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Other Regulations
Federal regulators actively regulate other aspects of our businesses, including accessibility to our cable,
broadcast and voice services for people with disabilities, customer service standards, inside wiring, leased
access, loudness of commercial advertisements, advertising, Emergency Alert System, equal employment
opportunity, lottery programming, recordkeeping and public file access requirements, regulatory fees and
technical standards relating to the operation of cable systems and television stations. We are occasionally
subject to enforcement actions at the FCC, which can result in us having to pay fines to the agency or being
subject to other sanctions. We also are subject to various international regulations, including those with
respect to television broadcasting, programming and advertising.
Employees
As of December 31, 2015, we had approximately 153,000 full-time and part-time employees. Of these
employees, approximately 88,000 and 53,000 were associated with our cable communications business and
our NBCUniversal businesses, respectively. We also use freelance and temporary employees in the normal
course of our business.
Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
The SEC encourages companies to disclose forward-looking information so that investors can better under-
stand a company’s future prospects and make informed investment decisions. In this Annual Report on
Form 10-K, we state our beliefs of future events and of our future financial performance. In some cases, you
can identify these so-called “forward-looking statements” by words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,”
“believes,” “estimates,” “potential,” or “continue,” or the negative of these words, and other comparable
words. You should be aware that these statements are only our predictions. In evaluating these statements,
you should consider various factors, including the risks and uncertainties listed in “Risk Factors” and in other
reports we file with the SEC.
Additionally, we operate in a highly competitive, consumer-driven and rapidly changing environment. This
environment is affected by government regulation; economic, strategic, political and social conditions; con-
sumer response to new and existing products and services; technological developments; and, particularly in
view of new technologies, the ability to develop and protect intellectual property rights. Our actual results
could differ materially from our forward-looking statements as a result of any of such factors, which could
adversely affect our businesses, results of operations or financial condition. We undertake no obligation to
update any forward-looking statements.
Item 1A: Risk Factors
Our businesses currently face a wide range of competition, and our businesses and results of
operations could be adversely affected if we do not compete effectively.
All of our businesses operate in intensely competitive, consumer-driven and rapidly changing environments
and compete with a growing number of companies that provide a broad range of communications products
and services and entertainment, news and information content to consumers. Technological changes are
further intensifying and complicating the competitive landscape and influencing consumer behavior, which is
discussed in the risk factor immediately below in “Changes in consumer behavior driven by alternative meth-
ods for viewing content may adversely affect our businesses and challenge existing business models.”
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