our commercial paper program and outstanding letters of credit and bank guarantees, totaled $11.8 billion.

We are subject to customary covenants and restrictions set forth in agreements related to debt issued at Comcast and certain of our subsidiaries, including the indentures governing our public debt securities and the credit agreement governing the Comcast revolving credit facility. Our revolving credit facility contains a financial covenant pertaining to leverage, which is the ratio of debt to EBITDA, as defined in the agreement. Compliance with this financial covenant is tested on a quarterly basis. As of December 31, 2025, we met this financial covenant and other covenants related to our debt, and we expect to remain in compliance with this financial covenant and other covenants related to our debt.

Operating Activities

Components of Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

Year ended December 31 (in millions) 2025 2024
Operating income $20,672 $23,297
Depreciation and amortization 16,210 14,802
Noncash share-based compensation 1,288 1,288
Changes in operating assets and liabilities (551) (1,559)
Payments of interest (3,871) (3,657)
Payments of income taxes (755) (7,096)
Proceeds from investments and other 649 597
Net cash provided by operating activities $33,643 $27,673

The variance in changes in operating assets and liabilities in 2025 was primarily related to the timing of our accounts payable; timing of deferred revenue, which includes the impact of the Olympics; and the timing of amortization and related payments for our film and television costs, including the timing of sports; partially offset by increases in inventory and receivables.

The increase in payments of interest in 2025 was primarily due to decreased capitalized interest driven by the opening of Epic Universe and higher weighted-average interest rates.

Payments of income taxes decreased in 2025 primarily due to higher payments in 2024 related to the 2023 tax year primarily driven by the taxable gain recognized on our investment in Hulu (see Note 8), a federal income tax refund received in 2025 as a result of carrying back a capital loss created primarily as part of a 2024 internal corporate reorganization (see Note 5), and additional deductions allowed under legislation enacted in 2025 (see Note 5). These decreases were partially offset by the timing of transferable tax credit purchases.

Legislation signed into law in 2025 in the United States is expected to significantly reduce our payments of income taxes over the next several years, with variability across the years, primarily due to additional depreciation deductions and the reinstatement of the immediate deduction of domestic research and development expenses.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities increased in 2025 primarily due to the acquisition of Nitel in 2025, the purchase of an equity method investment in the current year, and proceeds from the maturity of short-term investments in the prior year, partially offset by purchases of short-term investments in the prior year, additional proceeds received in 2025 for the sale of our interest in Hulu (see Note 8), decreased capital expenditures, decreased cash paid for intangible assets related to software development, and proceeds from the sale of a nonmarketable security in the current year.

In 2025, we entered into an agreement with RTL Group to sell our Sky operations in Germany, subject to various conditions and approvals, and we expect the sale to be completed in 2026. The related assets and liabilities are presented as held for sale as of December 31, 2025 (see Note 7).

In 2023, we entered into an agreement with T-Mobile to sell certain of our spectrum licenses. The agreement provides us with a right to remove certain licenses from the transaction, which will result in total cash consideration between $1.2 billion and $3.3 billion. The sale is expected to close in 2028 subject to various conditions and approvals.

Capital Expenditures

Capital expenditures decreased in 2025 primarily due to decreased spending on Epic Universe driven by the opening in May 2025, partially offset by increased spending by the Connectivity & Platforms businesses. The costs associated with the construction of Universal Beijing Resort are presented separately in our consolidated statements of cash flows. See Note 8.

Our most significant capital expenditures are within the Connectivity & Platforms business, and we expect that this will continue in the future. Connectivity & Platforms’ capital expenditures increased in 2025 primarily due to increased spending on customer premise equipment, scalable infrastructure and support capital. The table below summarizes the capital expenditures we incurred in our segments in the Connectivity & Platforms business in 2025 and 2024.

Year ended December 31 (in millions) 2025 2024
Customer premise equipment $2,192 $2,013
Scalable infrastructure 3,156 3,024
Line extensions 2,689 2,691
Support capital 686 557
Total $8,723 $8,286

We expect our capital expenditures in 2026 will continue to be focused on investments in the Connectivity & Platforms business in scalable infrastructure as we increase capacity and continue to execute our plans to upgrade our network to deliver multigigabit symmetrical speeds, in the continued deployment of next generation wireless gateways, and in line extensions for the expansion of homes and businesses passed. In addition, we expect to continue investment in existing and new attractions at our Universal theme parks. Capital expenditures for subsequent years will depend on numerous factors, including competition, changes in technology, regulatory changes, the timing and rate of deployment of new services, the capacity required for existing services, the timing of new attractions at our theme parks and potential acquisitions.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities increased in 2025 primarily due to lower proceeds from borrowings and higher repurchases and repayments of debt in the current year, partially offset by a decrease in repurchases of common stock under our share repurchase program and employee plans.

In October 2025, we completed debt exchange transactions and concurrent tender offers. We issued $1.2 billion aggregate principal amount of new 5.17% senior notes due 2037 and made cash payments of approximately $0.8 billion in exchange for $1.9 billion aggregate principal amount of certain series of outstanding senior notes with maturities ranging from 2027 to 2029 and a weighted-average interest rate of 4.01%. These transactions did not have a material impact on our interest expense or on our overall weighted-average interest rate or weighted-average maturity for our total outstanding debt.

In May 2025, we issued $2.5 billion aggregate principal amount of fixed-rate senior notes, which have maturities ranging between 2032 and 2055 and a weighted-average interest rate of 5.51%. The net proceeds from this issuance were intended for the early redemption of all outstanding amounts of our $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.375% Notes due August 2025, which was completed in June 2025, and for general corporate purposes.

In 2025, we made debt repayments of $5.7 billion, including $2.6 billion of 3.950% Notes due October 2025, $1.2 billion of 3.375% Notes due August 2025, $1.0 billion principal amount of notes due at maturity and $0.8 billion of cash payments in the debt exchange transactions.

We have made, and may from time to time in the future make, optional repayments on our debt obligations, which may include repurchases or exchanges of our outstanding public notes and debentures, depending on various factors, such as market conditions. Any such repurchases may be effected through privately negotiated transactions, market transactions, tender offers, redemptions or otherwise. In particular, we may repurchase varying amounts of our outstanding public notes and debentures with short to medium term maturities through privately negotiated or market transactions. See Notes 6 and 8 for additional information on our financing activities.

Additionally, in October 2025, in anticipation of the Separation of Versant, Versant entered into a credit agreement with respect to a $1.0 billion senior secured term A loan facility due January 2031 (the “Term A Loan Facility”) and a $750 million revolving credit facility due January 2031 (the “Versant Revolving Credit Facility”). As of December 31, 2025, the Term A Loan Facility was not funded and the Versant Revolving Credit Facility was undrawn. Versant also entered into an indenture pursuant to which Versant issued $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 7.25% senior secured notes due January 2031 (the “Notes”). As of December 31, 2025, the net proceeds from the Notes issuance, plus accrued and unpaid interest, were held in an escrow account and reported as restricted cash within our consolidated balance sheet due to a special mandatory redemption provision that would have required the Notes to be redeemed if the Separation of Versant from Comcast had not been consummated by March 2, 2026.

On January 2, 2026, before the Distribution, Versant entered into a credit agreement with respect to a $1.0 billion term B loan facility due January 2031 (the “Term B Loan Facility”), and each of the Term A Loan Facility and the Term B Loan Facility was funded. Versant’s $3.0 billion aggregate principal amount of indebtedness consisting of the Notes and borrowings under the Term A Loan Facility and Term B Loan Facility ceased to be consolidated indebtedness of Comcast in connection with the Separation. Further, in connection with the Separation, Versant used the net proceeds from the issuance of the Notes and a portion of the proceeds of its borrowings under the Term A Loan Facility and the Term B Loan Facility to make a cash distribution of $2.25 billion to us. The proceeds from the distribution, together with cash on hand, were used for the redemption on January 15, 2026 of all outstanding amounts of our 3.15% Notes due March 2026, including accrued and unpaid interest, totaling approximately $2.1 billion and all outstanding amounts of our 5.35% Notes due November 2027, including accrued and unpaid interest, totaling approximately $650 million. See Note 16 for additional information on the Separation.

Share Repurchases and Dividends

In January 2024, our Board of Directors approved a new share repurchase program authorization of $15.0 billion and in January 2025, our Board of Directors terminated the existing program and approved a new share repurchase program authorization of $15.0 billion, effective as of January 31, 2025, which has no expiration date. In 2025, we repurchased a total of 205 million shares of our Class A common stock for $6.8 billion under our authorization programs. We did not purchase any shares outside of these programs. As of December 31, 2025, we had $8.9 billion remaining under the authorization.

We expect to repurchase additional shares of our Class A common stock under this authorization in the open market or in private transactions, subject to market and other conditions.

In 2025, our Board of Directors declared quarterly dividends of $0.33 per share, including our fourth quarter dividend to be paid in February 2026, and we made dividend payments of $4.9 billion. In January 2026, our Board of Directors approved a dividend consistent with the prior year of $1.32 per share on an annualized basis and approved our first quarter dividend of $0.33 per share, to be paid in April 2026. We expect to continue to pay quarterly dividends, although each dividend is subject to approval by our Board of Directors.

The chart below summarizes share repurchases and dividend payments. In addition, we paid $371 million and $463 million in 2025 and 2024, respectively, related to employee taxes associated with the administration of our share-based compensation plans and excise taxes related to share repurchases. Our share repurchases have more than offset dilution that resulted from issuing our Class A common stock in connection with our share-based compensation plans in those years, thereby having the effect of reducing the total number of our Class A common stock outstanding.

Share Repurchases Under Share Repurchase Program Authorization and Dividends Paid and Weighted-Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding - Diluted

($ in billions and shares in millions)

Contractual Obligations

The following table summarizes our most significant contractual obligations as of December 31, 2025:

As of December 31, 2025 (in billions) Total Within the next 12 months Beyond the next 12 months
Debt obligations(a) $104.8 $6.0 $98.8
Programming and production obligations(b)(c) 93.8 18.3 75.5

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(a) Amounts represent the face value of debt and exclude interest payments. Subsequent to December 31, 2025, $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 7.25% fixed-rate senior secured notes due January 2031 issued by Versant ceased to be our contractual obligation due to the completion of the Separation on January 2, 2026.

(b) Amounts include contractual obligations for our assets presented as held for sale as of December 31, 2025.

(c) Subsequent to December 31, 2025, certain content license agreements, or parts thereof, including sports rights agreements, were transferred to Versant in connection with the Separation, thereby reducing our programming and production obligations by $5.9 billion, of which $1.5 billion was due within the next 12 months and $4.4 billion was due thereafter. The vast majority of this reduction relates to multiyear sports rights agreements.

Our largest contractual obligations relate to our outstanding debt. As of December 31, 2025, our debt had a weighted-average time to maturity of approximately 15 years. Including the effects of our derivative financial instruments, as of December 31, 2025, our debt had a weighted-average interest rate based on the stated coupons of 3.8% and the percentage of our debt obligations that were fixed-rate debt was 95%. We typically fund and expect to continue to be able to fund debt maturities and interest payments with cash flows generated in our operations; existing cash, cash equivalents and investments; or proceeds from additional external financing. See Note 6 and Item 7A for additional information on our debt.

We also have significant contractual obligations associated with our programming and production expenses. We have multiyear agreements for television and/or streaming rights of sporting events, such as for the NBA, the NFL, the Olympics and the English Premier League, which represent the substantial majority of our programming and production obligations. Connectivity & Platforms’ programming expenses related to the distribution of third-party television networks are generally acquired under multiyear distribution agreements with fees based on the number of subscribers receiving the television network programming and a per subscriber fee. The amounts included in the table above relate to minimum guaranteed commitments for these distribution agreements or fixed fees, and as a result, we expect the total fees to be paid under these arrangements to be significantly higher than the amounts included above. We have funded and expect to continue to be able to fund our programming and production obligations with the cash generated from our operations. As of December 31, 2025, approximately 36% of cash payments related to our programming and production obligations are due after five years, of which the vast majority related to multiyear sports rights agreements. See Note 4 for additional information on programming and production costs.

Our other contractual obligations relate primarily to operating leases (see Note 15) and other arrangements recorded in our consolidated balance sheets or disclosed in the notes to our financial statements, including benefit plan obligations (see Note 11), liabilities for uncertain tax positions (see Note 5), our remaining unfunded capital commitment to Atairos (see Note 8) and a contractual obligation related to an interest held by a third party in the revenue of certain theme parks (see Note 15).

Guarantee Structure

Our debt is primarily issued at Comcast, although we also have debt at certain of our subsidiaries as a result of acquisitions and other issuances. A substantial amount of this debt is subject to guarantees by Comcast and by certain subsidiaries that we have put in place to simplify our capital structure. We believe this guarantee structure provides liquidity benefits to debt investors and helps to simplify credit analysis with respect to relative value considerations of guaranteed subsidiary debt.

Debt and Guarantee Structure December 31 (in billions) Debt Subject to Cross-Guarantees 2025 2024
Comcast $93.3 $94.6
NBCUniversal(a) 1.6 1.6
Comcast Cable(a) 0.9 0.9
95.8 97.1
Debt Subject to One-Way Guarantees
Sky 2.7 3.0
Other(a) 0.1 0.1
2.9 3.1
Debt Not Guaranteed
Universal Beijing Resort(b) 3.6 3.4
Other(c) 2.5 1.4
6.1 4.8
Debt issuance costs, premiums, discounts, fair value adjustments for acquisition accounting and hedged positions, net (5.9) (6.0)
Total debt $98.9 $99.1

Comcast 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K 52

(a) NBCUniversal Media, LLC (“NBCUniversal”), Comcast Cable Communications, LLC (“Comcast Cable”) and Comcast Holdings Corporation (“Comcast Holdings”), which is included within other debt subject to one-way guarantees, are each consolidated subsidiaries subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the SEC. The guarantee structures and related disclosures in this section, together with Exhibit 22, satisfy these reporting obligations.

(b) Universal Beijing Resort debt financing is secured by the assets of Universal Beijing Resort and the equity interests of the investors. See Note 8 for additional information.

(c) Other includes $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 7.25% fixed-rate senior secured notes due January 2031 issued by Versant which was secured by the assets of Versant. Subsequent to December 31, 2025, the notes ceased to be our contractual obligation due to the completion of the Separation.

Cross-Guarantees

Comcast, NBCUniversal and Comcast Cable (the “Guarantors”) fully and unconditionally, jointly and severally, guarantee each other’s debt securities. NBCUniversal and Comcast Cable also guarantee other borrowings of Comcast, including its revolving credit facility. These guarantees rank equally with all other general unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the respective Guarantors. However, the obligations of the Guarantors under the guarantees are structurally subordinated to the indebtedness and other liabilities of their respective non-guarantor subsidiaries. The obligations of each Guarantor are limited to the maximum amount that would not render such Guarantor’s obligations subject to avoidance under applicable fraudulent conveyance provisions of U.S. and non-U.S. law. Each Guarantor’s obligations will remain in effect until all amounts payable with respect to the guaranteed securities have been paid in full. However, a guarantee by NBCUniversal or Comcast Cable of Comcast’s debt securities, or by NBCUniversal of Comcast Cable’s debt securities, will terminate upon a disposition of such Guarantor entity or all or substantially all of its assets.

The Guarantors are each holding companies that principally hold investments in, borrow from and lend to non-guarantor subsidiary operating companies; issue and service third-party debt obligations; repurchase shares and pay dividends; and engage in certain corporate and headquarters activities. The Guarantors are generally dependent on non-guarantor subsidiary operating companies to fund these activities.

As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the combined Guarantors have noncurrent notes payable to non-guarantor subsidiaries of $107 billion and $88 billion, respectively, and noncurrent notes receivable from non-guarantor subsidiaries of $14 billion for both periods. This financial information is that of the Guarantors presented on a combined basis with intercompany balances between the Guarantors eliminated. The combined financial information excludes financial information of non-guarantor subsidiaries. The underlying net assets of the non-guarantor subsidiaries are significantly in excess of the Guarantor obligations. Excluding investments in non-guarantor subsidiaries, external debt and the noncurrent notes payable and receivable with non-guarantor subsidiaries, the Guarantors do not have material assets, liabilities or results of operations.

One-Way Guarantees

Comcast provides full and unconditional guarantees of certain debt issued by Sky Limited (“Sky”), including all of its senior notes, and other consolidated subsidiaries not subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the SEC.

Comcast also provides a full and unconditional guarantee of $138 million principal amount of subordinated debt issued by Comcast Holdings. Comcast’s obligations under this guarantee are subordinated and subject, in right of payment, to the prior payment in full of all of Comcast’s senior indebtedness, including debt guaranteed by Comcast on a senior basis, and are structurally subordinated to the indebtedness and other liabilities of its non-guarantor subsidiaries (for purposes of this Comcast Holdings discussion, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal are included within the non-guarantor subsidiary group). Comcast’s obligations as guarantor will remain in effect until all amounts payable with respect to the guaranteed debt have been paid in full. However, the guarantee will terminate upon a disposition of Comcast Holdings or all or substantially all of its assets. Comcast Holdings is a consolidated subsidiary holding company that directly or indirectly holds 100% and approximately 32% of our equity interests in Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal, respectively.

As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, Comcast and Comcast Holdings, the combined issuer and guarantor of the guaranteed subordinated debt, have noncurrent senior notes payable to non-guarantor subsidiaries of $71 billion and $53 billion, respectively, and noncurrent notes receivable from non-guarantor subsidiaries of $11 billion and $10 billion, respectively. This financial information is that of Comcast and Comcast Holdings presented on a combined basis with intercompany balances between Comcast and Comcast Holdings eliminated. The combined financial information excludes financial information of non-guarantor subsidiaries of Comcast and Comcast Holdings. The underlying net assets of the non-guarantor subsidiaries of Comcast and Comcast Holdings are significantly in excess of the obligations of Comcast and Comcast Holdings. Excluding investments in non-guarantor subsidiaries, external debt, and the noncurrent notes payable and receivable with non-guarantor subsidiaries, Comcast and Comcast Holdings do not have material assets, liabilities or results of operations.

Critical Accounting Estimates

The preparation of our consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and the related disclosure of contingent assets and contingent liabilities. We base our judgments on our historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making estimates about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

We believe our estimates associated with the valuation and impairment testing of goodwill and cable franchise rights and the accounting for film and television costs are critical in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. Management has discussed the development and selection of these critical accounting estimates with the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors, and the Audit Committee has reviewed the related disclosures below. See also Notes 4 and 10.

Valuation and Impairment Testing of Goodwill and Cable Franchise Rights

We assess the recoverability of our goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets, including cable franchise rights, annually as of July 1, or more frequently whenever events or substantive changes in circumstances indicate that the assets might be impaired. We evaluate the unit of account used to test for impairment of our cable franchise rights and other indefinite-lived intangible assets periodically or whenever events or substantive changes in circumstances occur to ensure impairment testing is performed at an appropriate level. The assessment of recoverability may first consider qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events or circumstances leads to a determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit or an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying amount. A quantitative assessment is performed if the qualitative assessment results in a more-likely-than-not determination or if a qualitative assessment is not performed. In connection with our impairment assessment process, from time to time, we perform quantitative assessments of our reporting units and cable franchise rights in order to support our qualitative assessments.

Goodwill

Goodwill results from business combinations and represents the excess amount of the consideration paid over the identifiable assets and liabilities recorded in the acquisition. We test goodwill for impairment at the reporting unit level.

When performing a quantitative assessment, we estimate the fair values of our reporting units primarily based on a discounted cash flow analysis that involves significant judgment, including market participant estimates of future cash flows expected to be generated by the business and the selection of discount rates. When performing this analysis, we also consider multiples of earnings from comparable public companies and recent market transactions.

We performed qualitative assessments in 2025 for goodwill in our Residential Connectivity & Platforms, Business Services Connectivity, Media and Theme Parks segments in connection with our annual impairment testing. These analyses considered the results of previous quantitative assessments, and also considered various factors that would affect the estimated fair value of these reporting units in our qualitative assessments, including changes in projected future cash flows, recent market transactions and overall macroeconomic conditions, discount rates, and changes in our market capitalization. Based on these assessments, we concluded that it was more likely than not that the estimated fair values of our reporting units were substantially higher than their carrying values and that the performance of a quantitative impairment test was not required. We performed a quantitative assessment in 2025 for goodwill in our Studios segment, pursuant to our practice of performing quantitative assessments from time to time. Based on this assessment, the estimated fair value of the Studios reporting unit substantially exceeded its carrying value and no impairment was required.

Changes in market conditions, laws and regulations, and key assumptions made in future quantitative assessments, such as expected cash flows, competitive factors, discount rates, and value indications from market transactions, including the separation of Versant, could negatively impact the results of future impairment testing and could result in the recognition of an impairment charge.

Cable Franchise Rights

Our cable franchise rights assets result from agreements we have with state and local governments that allow us to construct and operate a cable business within a specified geographic area. The value of a franchise is derived from the economic benefits we receive from the right to solicit new customers and to market additional services in a particular service area. The amounts we record for cable franchise rights are primarily a result of cable system acquisitions. Typically when we acquire a cable system, the most significant asset we record is the value of the cable franchise rights.

When performing a quantitative assessment, we estimate the fair values of our cable franchise rights primarily based on a discounted cash flow analysis that involves significant judgment, including the estimate of future cash flows and the selection of discount rates.

In 2025, we performed a qualitative assessment of our cable franchise rights. At the time of our previous quantitative assessment in 2022, which was pursuant to our practice of performing quantitative assessments from time to time, the estimated fair values of our franchise rights substantially exceeded their carrying values. We also considered various factors that would affect the estimated fair values of our cable franchise rights in our qualitative assessment, including changes in our projected future cash flows, recent market transactions and overall macroeconomic conditions, discount rates, and changes in our market capitalization. Based on this assessment, we concluded that it was more likely than not that the estimated fair values of our cable franchise rights were substantially higher than the carrying values and that the performance of a quantitative impairment test was not required.

Changes in market conditions, laws and regulations, and key assumptions made in future quantitative assessments, such as expected cash flows, competitive factors, discount rates, and value indications from market transactions, could negatively impact the results of future impairment testing and could result in the recognition of an impairment charge.

Film and Television Content

We capitalize costs for owned film and television content, including direct costs, production overhead, print costs, development costs and interest, as well as acquired libraries. We have determined that the predominant monetization strategy for the substantial majority of our content is on an individual basis. Amortization for owned content predominantly monetized on an individual basis and accrued costs associated with participations and residuals payments are recorded using the individual film forecast computation method, which recognizes the costs in the same ratio as the associated ultimate revenue.

Our estimates of ultimate revenue for films generally include revenue from all sources that are expected to be earned within 10 years from the date of a film’s initial release. These estimates are based on the distribution strategy and historical performance of similar content, as well as factors unique to the content itself. The most sensitive factor affecting our estimate of ultimate revenue for a film intended for theatrical release is the film’s theatrical performance, as subsequent revenue from the licensing and sale of a film has historically exhibited a high correlation to its theatrical performance. Upon a film’s release, our estimates of revenue from succeeding markets, including from content licensing across multiple platforms and home entertainment sales, are revised based on historical relationships and an analysis of current market trends.

With respect to television series or other owned television programming, the most sensitive factor affecting our estimate of ultimate revenue is whether the series can be successfully licensed beyond its initial license window. Initial estimates of ultimate revenue are limited to the amount of revenue attributed to the initial license window. Once it is determined that a television series or other owned television programming can be licensed beyond the initial license window, revenue estimates for these additional windows or platforms, such as U.S. and international syndication, home entertainment, and other distribution platforms, are included in ultimate revenue. Revenue estimates for produced episodes include revenue expected to be earned within 10 years of delivery of the initial episode or, if still in production, 5 years from the delivery of the most recent episode, if later.

We capitalize the costs of licensed content when the license period begins, the content is made available for use and the costs of the licenses are known. Licensed content is amortized as the associated programs are used, incorporating estimated viewing patterns.

Capitalized film and television costs are subject to impairment testing when certain triggering events are identified. The substantial majority of our owned content is evaluated for impairment on an individual title basis. Licensed content that is not part of a film group is tested for impairment primarily on a channel, network or platform basis, with the exception of our broadcast networks and owned local broadcast television stations, which are tested on a daypart basis. When performing an impairment assessment, we estimate fair value primarily based on a discounted cash flow analysis that involves significant judgment, including market participant estimates of future cash flows, which are supported by internal forecasts. Impairments of capitalized film and television costs were not material in any of the periods presented.

We recognize the costs of multiyear, live-event sports rights as the rights are used over the contract term based on estimated relative value. Estimated relative value is generally based on terms of the contract and the nature of and potential revenue generation of the deliverables within the contract. Sports rights are accounted for as executory contracts and are not subject to impairment.

Market risk

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Interest Rate Risk Management

We maintain a mix of fixed-rate and variable-rate debt and we are exposed to the market risk of adverse changes in interest rates. In order to manage the cost and volatility relating to the interest cost of our outstanding debt, we enter into various interest rate risk management derivative transactions in accordance with our policy.

We monitor our exposure to the risk of adverse changes in interest rates through the use of techniques that include market valuation and sensitivity analyses. We do not engage in any speculative or leveraged derivative transactions.

Our interest rate derivative financial instruments, which primarily include cross-currency swaps and interest rate swaps, represent an integral part of our interest rate risk management program.

The effect of our interest rate derivative financial instruments to our consolidated interest expense was an increase of $45 million in 2025, an increase of $49 million in 2024 and a decrease of $56 million in 2023. Interest rate derivative financial instruments may have a significant effect on consolidated interest expense in the future.

The table below summarizes by contractual year of maturity the principal amount of our debt, notional amount of our interest rate instruments, effective rates, and fair values subject to interest rate risk maintained by us as of December 31, 2025. We estimate interest rates on variable rate debt and swaps using the relevant average implied forward rates through the year of maturity based on the yield curve in effect on December 31, 2025, plus the applicable borrowing margin.

(in billions)

Debt 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 Thereafter(a) Total Estimated Fair Value as of December 31, 2025
Fixed-rate debt $5.9 $5.0 $5.7 $4.8 $4.8 $75.4 $101.6 $87.1
Average interest rate(b) 2.1% 2.9% 4.0% 3.5% 3.4% 4.0% 3.8%
Variable-rate debt $— $— $— $0.1 $0.1 $3.0 $3.2 $3.2
Average interest rate 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5% 2.5%
Fixed-to-Variable Interest Rate Swaps
Notional amount(c) $1.3 $0.3 $1.0 $— $— $— $2.5 $(0.1)
Average pay rate 6.1% 5.9% 6.4% —% —% —% 6.2%
Average receive rate 3.3% 3.6% 4.2% —% —% —% 3.7%

(a) Subsequent to December 31, 2025, Versant’s $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 7.25% fixed-rate senior secured notes due January 2031 was removed from our consolidated balance sheet as a result of the Separation.

(b) Includes the effects of our fixed-to-fixed cross-currency swaps, which are discussed further below under the heading “Foreign Exchange Risk Management.”

(c) Notional amounts are used to calculate the interest to be paid or received and do not represent our exposure to credit loss. The estimated fair value approximates the amount of payments to be made or proceeds to be received to settle the outstanding contracts, excluding accrued interest.

See Notes 1, 6 and 16 for additional information.

Foreign Exchange Risk Management

We have significant operations in a number of countries outside the United States, and certain of our operations are conducted in foreign currencies. The value of these currencies, primarily including the British pound, euro, Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, fluctuates relative to the U.S. dollar. These changes could adversely affect the U.S. dollar equivalent value of our non-U.S. dollar operations, which could negatively affect our business, financial condition or results of operations in a given period or in specific territories.

As part of our overall strategy to manage the level of exposure to the risk of foreign exchange rate fluctuations, we enter into derivative financial instruments related to a significant portion of our foreign currency exposure for transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the transacting entity. We use cross-currency swaps as fair value and cash flow hedges for certain debt obligations denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the issuer. Cross-currency swaps effectively convert foreign currency denominated debt to debt denominated in the functional currency, which hedge currency exchange risks associated with foreign currency denominated debt. We also enter into foreign currency forward contracts that change in value as currency exchange rates fluctuate to protect the functional currency equivalent value of non-functional currency denominated assets, liabilities, commitments, and forecasted non-functional currency revenue and expenses. In accordance with our policy, we hedge forecasted foreign currency transactions for periods generally not to exceed 30 months. Certain of these derivatives are designated as fair value hedges, including foreign currency forwards designated as fair value hedges on our foreign currency intercompany loans receivable.

We are also exposed to foreign exchange risk on the consolidation of our foreign operations. We have foreign currency denominated debt and cross-currency swaps designated as hedges of our net investments in certain of these subsidiaries.

See Note 6 for additional information.

We have analyzed our foreign currency exposure related to our foreign operations as of December 31, 2025, including our hedging contracts, to identify assets and liabilities denominated in a currency other than their functional currency. For those assets and liabilities, we then evaluated the effect of a hypothetical 10% shift in currency exchange rates, inclusive of the effects of derivatives. The results of our analysis indicate that such a shift in exchange rates would not have a material impact on our 2025 net income attributable to Comcast Corporation.

Counterparty Credit Risk Management

We manage the credit risks associated with our derivative financial instruments through diversification and the evaluation and monitoring of the creditworthiness of counterparties. Although we may be exposed to losses in the event of nonperformance by counterparties, we do not expect such losses, if any, to be significant. We have agreements with certain counterparties that include collateral provisions. These provisions require a party with an aggregate unrealized loss position in excess of certain thresholds to post cash collateral for the amount in excess of the threshold. The threshold levels in our collateral agreements are based on our and the counterparty’s credit ratings. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, we were not required to post collateral under the terms of these agreements, nor did we hold any collateral under the terms of these agreements.

Controls and procedures

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Conclusions regarding disclosure controls and procedures

Our principal executive and principal financial officers, after evaluating the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this report, have concluded that, based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by paragraph (b) of Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15, such disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Management’s annual report on internal control over financial reporting

Refer to Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting on page 59.

Attestation report of the registered public accounting firm

Refer to Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on page 60.

Changes in internal control over financial reporting

There were no changes in internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15 that occurred during the last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Figures reported in this filing

Standardized line items from the XBRL in this filing, for the period ended 2025-12-31. Comparative periods it repeats are left out.

Figures reported in this filing
Line itemPeriodValueXBRL concept
Revenue12 months2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31$123.71bnus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
Operating income12 months2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31$20.67bnus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense12 months2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31$4.41bnus-gaap:InterestExpenseNonoperating
Income tax12 months2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31$6.11bnus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income12 months2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31$20.00bnus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss
Diluted EPS12 months2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31$5.39us-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted
Basic EPS12 months2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31$5.41us-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted shares (weighted)12 months2025-01-01 to 2025-12-313,709,000,000 sharesus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
Operating cash flow12 months2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31$33.64bnus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities
Capital expenditure12 months2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31$11.75bnus-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
Dividends paid12 months2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31$4.89bnus-gaap:PaymentsOfDividends
Share repurchases12 months2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31$7.16bnus-gaap:PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock
Cash and equivalentsAt period end2025-12-31$9.48bnus-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Current assetsAt period end2025-12-31$29.57bnus-gaap:AssetsCurrent
Total assetsAt period end2025-12-31$272.63bnus-gaap:Assets
Current liabilitiesAt period end2025-12-31$33.52bnus-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent
Current portion of debtAt period end2025-12-31$5.96bnus-gaap:DebtCurrent
Shareholders' equityAt period end2025-12-31$96.90bnus-gaap:StockholdersEquity

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