Comcast has completed 3 recorded acquisitions and 0 divestitures or spin-offs, spanning 2011 to 2018.
| Date | Type | Assets | Counterparty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2018 | Acquisition | Sky | — | £30bn |
| Aug 2016 | Acquisition | DreamWorks Animation | — | $3.8bn |
| Jan 2011 | Acquisition | NBC, Universal Pictures, Telemundo and Universal Destinations & Experiences | — | $13.8bn |
Comcast won Sky in a rare televised auction ordered by the British Takeover Panel, outbidding Twenty-First Century Fox at about £30 billion. It gave Comcast pay television across Britain, Ireland, Germany and Italy in a single step.
Comcast acquired DreamWorks Animation for about $3.8 billion, adding Shrek, Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon to Universal. The studio had struggled as a standalone public company because a single failed film could ruin a year.
Comcast took majority control of NBCUniversal from General Electric in a transaction valuing the business at about $30 billion, contributing cable channels and $13.75 billion in cash. It turned the largest American cable distributor into a studio owner, and regulators imposed conditions on how it treated rival programmers.
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