Comcast
Provides internet and cable TV, and owns NBCUniversal and the Universal theme parks.
📖 Its story
In 1963, Ralph Roberts and his partners bought a small cable TV system in Tupelo, Mississippi. Bringing TV into homes by cable was a great business. Little by little they grew until they owned TV channels, movies and theme parks.
💵 How it makes money
It charges for internet and TV, sells ads, and earns money from its movies and Universal parks.
🤯 Fun fact
Through NBCUniversal, it owns Illumination, the studio that created the Minions.
👍 The good part
It has many different businesses: internet, TV, movies and parks.
⚠️ The risk
Lots of people are dropping cable TV to watch shows on streaming apps.
🧠 Did you get it?
Which movie studio, the creator of the Minions, belongs to Comcast?
🗂️ Quick facts
- Founded in: 1963
- Founded by: Ralph J. Roberts, Daniel Aaron and Julian Brodsky
- Home: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
🔎 How to find it on the stock market
- Search the internet for CMCSA stock.
- You can also find it in your parents' investing app with the letters CMCSA.
- Check how much one share costs and whether today it's green (went up) or red (went down).
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