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Comcast Corporation ( formerly registered as Comcast Holdings ) is an American global telecommunications conglomerate that is the largest broadcasting and cable ___MASK79___ company in the world by revenue . It is the second - largest pay - TV company after the AT & T - DirecTV acquisition , largest cable TV company and largest home Internet service provider in the United States , and the nation ' s third - largest home telephone service provider . Comcast services U . S . residential and commercial customers in 40 states and in the District of Columbia . The company ' s headquarters are located in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . As the owner of the international media company NBCUniversal since 2011 , Comcast is a producer of feature films and ___MASK79___ programs intended for theatrical exhibition and over - the - air and cable ___MASK79___ broadcast . A joint venture ( JV ) is a business entity created by two or more parties , generally characterized by shared ownership , shared returns and risks , and shared governance . Most joint ventures are incorporated , although some , as in the oil and gas industry , are " unincorporated " joint ventures that mimic a corporate entity . Key elements of a joint venture ' s design include : 1 ) the number of parties ; 2 ) the geographic , product , technology and value - chain scope within which the JV will operate ; 3 ) the contributions of the parties ; 4 ) the structural form ( each country has specific options , e . g . in the U . S . the main options are a C Corporation or an LLC / partnership structure ); 5 ) the valuation of initial contributions and ownership split among the parties ; 6 ) the economic arrangements , post - deal ( e . g . Is the joint venture intended to ___MASK40___ profits vs . operate as a cost - sharing or production - sharing venture ; if a for - profit entity , will the parties share profits in proportion to equity ownership , or some other way ?); 7 ) governance and control ; 8 ) Talent / HR ___MASK47___ ( will the Jv have its own staff on own payroll vs . second staff from the parent companies ; 9 ) contractual arrangements with the parent companies for inputs , outputs or services ; 10 ) exit and evolution provisions ? The University of California ( UC ) is a public university system in the U . S . state of California . Under the California ___MASK54___ Plan for Higher Education , the University of California is a part of the state ' s three - system public higher education plan , which also include the California State University system and the California Community Colleges System . The Fox ___MASK58___ Group is an American ___MASK58___ company that operates through four segments , mainly filmed ___MASK58___ , television stations , television broadcast networks , and cable network programming . The company is wholly owned and controlled by the American media conglomerate 21st Century Fox , which is owned and chaired by Rupert Murdoch , since the company acquired all the stock of Fox . The transaction was completed on March 12 , 2005 . The division was part of the renamed 21st Century Fox after it had spun off its publishing divisions into the newly formed " New " News Corporation in 2013 as part of a corporate re - organization . NBCUniversal ___MASK79___ Group is the common name , given the previous usage as a name for the preceding division group , for NBC Broadcasting and NBC ___MASK58___ , both American television units of NBCUniversal . Consuelo Mack ( born November 30 , 1949 in New York , New York ) is an American business news ___MASK98___ and host of " WealthTrack ", a nationally syndicated business news program presented by WLIW - TV in New York City and aired weekly , primarily on PBS - TV station affiliates . Before developing WealthTrack she spent over a decade at The Wall Street Journal as the Anchor and Managing Editor of its weekly syndicated business program The " Wall Street Journal Report ", since hosted by Maria Bartiromo and Rebecca Quick . During her tenure , it won the Overseas Press Club award . CNBC is an American basic cable , internet and satellite business news ___MASK79___ channel that is owned by NBCUniversal News Group , a division of NBCUniversal , owned by Comcast . Headquartered in Englewood Cliffs , New Jersey , the network primarily carries business day coverage of U . S . and international financial markets ; following the end of the business day and on non - trading days , CNBC primarily carries financial and business - themed documentaries and reality shows . Originally established on April 17 , 1989 by a joint venture between NBC and Cablevision as the Consumer News and Business Channel , the network later acquired its main competitor , the Financial News Network , in 1991  a move which expanded both its distribution and its workforce , and Cablevision sold its stake to NBC , giving it sole ownership . As of February 2015 , CNBC is available to approximately 93 , 623 , 000 pay ___MASK79___ households ( 80 . 4 % of households with ___MASK79___ ) in the United States . In 2007 , the network was ranked as the 19th most valuable cable channel in the United States , worth roughly $ 4 billion . Countdown to the Closing Bell is an American financial program airing on the Fox Business Network from 3 - 4pm ET . Hosted by Liz Claman , this program , which debuted May 12 , 2008 , covers the final hour of trading on Wall Street . This program was also part of the network ' s daytime ___MASK49___ revamp on that same day . Fox Business Network ( FBN ), also known as Fox Business , is an American cable and satellite business news ___MASK79___ channel that is owned by the Fox ___MASK58___ Group division of 21st Century Fox . The network discusses business and financial news . Day - to - day operations are run by Kevin Magee , executive vice president of Fox News ; Neil Cavuto manages content and business news coverage . As of February 2015 , Fox Business Network is available to approximately 74 , 224 , 000 pay ___MASK79___ households ( 63 . 8 % of households with ___MASK79___ ) in the United States . The Financial News Network was a finance and business news ___MASK79___ network that operated throughout the United States during the 1980s . The channel was bought by and merged with CNBC in 1991 . Neil Patrick Cavuto ( born September 22 , 1958 ) is an American ___MASK79___ anchor , commentator and business ___MASK98___ for Fox Broadcasting . He hosts three ___MASK79___ programs : " Your World with Neil Cavuto " and " Cavuto on Business ", both on the Fox News Channel , and " Cavuto : Coast to Coast " on sister channel Fox Business Network . MSNBC is an American basic cable and satellite ___MASK79___ network that provides news coverage and political commentary from NBC News on current events . The network also carries a nightly ' opinion ' programming block during prime time hours . It is owned by the NBCUniversal News Group , a unit of the NBCUniversal ___MASK79___ Group division of NBCUniversal , all of which are owned by Comcast . The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC ) is an American ___MASK93___ broadcast ___MASK79___ network that is the flagship property of NBCUniversal , a subsidiary of Comcast . The network is headquartered in the Comcast Building ( formerly known as the GE Building ) at Rockefeller Center in New York City , with additional major offices near Los Angeles ( at Universal City Plaza ), Chicago ( at the NBC Tower ) and soon in Philadelphia at Comcast Innovation and Technology Center . The network is part of the Big Three ___MASK79___ networks . NBC is sometimes referred to as the " Peacock Network ", in reference to its stylized peacock logo , which was originally created in 1956 for its then - new color broadcasts and became the network ' s ___MASK52___ emblem in 1979 . NBC Nightly News ( titled as NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt for its weeknight broadcasts since June 22 , 2015 ) is the flagship daily evening ___MASK79___ news program for NBC News , the news division of the NBC ___MASK79___ network in the United States . First aired on August 3 , 1970 , the program is currently the most watched network newscast in the United States , with an average of 9 . 3 million viewers , just a few thousand more than its nearest rival , ABC ' s " World News Tonight ". " NBC Nightly News " is produced from Studio 3B at NBC Studios at 30 Rockefeller Center in New York City . Market Watch is a show on CNBC that aired from 10 AM to 12 noon ET , hosted by Martha MacCallum and Tyler Mathisen ( for the first hour ), and Bob Sellers and Consuelo Mack ( for the second hour ). It was replaced by " Midday Call " on Feb 4 , 2002 . Elizabeth Kate `` Liz '' Claman ( born December 12 , 1963 ) is the anchor of the Fox Business Network show Countdown to the Closing Bell at 3 pm ET and co - anchor at 4 pm ET on the Fox Business Network alongside co - anchor David Asman . Claman was previously the co - anchor of the CNBC morning ___MASK79___ program Morning Call . Before that , Claman was the co - host of the programs Wake Up Call as well as briefly co - anchored Market Watch and was the anchor of the CNBC newsmagazine program Cover to Cover . Claman also temporarily served on a rotation basis along with other anchors as a substitute for The News with Brian Williams before Williams left MSNBC for NBC News in 2004 . She is a graduate of the University of California , Berkeley she also hosts Fox Business Global Power Players segments . Tyler Mathisen is now Managing ___MASK2___ of CNBC Business News and the host of " High Net Worth ". He also co - hosts CNBC ' s " Power Lunch " and " Nightly Business Report ". Previously , he was the co - anchor of such programs as " Closing Bell " and " Business Center " before being promoted to the role of Managing ___MASK2___ . In June 2004 he married Joanne Lamarca , a ___MASK57___ for " The Today Show " on NBC . NBC News is a division of the American broadcast network NBC . The division operates under NBCUniversal News Group , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal , in turn a subsidiary of Comcast . The group ' s various operations report to the ___MASK95___ of NBC News , Deborah Turness . The News with Brian Williams ( later known as The News on CNBC ) was an American news program which premiered on July 15 , 1996 , MSNBC ' s first day on the air . The program is the former flagship signature news broadcast on both MSNBC and CNBC . The show was hosted by Brian Williams . " The News " was a broadcast designed mainly for primetime viewers who might have missed that night ' s " NBC Nightly News ". The University of California , Berkeley , ( also referred to as Berkeley , UC Berkeley , and Cal ) is a public ___MASK38___ university located in Berkeley , California . Founded in 1868 , Berkeley is the oldest of the ten ___MASK38___ universities affiliated with the University of California system , and is often cited as the top public university in the United States and around the world . A ___MASK79___ network is a telecommunications network for distribution of ___MASK79___ program content , whereby a central operation provides programming to many ___MASK79___ stations or pay ___MASK79___ providers . Until the mid - 1980s , ___MASK79___ programming in most countries of the world was dominated by a small number of broadcast networks . Many early ___MASK79___ networks ( such as the BBC , NBC or CBC ) evolved from earlier ___MASK45___ networks . Brian Douglas Williams ( born May 5 , 1959 ) is an American ___MASK98___ at NBC News , currently serving as chief anchor of breaking news coverage for MSNBC and host of the network ' s nightly wrap - up program , The 11th Hour with Brian Williams . Williams is best known for his ten years as anchor and managing editor of " NBC Nightly News ", the evening news program of the NBC television network . Six months after Williams joined the program in December 2004 , NBC News was awarded the Peabody Award for its coverage of the Hurricane Katrina story , with the award committee stating that Williams and the NBC staff displayed the " highest levels of journalistic excellence " in their reporting . In February 2015 , Williams was suspended for six months , and eventually fired from the " Nightly News " for " misrepresent [ ing ] events which occurred while he was covering the Iraq War in 2003 ."