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The table below presents a summary of our national cable networks and their advertising reach to U.S. house-
holds.
Approximate U.S.
Households at
December 31
(in millions)(a)
Cable Network 2015 2014 2013 Description of Programming
USA Network 94 96 98 General entertainment
E! 92 94 96 Entertainment and pop culture
Syfy 92 95 97 Imagination-based entertainment
MSNBC 92 95 96 News and information
CNBC 91 94 95 Business and financial news
Bravo 90 92 94 Entertainment, culture and arts
NBC Sports Network 83 81 77 Sports
Oxygen 77 78 78 Women’s interests
Golf Channel 77 79 81 Golf competition and golf entertainment
Esquire Network 68 70 71 Men’s lifestyle and entertainment
Sprout 56 58 57 Children’s entertainment
Chiller 38 39 41 Horror and suspense
CNBC World 36 38 36 Global financial news
Universal HD 29 31 29 General entertainment HD programming
Cloo 25 26 29 Crime, mystery and suspense
(a) Household data is based on The Nielsen Company’s January reports, except for Universal HD, which is derived from information pro-
vided by multichannel video providers. Household data for 2015 is derived from information available during the period from
December 21, 2015 through December 27, 2015.
Our regional sports and news networks together serve more than 28 million households across the United
States, including key markets such as Baltimore/Washington, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Portland,
Sacramento and San Francisco.
We market and distribute our cable network programming in the United States and internationally to multi-
channel video providers, as well as to subscription video on demand services such as those offered by
Amazon, Hulu and Netflix. These distributors may provide our content on television, including via video on
demand services, online and through mobile apps.
Our cable networks produce their own programs or acquire programming rights from third parties. Our cable
television studio production operations identify, develop and produce original content for cable television and
other distribution platforms for our cable networks and third parties. We license this content to cable net-
works, broadcast networks and subscription video on demand services.
Broadcast Television
Our Broadcast Television segment operates the NBC and Telemundo broadcast television networks, which
together serve audiences and advertisers in all 50 states. Our Broadcast Television segment also includes our
owned NBC and Telemundo local broadcast television stations, the NBC Universo national cable network,
our broadcast television studio production operations, and related digital media properties.
NBC Network
The NBC network distributes more than 5,000 hours of entertainment, news and sports programming annu-
ally, and its programs reach viewers in virtually all U.S. television households through more than 200 affiliated
stations across the United States, including our 10 owned NBC-affiliated local broadcast television stations.
The NBC network develops a broad range of entertainment, news and sports content and also broadcasts a
7Comcast 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K