In 2002, Comcast paid the University of Maryland an undisclosed amount for naming rights to the new basketball arena built on the campus, named Comcast Center. In 2002 Comcast acquired all assets of AT&T Broadband, thus making Comcast the largest cable television company in the United States.
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In 2001, Comcast announced they would acquire the assets of AT&T Broadband (AT&T's cable TV service). After the sale of their cellular division to SBC Communications of San Antonio and the acquisition of Greater Philadelphia Cablevision in 1999, Comcast and MediaOne announced a $60 billion merger, which occurred three years later. The UK division was sold to NTL (National Transcommunications Limited) in 1998, a European cable/cellular company. Moving into the area of programming content, Comcast became majority owner of Comcast-Spectacor, Comcast SportsNet (In Chicago, Philadelphia, and Washington/Baltimore area), and E! Entertainment Television and Style Network, G4, The Golf Channel and the Outdoor Life Network over a period of years. Over the next 30 years, Comcast grows to become the well-known company it is today. The company was incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1969 under the name Comcast Corporation from American Cable Systems. Their risk taking has been a proven success.
Of course, with mergers as well as buying other companies, they were taking a great risk.
Entrepreneurs who transformed Comcast from a small cable company to a massive corporation that employs over 68,000 people.
Comcast develops broadband cable networks and are involved in electronic retailing and television programming content.Ĭomcast was founded in 1963 by Ralph J. Comcast Corporation, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the largest cable company in the United States.