Comcast

qas: question: What is the largest cable company in the world by revenue?
answers: text: Comcast Corporation
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question: What merged companies are the largest pay TV entity in the world?
answers: text: AT&T-DirecTV
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question: Comcast is also the largest media company in the United States in what broadband area?
answers: text: Internet service provider
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question: In what areas of the US does Comcast operate?
answers: text: 40 states and the District of Columbia
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question: Where is Comcast company headquarters?
answers: text: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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question: What did Comcast Corporation change its name to?
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question: How many states does AT&T serve?
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question: Where is the AT&T headquarters?
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question: What company merged with Comcast, making it the largest TV company?
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question: What is the largest home internet provider in the world?
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question: When did Comcast and Disney reach an agreement?
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question: When did the ACSI begin doing customer satisfaction surveys?
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question: What did Ralph J. Roberts sell in 1963?
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context: Comcast Corporation, formerly registered as Comcast Holdings,[note 1] is an American multinational mass media company and is the largest broadcasting and largest cable 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 the District of Columbia. The company's headquarters are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

qas: question: What are some of the cable TV networks owned by Comcast?
answers: text: E! Entertainment Television, the Golf Channel, and NBCSN
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question: What two national over-the-air broadcast entities are owned by Comcast?
answers: text: NBC and Telemundo
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question: Comcast owns what movie studio?
answers: text: Universal Pictures
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question: What company did Comcast propose a merger with?
answers: text: Time Warner Cable
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question: What date did Comcast drop their proposed merger agreement with Time Warner?
answers: text: April 24, 2015
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question: What countries is Comcast planning to open new attractions in?
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question: When did the deal with Time Warner officially go through?
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question: What are the names of the cable-only channels by Time Warner?
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question: How many entertainment venues does Time Warner have?
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question: How much is Comcast worth?
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question: What magazine was determined as one of the best places to work in 2009?
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question: When did Roberts become the CEO of Comcast?
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question: What publication originally reported a potential deal between Comcast and Time Warner?
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context: Comcast operates multiple cable-only channels (including E! Entertainment Television, the Golf Channel, and NBCSN), over-the-air national broadcast network channels (NBC and Telemundo), the film production studio Universal Pictures, and Universal Parks & Resorts, with a global total of nearly 200 family entertainment locations and attractions in the U.S. and several other countries including U.A.E., South Korea, Russia and China, with several new locations reportedly planned and being developed for future operation. Comcast also has significant holding in digital distribution (thePlatform). In February 2014 the company agreed to merge with Time Warner Cable in an equity swap deal worth $45.2 billion. Under the terms of the agreement Comcast was to acquire 100% of Time Warner Cable. However, on April 24, 2015, Comcast terminated the agreement.

qas: question: What is the largest criticism leveled by consumers against Comcast
answers: text: customer satisfaction
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question: It has been alleged that Comcast's internet service has done what to customers? 
answers: text: has violated net neutrality practices
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question: What monopolistic practice draws criticism of Comcast?
answers: text: a lack of competition in the vast majority of Comcast's service area
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question: What dubious distinction has Comcast earned twice from The Consumerist?
answers: text: "The Worst Company in America"
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question: How does Comcast's customer service stack up against its competition?
answers: text: often ranks among the lowest in the cable industry
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question: What year did Comcast first violate net neutrality?
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question: What title was The Consumerist given in 2010 and 2014?
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question: What company has the highest customer satisfaction in the US?
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question: Antitrust concerns have been dismissed because COmcast does not own what company?
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question: What type of definition does The Consumerist use?
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question: What baseball team was Comcast's partner in their New York sports network?
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question: What company did Comcast give an F to?
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question: Who is the head of Politico?
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context: Comcast has been criticized for multiple reasons. The company's customer satisfaction often ranks among the lowest in the cable industry. Comcast has violated net neutrality practices in the past; and, despite Comcast's commitment to a narrow definition of net neutrality, critics advocate a definition of which precludes distinction between Comcast's private network services and the rest of the Internet. Critics also point out a lack of competition in the vast majority of Comcast's service area; there is limited competition among cable providers. Given Comcast's negotiating power as a large ISP, some suspect that Comcast could leverage paid peering agreements to unfairly influence end-user connection speeds. Its ownership of both content production (in NBCUniversal) and content distribution (as an ISP) has raised antitrust concerns. These issues, in addition to others, led to Comcast being dubbed "The Worst Company in America" by The Consumerist in 2014 and 2010.

qas: question: Who is the current head of Comcast?
answers: text: Brian L. Roberts
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question: Who co-founded Comcast?
answers: text: Ralph Roberts
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question: In what year was Roberts ranked as the country's highest-paid executive?
answers: text: 2010
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question: What was Roberts' yearly salary in that year?
answers: text: about $31 million
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question: What is Roberts power on the Comcast board?
answers: text: "undilutable 33% voting power over the company"
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question: Who is Brian L. Robert's son?
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question: What percentage of voting power does Susan P. Crawford have?
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question: What is Susan P. Crawford's salary?
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question: When did Roberts become the CEO of Comcast?
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question: What type of supervoting shares does Robert not have?
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question: What city hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics?
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question: Which two partners owned Jerrold Electronics?
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question: On what aspect did Black Enterprise Magazine name Comcast a top 15 employer?
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context: Comcast is sometimes described as a family business. Brian L. Roberts, Chairman, President, and CEO of Comcast, is son of co-founder Ralph Roberts. Roberts owns or controls just over 1% of all Comcast shares but all of the Class B supervoting shares, which gives him an "undilutable 33% voting power over the company". Legal expert Susan P. Crawford has said this gives him "effective control over its [Comcast's] every step". In 2010, he was one of the highest-paid executives in the United States, with total compensation of about $31 million.

qas: question: Besides customer problems, what other area is Comcast often criticized over?
answers: text: employee relations
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question: What online media outlet ran an investigative series on Comcast in 2014?
answers: text: The Verge
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question: How many Comcast employees were interviewed for that investigative report?
answers: text: 150
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question: What online publication ran a feature from a Comcast employee in 2014 that received attention?
answers: text: Cracked
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question: What was this 2014 article anonymously penned by a Comcast Employee called?
answers: text: "Five Nightmares You Live While Working For America's Worst Company,"
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question: What did the Huffington post in 2014?
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question: What social media platform interviewed Comcast employees?
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question: What was the name of The Verge's investigative series?
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question: How many publications picked up the 2012 Reddit post?
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question: What has Comcast replaced its obsession with sales with?
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question: How long did it take for Adelphia Cable to go bankrupt?
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question: What was Comcast's lobbying budget in 2013?
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question: When was Smartzone rolled out to customers?
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context: The company is often criticized by both the media and its own staff for its less upstanding policies regarding employee relations. A 2012 Reddit post written by an anonymous Comcast call center employee eager to share their negative experiences with the public received attention from publications including The Huffington Post. A 2014 investigative series published by The Verge involved interviews with 150 of Comcast's employees. It sought to examine why the company has become so widely criticized by its customers, the media and even members of its own staff. The series claimed part of the problem is internal and that Comcast's staff endures unreasonable corporate policies. According to the report: "customer service has been replaced by an obsession with sales; technicians are understaffed while tech support is poorly trained; and the company is hobbled by internal fragmentation." A widely read article penned by an anonymous call center employee working for Comcast appeared in November 2014 on Cracked. Titled "Five Nightmares You Live While Working For America's Worst Company," the article also claimed that Comcast is obsessed with sales, doesn't train its employees properly and concluded that "the system makes good customer service impossible."

qas: question: What is Comcast's stance on organized labor?
answers: text: anti-union
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question: A 2004 labor dispute in what city highlighted Comcast's anti-labor stance?
answers: text: Beaverton, Oregon
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question: What was one anti-union thing that workers in Beaverton were required to do?
answers: text: attend anti-union meetings
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question: What creative union aired grievances against Comcast in 2011?
answers: text: Writers Guild of America
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question: In what internal publication was Comcast's union stance formally enumerated?
answers: text: one of the company's training manuals
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question: Where are the offices for the Writers Guild of America?
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question: What does the initialism CWA stand for?
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question: What does Comcast believe is best for its employees?
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question: What type of meetings did the Writers Guild of America protest?
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question: What company represented Comcast's policies in 2004?
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question: What did Zimbra allow users to do with their contacts?
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question: What percent of ESPN does Comcast own?
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question: What was the amount of disputed money that Comcast eventually returned to the Browns?
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context: Comcast has also earned a reputation for being anti-union. According to one of the company's training manuals, "Comcast does not feel union representation is in the best interest of its employees, customers, or shareholders". A dispute in 2004 with CWA, a labor union that represented many employees at Comcast's offices in Beaverton, Oregon, led to allegations of management intimidating workers, requiring them to attend anti-union meetings and unwarranted disciplinary action for union members. In 2011, Comcast received criticism from Writers Guild of America for its policies in regards to unions.

qas: question: What magazine listed Comcast as one of its top places to work?
answers: text: CableFAX
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question: What is Comcast's affiliated entity in Philadelphia?
answers: text: Comcast-Spectacor
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question: What newspaper named Comcast it's top place to work?
answers: text: The Boston Globe
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question: In what year did this newspaper confer this honor on Comcast?
answers: text: 2009
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question: On what aspect did Black Enterprise Magazine name Comcast a top 15 employer?
answers: text: workforce diversity
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question: What magazine was determined as one of the best places to work in 2009?
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question: What company lacks employee diversity?
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question: What is CableFAX known for?
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question: The Washington Post mentioned the Comcast organization in which city?
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question: What sports network was Comcast a founding investor of?
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question: How much did Comcast purchase MGM for?
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question: How much did Comcast pay to Vivendi?
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context: Despite these criticisms, Comcast has appeared on multiple "top places to work" lists. In 2009, it was included on CableFAX magazine's "Top 10 Places to Work in Cable", which cited its "scale, savvy and vision". Similarly, the Philadelphia Business Journal awarded Comcast the silver medal among extra-large companies in Philadelphia, with the gold medal going to partner organization, Comcast-Spectacor. The Boston Globe found Comcast to be that city's top place to work in 2009. Employee diversity is also an attribute upon which Comcast receives strong marks. In 2008, Black Enterprise magazine rated Comcast among the top 15 companies for workforce diversity. Comcast was also named a "Top 2014 Workplace" by the Washington Post in their annual feature.

qas: question: What was Comcast's share value in 1999?
answers: text: $8.19
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question: What was Comcast's share value in 2009?
answers: text: $15
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question: Comcast's revenues in 2009 were how much?
answers: text: $36 billion
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question: What was Comcast's profit margin in 2009?
answers: text: 8.4%
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question: What caused a 2012 spike in Comcast profits?
answers: text: increase in high-speed internet customers
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question: What were shares worth in 2012?
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question: Where were the Olympics in 2012?
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question: How much revenue (in billions) did Comcast generate due to high-speed internet customers?
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question: What percentage of new customers did Comcast increase by in 2012?
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question: What sports event caused revenues to double from 1999 to 2009?
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question: When did the channel become available in New York, Pittsburgh, and Richmond?
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question: Where is MGM located?
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question: Smartzone used what company's antivirus protection?
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context: The book value of the company nearly doubled from $8.19 a share in 1999 to $15 a share in 2009. Revenues grew sixfold from 1999's $6 billion to almost $36 billion in 2009. Net profit margin rose from 4.2% in 1999 to 8.4% in 2009, with operating margins improving 31 percent and return on equity doubling to 6.7 percent in the same time span. Between 1999 and 2009, return on capital nearly tripled to 7 percent. Comcast reported first quarter 2012 profit increases of 30% due to increase in high-speed internet customers. In February 2014, Comcast generated 1.1 billion in revenue during the first quarter due to the Sochi Olympics,.

qas: question: What was Comcast's lobbying budget in 2013?
answers: text: $18.8 million
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question: Where did this lobbying budget place the company among all entities in the country?
answers: text: seventh largest
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question: What is the name of the industry association that represents all cable companies in Washington?
answers: text: The National Cable & Telecommunications Association
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question: What is the name of Comcast's affiliated political action committee?
answers: text: Comcast Corporation and NBCUniversal Political Action Committee
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question: How much did this PAC raise for candidates in US elections from 2011 through 2012?
answers: text: $3.7 million
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question: What is the seventh largest lobbying company in the world?
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question: Who is the vice president of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association?
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question: How much did Comcast spend on lobbying efforts in 2012?
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question: Why is Barack Obama no longer a registered lobbyist?
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question: What bills has Comcast opposed?
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question: What company did this partnership purchase?
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question: What is Susan P. Crawford's salary?
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question: When Comcast purchased AT&T Broadband, how many customers did they service?
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context: With $18.8 million spent in 2013, Comcast has the seventh largest lobbying budget of any individual company or organization in the United States. Comcast employs multiple former US Congressmen as lobbyists. The National Cable & Telecommunications Association, which has multiple Comcast executives on its board, also represents Comcast and other cable companies as the fifth largest lobbying organization in the United States, spending $19.8 million in 2013. Comcast was among the top backers of Barack Obama's presidential runs, with Comcast vice president David Cohen raising over $2.2 million from 2007 to 2012. Cohen has been described by many sources as influential in the US government, though he is no longer a registered lobbyist, as the time he spends lobbying falls short of the 20% which requires official registration. Comcast's PAC, the Comcast Corporation and NBCUniversal Political Action Committee, is the among the largest PACs in the US, raising about $3.7 million from 2011-2012 for the campaigns of various candidates for office in the United States Federal Government. Comcast is also a major backer of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association Political Action Committee, which raised $2.6 million from 2011-2012. Comcast spent the most money of any organization in support of the Stop Online Piracy and PROTECT IP bills, spending roughly $5 million to lobby for their passage.

qas: question: When did Ralph Roberts get into the cable TV business?
answers: text: 1963
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question: Who were Roberts' business partners in this purchase?
answers: text: Daniel Aaron and Julian A. Brodsky
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question: What company did this partnership purchase?
answers: text: American Cable Systems
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question: What city did American Cable Systems do business in?
answers: text: Tupelo, Mississippi
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question: How many customers did ACS have when Roberts and his partners purchased it?
answers: text: 12,000
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question: How much was Jerrold Electronics?
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question: Which two partners owned Jerrold Electronics?
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question: How many customers did Storecast Corporation of America have in 1963?
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question: What did Ralph J. Roberts sell in 1963?
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question: American Cable Systems was the parent company of what spin-off?
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question: When was Smartzone rolled out to customers?
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question: When did GE announce it planned to buy out Comcast's interest?
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question: The contacts and address book for Smartzone was called what?
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context: In 1963, Ralph J. Roberts in conjunction with his two business partners, Daniel Aaron and Julian A. Brodsky, purchased American Cable Systems as a corporate spin-off from its parent, Jerrold Electronics, for US $500,000. At the time, American Cable was a small cable operator in Tupelo, Mississippi, with five channels and 12,000 customers. Storecast Corporation of America, a product placement supermarket specialist marketing firm, was purchased by American Cable in 1965. With Storecast being a Muzak client, American Cable purchased its first Muzak franchise of many in Orlando, Florida.

qas: question: How many paying customers did Comcast have in 1994?
answers: text: 3.5 million
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question: Comcast's customer base in 1994 was good enough for what national ranking among its competition?
answers: text: third largest
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question: What sports network was Comcast a founding investor of?
answers: text: The Golf Channel
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question: In what year did Comcast take over a majority interest in QVC?
answers: text: 1994
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question: What company did Comcast sell its interest in QVC to in 2004?
answers: text: Liberty Media
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question: How many additional subscribers did Comcast receive by merging with Maclean-Hunter?
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question: How much was the Comcast UK branch purchased for?
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question: What percentage of CBS did Comcast own?
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question: When did Comcast buy Liberty Media?
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question: How much did Comcast sell the Golf Channel for in 2004?
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question: What company did this partnership purchase?
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question: Who reported Time Warner had agreed to the deal?
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question: What network was proposed by Comcast and the US Olympic Committee?
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context: In 1994, Comcast became the third largest cable operator in the United States with around 3.5 million subscribers following its purchase of Maclean-Hunter's American division for $1.27 billion. The company's UK branch, Comcast UK Cable Partners, goes public while constructing a cable telecommunications network. With five other media companies, the corporation becomes an original investor in The Golf Channel. Following a bid in 1994 for $2.1 billion, Comcast increased its ownership of QVC from 15.5% of stock to a majority, in a move to prevent QVC from merging with CBS. Comcast later sold its QVC shares in 2004 to Liberty Media for $7.9 billion.

qas: question: What was Comcast's telecommunication business prior to 1999?
answers: text: Comcast Cellular
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question: What company did Comcast sell their telecommunications company to?
answers: text: SBC Communications
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question: How much was ComCast Cellular sold for in 1999?
answers: text: $400 million
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question: What internet commerce company did Comcast invest in?
answers: text: VeriSign
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question: MediaOne merged with what telecommunications company?
answers: text: AT&T Corporation
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question: How much did Comcast pay to purchase Greater Philadelphia Cablvision?
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question: What company turned down AT&T's offer?
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question: What month did VeriSign start?
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question: How much debt did SBC Communications have?
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question: Who sold Comcast Cellular to Comcast?
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question: What did Zimbra allow users to do with their contacts?
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question: What are the names of the cable-only channels by Time Warner?
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question: What was the second name NBCSN was known as?
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context: Comcast sold Comcast Cellular to SBC Communications in 1999 for $400 million, releasing them from $1.27 billion in debt. Comcast acquired Greater Philadelphia Cablevision in 1999. In March 1999, Comcast offered to buy MediaOne for $60 billion. However, MediaOne decided to accept AT&T Corporation's offer of $62 billion instead. Comcast University started in 1999 as well as Comcast Interactive Capital Group to make technology and Internet related investments taking its first investment in VeriSign.

qas: question: When did Comcast acquire the cable assets of AT&T Broadband?
answers: text: 2001
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question: What did Comcast pay for this subsidiary?
answers: text: $44.5 billion
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question: What was the original name of AT&T Broadband and Comcast going to be?
answers: text: AT&T Comcast
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question: When Comcast purchased AT&T Broadband, how many customers did they service?
answers: text: 22 million
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question: Comcast's advertising and commercial production branch was called what?
answers: text: Comcast Spotlight
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question: How many customers did AT&T Broadband bring to Comcast?
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question: What was Comcast Spotlight renamed as?
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question: What year was Comcast Advertising Sales renamed?
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question: What city is Comcast Spotlight located in?
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question: How much did AT&T purchase Comcast for?
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question: How much did Comcast bid for ESPN?
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question: The contacts and address book for Smartzone was called what?
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question: What did Ralph J. Roberts sell in 1963?
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context: In 2001, Comcast announced it would acquire the assets of the largest cable television operator at the time, AT&T Broadband, for US$44.5 billion. The proposed name for the merged company was "AT&T Comcast", but the companies ultimately decided to keep only the Comcast name. In 2002, Comcast acquired all assets of AT&T Broadband, thus making Comcast the largest cable television company in the United States with over 22 million subscribers. This also spurred the start of Comcast Advertising Sales (using AT&T's groundwork) which would later be renamed Comcast Spotlight. As part of this acquisition, Comcast also acquired the National Digital Television Center in Centennial, Colorado as a wholly owned subsidiary, which is today known as the Comcast Media Center.

qas: question: What media conglomerate did Comcast try to buy in 2004?
answers: text: The Walt Disney Company
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question: How much money did Comcast offer for this company?
answers: text: $54 billion
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question: What month in 2004 did Comcast drop it's bid for this company?
answers: text: April
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question: Comcast dropped their bid to focus on acquiring what sports network?
answers: text: ESPN
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question: Besides offering money, what else did Comcast include in their proposal to buy Disney?
answers: text: taking on $12 billion of Disney's debt
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question: How much debt did Comcast have in 2004?
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question: What percent of ESPN does Comcast own?
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question: What is the most important asset ESPN owns?
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question: How much did Comcast bid for ESPN?
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question: During what month did Disney accept Comcast's bid?
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question: What is the only industry to score above a 60?
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question: How does Comcast's customer service stack up against its competition?
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question: What newspaper was deemed the best place to work?
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context: On February 11, 2004, Comcast announced a $54 billion bid for The Walt Disney Company, as well as taking on $12 billion of Disney's debt. The deal would have made Comcast the largest media conglomerate in the world. However, after rejection by Disney and uncertain response from investors, the bid was abandoned in April. The main reason for the buyout attempt was so that Comcast could acquire Disney's 80 percent stake in ESPN, which a Comcast executive called "the most important and valuable asset" that Disney owned.

qas: question: Comcast joined with what media company to acquire a movie studio in 2005?
answers: text: Sony Pictures Entertainment
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question: What movie studios did Comcast and their partner buy?
answers: text: MGM and its affiliate studio, United Artists
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question: What Pennsylvania cable provider did Comcast buy controlling interest in during 2005?
answers: text: Susquehanna Communications
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question: When did Comcast formally announce its purchase of this cable provider?
answers: text: October 31, 2005
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question: How much did Comcast pay for this cable tv provider?
answers: text: $775 million cash
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question: What did Comcast and MGM buy in 2005?
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question: Where is MGM located?
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question: How much did Comcast purchase MGM for?
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question: How much of Lenfest did Comcast own?
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question: How many internet customers did the partnership with Sony Pictures garner Comcast?
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question: Comcast dropped their bid to focus on acquiring what sports network?
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question: How much of NBCUniversal did CNBC announce Time Warner would own?
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question: When did CNBC announce Comcast had bought NBCUniversal?
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context: On April 8, 2005, a partnership led by Comcast and Sony Pictures Entertainment finalized a deal to acquire MGM and its affiliate studio, United Artists, and create an additional outlet to carry MGM/UA's material for cable and Internet distribution. On October 31, 2005, Comcast officially announced that it had acquired Susquehanna Communications a South Central Pennsylvania, -based cable television and broadband services provider and unit of the former Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff company, for $775 million cash. In this deal Comcast acquired approximately 230,000 basic cable customers, 71,000 digital cable customers, and 86,000 high-speed Internet customers. Comcast previously owned approximately 30 percent of Susquehanna Communications through affiliate company Lenfest. In December 2005, Comcast announced the creation of Comcast Interactive Media, a new division focused on online media.

qas: question: What was the name of the interface front-end introduced by Comcast in 2007?
answers: text: a dashboard called SmartZone
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question: What company designed this interface?
answers: text: Hewlett-Packard
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question: Smartzone used what company's antivirus protection?
answers: text: Trend Micro
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question: The contacts and address book for Smartzone was called what?
answers: text: Comcast Plaxo software
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question: When was Smartzone rolled out to customers?
answers: text: September 2008
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question: When did Comcast team up with Hewlett-Packard?
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question: When did Comcast launch Zimbra?
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question: What did Zimbra allow users to do with their contacts?
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question: What is SmartZone's email called?
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question: What was the name of the Hewlett-Packard antivirus software?
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question: What was this 2014 article anonymously penned by a Comcast Employee called?
is_impossible: yes

question: When did Ralph Roberts get into the cable TV business?
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question: How much did Comcast sell the Golf Channel for in 2004?
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context: Comcast announced in May 2007 and launched in September 2008 a dashboard called SmartZone. Hewlett-Packard led "design, creation and management". Collaboration and unified messaging technology came from open-source vendor Zimbra. "SmartZone users will be able to send and receive e-mail, listen to their voicemail messages online and forward that information via e-mail to others, send instant messages and video instant messages and merge their contacts into one address book". There is also Cloudmark spam and phishing protection and Trend Micro antivirus. The address book is Comcast Plaxo software.

qas: question: What bankrupt company did Comcast partner with another broadband provider to acquire in 2005?
answers: text: Adelphia Cable
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question: Who was Comcast's partner in the deal for Adelphia?
answers: text: Time Warner Cable
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question: What was the price to take over Adelphia?
answers: text: $17.6 billion
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question: What government organization investigated details of this acquisition?
answers: text: the U.S. Federal Communications Commission
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question: When was this deal finalized?
answers: text: second quarter of 2006
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question: How long did it take for Adelphia Cable to go bankrupt?
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question: Who partnered with Comcast to buy out Time Warner?
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question: How much did the FCC charge Comcast and Time Warner for the investigation?
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question: When did the FCC object to the deal?
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question: When did Comcast bankrupt?
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question: What did Lisa post on her blog?
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question: Smartzone used what company's antivirus protection?
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question: What type of definition does The Consumerist use?
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context: In April 2005, Comcast and Time Warner Cable announced plans to buy the assets of bankrupted Adelphia Cable. The two companies paid a total of $17.6 billion in the deal that was finalized in the second quarter of 2006—after the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) completed a seven-month investigation without raising an objection. Time Warner Cable became the second largest cable provider in the U.S., ranking behind Comcast. As part of the deal, Time Warner and Comcast traded existing subscribers in order to consolidate them into larger geographic clusters.

qas: question: What media conglomerate did Comcast begin preliminary talks to buy in 2009?
answers: text: NBCUniversal
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question: What was NBC's parent company in 2009?
answers: text: General Electric
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question: What ownership stake did Ccomcast get in this deal?
answers: text: 51%
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question: What company was forced to sell its interest in NBCUniversal as part of the purchase deal?
answers: text: Vivendi
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question: What other cable company was reputed to have an interest in NBCUniversal?
answers: text: Time Warner
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question: When did CNBC announce Comcast had bought NBCUniversal?
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question: How much of NBCUniversal did CNBC announce Time Warner would own?
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question: How much stock was Vivendi forced to buy?
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question: Who is the CEO of Comcast?
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question: Who reported that Time Warner was placing a bid in November 2009?
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question: Comcast owns what movie studio?
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question: Comcast joined with what media company to acquire a movie studio in 2005?
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question: How much was the cost of the NBCU acquisition?
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context: Media outlets began reporting in late September 2009 that Comcast was in talks to buy NBCUniversal. Comcast denied the rumors at first, while NBC would not comment on them. However, CNBC itself reported on October 1 that General Electric was considering spinning NBCUniversal off into a separate company that would merge the NBC television network and its cable properties such as USA Network, Syfy and MSNBC with Comcast's content assets. GE would maintain 49% control of the new company, while Comcast owned 51%. Vivendi, which owns 20%, would have to sell its stake to GE. It was reported that under the current deal with GE that it would happen in November or December. It was also reported that Time Warner would be interested in placing a bid, until CEO Jeffrey L. Bewkes directly denied interest, leaving Comcast the sole bidder. On November 1, 2009, The New York Times reported Comcast had moved closer to a deal to purchase NBCUniversal and that a formal announcement could be made sometime the following week.

qas: question: On what date was Comcast's purchase of controlling interest in NBCUniversal reported?
answers: text: December 3, 2009
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question: What did Comcast pay for their stake in NBC?
answers: text: $6.5 billion in cash and $7.3 billion in programming
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question: How did the FCC vote approval of the Comcast-NBC deal?
answers: text: 4 to 1
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question: On what date was the sale finally completed?
answers: text: January 28, 2011
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question: On what date did Comcast buy out the remaining stake of General Electric in NBC?
answers: text: March 19, 2013
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question: How much did Comcast pay to Vivendi?
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question: The FCC denied the deal by what vote?
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question: What did GE add to their logo in December?
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question: When did GE announce it planned to buy out Comcast's interest?
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question: How much did Comcast pay for the remaining 49%?
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question: During what month did Disney accept Comcast's bid?
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question: What did Spectacor buy from Comcast?
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question: How long did it take for Adelphia Cable to go bankrupt?
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context: Following a tentative agreement on by December 1, on December 3, 2009, the parties announced that Comcast would buy a controlling 51% stake in NBCUniversal for $6.5 billion in cash and $7.3 billion in programming. GE would take over the remaining 49% stake in NBCUniversal, using $5.8 billion to buy out Vivendi's 20% minority stake in NBCUniversal. On January 18, 2011, the FCC approved the deal by a vote of 4 to 1. The sale was completed on January 28, 2011. In late December 2012, Comcast added the NBC peacock symbol to their new logo. On February 12, 2013, Comcast announced an intention to acquire the remaining 49% of General Electric's interest in NBCUniversal, which Comcast completed on March 19, 2013.

qas: question: What publication originally reported a potential deal between Comcast and Time Warner?
answers: text: the Los Angeles Times
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question: What was the value of the deal reported to be at the time?
answers: text: $45.2 billion
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question: When did Comcast hope to complete its deal for Time Warner?
answers: text: by the end of 2014
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question: How much was Time Warner going to pay Comcast?
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question: Who reported Time Warner had agreed to the deal?
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question: What metropolitan areas did Comcast give Time Warner?
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question: What was Time Warner Cable attempting to buy?
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question: When do Time Warner and Comcast plan to begin the merger?
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question: In what internal publication was Comcast's union stance formally enumerated?
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question: What newspaper was deemed the best place to work?
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question: What did Ralph J. Roberts sell in 1963?
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context: On February 12, 2014, the Los Angeles Times reported that Comcast sought to acquire Time Warner Cable in a deal valued at $45.2 billion. On February 13, it was reported that Time Warner Cable agreed to the acquisition. This was to add several metropolitan areas to the Comcast portfolio, such as New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas-Fort Worth, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Charlotte, San Diego, and San Antonio. Time Warner Cable and Comcast aimed to merge into one company by the end of 2014 and both have praised the deal, emphasizing the increased capabilities of a combined telecommunications network, and to "create operating efficiencies and economies of scale".

qas: question: Who was the head of the FCC at the time of Comcast's proposed purchase of Time Warner Cable?
answers: text: Tom Wheeler
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question: What two organizations had Wheeler headed prior to joining the FCC?
answers: text: National Cable & Telecommunications Association, and as largest wireless lobby, CTIA – The Wireless Association
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question: What Senate group held hearings on the purchase?
answers: text: US Senate Judiciary Committee
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question: What group sought to investigate the purchase on anti-trust grounds?
answers: text: United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division
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question: Who was the general counsel of the FCC in 2015?
answers: text: Jonathan Sallet
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question: Who is the current head of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association?
is_impossible: yes

question: When was Tom Wheeler the head of the CTIA?
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question: What day did the House Judiciary Committee have its hearing?
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question: Who is the head of Politico?
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question: Who is the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee?
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question: How much did Comcast spend on lobbying efforts in 2012?
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question: How many customers did AT&T Broadband bring to Comcast?
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question: What company designed this interface?
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context: Critics noted in 2013 that Tom Wheeler, the head of the FCC, which has to approve the deal, is the former head of both the largest cable lobbying organization, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, and as largest wireless lobby, CTIA – The Wireless Association. According to Politico, Comcast "donated to almost every member of Congress who has a hand in regulating it." The US Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the deal on April 9, 2014. The House Judiciary Committee planned its own hearing. On March 6, 2014 the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division confirmed it was investigating the deal. In March 2014, the division's chairman, William Baer, recused himself because he was involved in a prior Comcast NBCUniversal acquisition. Several states' attorneys general have announced support for the federal investigation. On April 24, 2015, Jonathan Sallet, general counsel of the F.C.C., said that he was going to recommend a hearing before an administrative law judge, equivalent to a collapse of the deal.

qas: question: Disney and Comcast joined forces to allow Comcast to air what sports networks?
answers: text: ESPNU and ESPN3
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question: What network was proposed by Comcast and the US Olympic Committee?
answers: text: The U.S. Olympic Network
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question: What city hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics?
answers: text: Vancouver
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question: What happened to the U.S. Olympic Network?
answers: text: The U.S. Olympic Committee and Comcast have ended the plans
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question: Which ESPN channels are unavailable for Comcast?
is_impossible: yes

question: When did the Olympic Committee and Comcast officially launch their combined network?
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question: What city is the US Olympic Committee located?
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question: What did Comcast put on hold?
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question: When did Comcast and Disney reach an agreement?
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question: What was the price to take over Adelphia?
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question: What was the original name of AT&T Broadband and Comcast going to be?
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question: What is CableFAX known for?
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context: Comcast delivers third-party television programming content to its own customers, and also produces its own first-party content both for subscribers and customers of other competing television services. Fully or partially owned Comcast programming includes Comcast Newsmakers, Comcast Network, Comcast SportsNet, SportsNet New York, MLB Network, Comcast Sports Southeast/Charter Sports Southeast, NBC Sports Network, The Golf Channel, AZN Television, and FEARnet. On May 19, 2009, Disney and ESPN announced an agreement to allow Comcast Corporation to carry the channels ESPNU and ESPN3. The U.S. Olympic Committee and Comcast intended to team up to create The U.S. Olympic Network, which was slated to launch after the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. These plans were then put on hold by the U.S. Olympic Committee. The U.S. Olympic Committee and Comcast have ended the plans to create The U.S. Olympic Network.

qas: question: What is the name of Comcast's channel available to subscribers in east coast markets?
answers: text: Comcast Network
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question: What is the name of Comcast's subscriber channel in Colorado?
answers: text: Comcast Entertainment Television
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question: In what year did Comcast Entertainment take over operation of Colorado's Emergency Alert System?
answers: text: 2006
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question: What New York area sports channel did Comcast help found in 2006
answers: text: SportsNet New York
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question: What baseball team was Comcast's partner in their New York sports network?
answers: text: New York Mets
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question: When did the channel become available in New York, Pittsburgh, and Richmond?
is_impossible: yes

question: When did Comcast partner with Altitude Sports & Entertainment?
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question: What is the name of the Emergency Alert System in Philadelphia?
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question: What did Comcast and the Mets creat in 2004?
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question: What is the name of Time Warner Cable's variety network?
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question: What was Comcast's telecommunication business prior to 1999?
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question: In issuing the grade, the Corporate Library found that a third of Comcast's board was how old?
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question: Who was the head of the FCC at the time of Comcast's proposed purchase of Time Warner Cable?
is_impossible: yes
context: Comcast also owns many local channels. Comcast also has a variety network known as Comcast Network, available exclusively to Comcast and Cablevision subscribers. The channel shows news, sports, and entertainment and places emphasis in Philadelphia and the Baltimore/Washington, D.C. areas, though the channel is also available in New York, Pittsburgh, and Richmond. In August 2004, Comcast started a channel called Comcast Entertainment Television, for Colorado Comcast subscribers, and focusing on life in Colorado. It also carries some National Hockey League and National Basketball Association games when Altitude Sports & Entertainment is carrying the NHL or NBA. In January 2006, CET became the primary channel for Colorado's Emergency Alert System in the Denver Metro Area. In 2006, Comcast helped found the channel SportsNet New York, acquiring a minority stake. The other partners in the project were New York Mets and Time Warner Cable.

qas: question: Who was the founder of Philadelphia sports corporation Spectator?
answers: text: Ed Snider
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question: Comcast's purchase of Spectator gave them what sports teams in Philadelphia?
answers: text: the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers National Basketball Association basketball team
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question: What was the original name of NBCSN?
answers: text: Outdoor Life Network
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question: What was the second name NBCSN was known as?
answers: text: Versus
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question: Comcast bought naming rights for what college's basketball arena?
answers: text: the University of Maryland
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question: Who founded the Philadelphia Flyers?
is_impossible: yes

question: What did Spectacor buy from Comcast?
is_impossible: yes

question: What was the original name of the Golf Channel?
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question: How much did Comcast pay Spectacor for the controlling stake?
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question: What did Comcast rename the Philadelphia 76ers basketball arena in 2014?
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question: What company designed this interface?
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question: Who is the current head of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association?
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question: What movie studios did Comcast and their partner buy?
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context: In 1996, Comcast bought a controlling stake in Spectacor from the company's founder, Ed Snider. Comcast-Spectacor holdings now include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers National Basketball Association basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia. Over a number of years, Comcast became majority owner of Comcast SportsNet, as well as Golf Channel and NBCSN (formerly the Outdoor Life Network, then Versus). In 2002, Comcast paid the University of Maryland $25 million for naming rights to the new basketball arena built on the College Park campus, the XFINITY Center. Before it was renamed for Comcast's cable subsidiary, XFINITY Center was called Comcast Center from its opening in 2002 through July 2014.

qas: question: What organization rated Comcast's customer service the worst in the country in 2004 and 2007?
answers: text: American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI)
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question: Comcast's customer service was rated worse than what government organization?
answers: text: the Internal Revenue Service
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question: When did the ACSI begin doing customer satisfaction surveys?
answers: text: 2001
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question: When Comcast's customer service rating fell 7%, what happened to its revenues?
answers: text: increased by 12%
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question: What prime factor did the ACSI use to explain this anomaly?
answers: text: most cable companies have little competition at the local level
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question: Who listed the IRS as the company with the worst customer service rating?
is_impossible: yes

question: What is the only industry to score above a 60?
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question: How much did customer satisfaction increase by?
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question: What company was given the worst customer satisfaction rating in 2001?
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question: What has happened to the revenue of the Internal Revenue Service?
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question: Where were the Olympics in 2012?
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question: When did Comcast and Disney reach an agreement?
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question: What Senate group held hearings on the purchase?
is_impossible: yes
context: In 2004 and 2007, the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) survey found that Comcast had the worst customer satisfaction rating of any company or government agency in the country, including the Internal Revenue Service. The ACSI indicates that almost half of all cable customers (regardless of company) have registered complaints, and that cable is the only industry to score below 60 in the ACSI. Comcast's Customer Service Rating by the ACSI surveys indicate that the company's customer service has not improved since the surveys began in 2001. Analysis of the surveys states that "Comcast is one of the lowest scoring companies in ACSI. As its customer satisfaction eroded by 7% over the past year, revenue increased by 12%." The ACSI analysis also addresses this contradiction, stating that "Such pricing power usually comes with some level of monopoly protection and most cable companies have little competition at the local level. This also means that a cable company can do well financially even though its customers are not particularly satisfied."

qas: question: What organization gave Comcast an "F" rating in 2010?
answers: text: Corporate Library
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question: In issuing the grade, the Corporate Library found that a third of Comcast's board was how old?
answers: text: over 70 years of age
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question: How much did Comcast pay for flights of its company jet in 2010?
answers: text: $40 million
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question: What conflict did Corporate Library note with Comcast's Board?
answers: text: several of the directors either worked for the company or had business ties to it
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question: Who is the CEO of the Wall Street Journal?
is_impossible: yes

question: What rating was the Corporate Library given? 
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question: How much was the cost of the NBCU acquisition?
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question: What is the average age of Comcast's board of directors?
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question: What company did Comcast give an F to?
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question: What is the only industry to score above a 60?
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question: Comcast owns what movie studio?
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question: How did the FCC vote approval of the Comcast-NBC deal?
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context: Comcast was given an "F" for its corporate governance practices in 2010, by Corporate Library, an independent shareholder-research organization. According to Corporate Library, Comcast's board of directors ability to oversee and control management was severely compromised (at least in 2010) by the fact that several of the directors either worked for the company or had business ties to it (making them susceptible to management pressure), and a third of the directors were over 70 years of age. According to the Wall Street Journal nearly two-thirds of the flights of Comcast's $40 million corporate jet purchased for business travel related to the NBCU acquisition, were to CEO Brian Roberts' private homes or to resorts.

qas: question: What name was listed on Comcast customer Ricardo Brown's invoice in January, 2015?
answers: text: "Asshole Brown"
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question: What consumer advocate took over the Brown's case?
answers: text: Christopher Elliott
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question: What was the amount of disputed money that Comcast eventually returned to the Browns?
answers: text: $60
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question: Comcast eventually refunded how much service time to the Browns?
answers: text: two years
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question: Comcast also told the Browns they would do what to correct the situation with the name change?
answers: text: promise to track down and fire the responsible employee
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question: What was the name of the Comcast employee that changed Ricardo's name?
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question: When did Comcast rectify the situation?
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question: How much did the Browns pay Elliott?
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question: What did Lisa post on her blog?
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question: How many years did it take Comcast to rectify the situation?
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question: What was the original name of the Golf Channel?
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question: What was Comcast's share value in 1999?
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question: What did the Huffington post in 2014?
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context: In January 2015, a customer named Ricardo Brown received a bill from Comcast with his name changed to "Asshole Brown". Brown's wife, Lisa, believed a Comcast employee changed the name in response to the Browns' request to cancel their cable service, an incident in which she was refused a cancellation unless she paid a $60 fee and instead was routed to a retention specialist. Comcast refused to correct the name on their bill after bringing it to the attention of numerous customer service outlets for the company by explaining that Ricardo is the legal name of the customer, so the Browns turned to consumer advocate Christopher Elliott. Elliott posted the facts of the incident, along with a copy of the bill, on his blog. Shortly thereafter, Elliott contacted Comcast and Comcast offered the Browns an apology, a $60 refund, and a promise to track down and fire the responsible employee. The Browns instead requested a full refund for their negative experience and Comcast agreed to refund the family the last two years of service and provide the next two years of service at no charge. Comcast released a statement explaining: "We have spoken with our customer and apologized for this completely unacceptable and inappropriate name change. We have zero tolerance for this type of disrespectful behavior and are conducting a thorough investigation to determine what happened. We are working with our customer to make this right and will take appropriate steps to prevent this from happening again."