Comcast Corp - Class A Shares CMCSA

Philadelphia-based, Comcast Corporation, is involved in three principal lines of business: cable, commerce and content. The company is the worlds largest cable-television operator, serving approximately 21.3m cable subscribers. The cable operation involves development, management and operation of broadband communications networks, including video, high-speed Internet and telephone service. The content businesses include majority ownership of Comcast-Spectacor, Comcast SportsNet, The Golf Channel, Outdoor Life Network, G4, a controlling interest in E! Entertainment Television and Style.

It also owns NBCUniversal — one of the world’s premier media and entertainment companies

2017 February 17: 2 for 1 share split NOTE: Dividends have been adjusted to reflect

2014 February 13: Comcast and Time Warner Cable announce merger.
News release:  Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) today announced that their Boards of Directors have approved a definitive agreement for Time Warner Cable to merge with Comcast. The agreement is a friendly, stock-for-stock transaction in which Comcast will acquire 100 percent of Time Warner Cable’s 284.9 million shares outstanding for shares of CMCSA amounting to approximately $45.2 billion in equity value.