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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.

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Q: How many paying customers did Comcast have in 1994?
A: 3.5 million', "
Q: Comcast's customer base in 1994 was good enough for what national ranking among its competition?
A: third largest", '
Q: What sports network was Comcast a founding investor of?
A: The Golf Channel', '
Q: In what year did Comcast take over a majority interest in QVC?
A: 1994', '
Q: What company did Comcast sell its interest in QVC to in 2004?
A: Liberty Media']
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.

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Q: What was Comcast's telecommunication business prior to 1999?
A: Comcast Cellular", '
Q: What company did Comcast sell their telecommunications company to?
A: SBC Communications', '
Q: How much was ComCast Cellular sold for in 1999?
A: $400 million', '
Q: What internet commerce company did Comcast invest in?
A: VeriSign', '
Q: MediaOne merged with what telecommunications company?
A: AT&T Corporation']
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.

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Q: When did Comcast acquire the cable assets of AT&T Broadband?
A: 2001', '
Q: What did Comcast pay for this subsidiary?
A: $44.5 billion', '
Q: What was the original name of AT&T Broadband and Comcast going to be?
A: AT&T Comcast', '
Q: When Comcast purchased AT&T Broadband, how many customers did they service?
A: 22 million', "
Q: Comcast's advertising and commercial production branch was called what?
A: Comcast Spotlight"]
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.

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Q: What media conglomerate did Comcast try to buy in 2004?
A: The Walt Disney Company', '
Q: How much money did Comcast offer for this company?
A: $54 billion', "
Q: What month in 2004 did Comcast drop it's bid for this company?
A: April", '
Q: Comcast dropped their bid to focus on acquiring what sports network?
A: ESPN', "
Q: Besides offering money, what else did Comcast include in their proposal to buy Disney?
A: taking on $12 billion of Disney's debt"]
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.

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Q: Comcast joined with what media company to acquire a movie studio in 2005?
A: Sony Pictures Entertainment', '
Q: What movie studios did Comcast and their partner buy?
A: MGM and its affiliate studio, United Artists', '
Q: What Pennsylvania cable provider did Comcast buy controlling interest in during 2005?
A: Susquehanna Communications', '
Q: When did Comcast formally announce its purchase of this cable provider?
A: October 31, 2005', '
Q: How much did Comcast pay for this cable tv provider?
A: $775 million cash']
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.

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Q: What was the name of the interface front-end introduced by Comcast in 2007?
A: a dashboard called SmartZone', '
Q: What company designed this interface?
A: Hewlett-Packard', "
Q: Smartzone used what company's antivirus protection?
A: Trend Micro", '
Q: The contacts and address book for Smartzone was called what?
A: Comcast Plaxo software', '
Q: When was Smartzone rolled out to customers?
A: September 2008']
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.

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Q: What bankrupt company did Comcast partner with another broadband provider to acquire in 2005?
A: Adelphia Cable', "
Q: Who was Comcast's partner in the deal for Adelphia?
A: Time Warner Cable", '
Q: What was the price to take over Adelphia?
A: $17.6 billion', '
Q: What government organization investigated details of this acquisition?
A: the U.S. Federal Communications Commission', '
Q: When was this deal finalized?
A: second quarter of 2006']
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.

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Q: What media conglomerate did Comcast begin preliminary talks to buy in 2009?
A: NBCUniversal', "
Q: What was NBC's parent company in 2009?
A: General Electric", '
Q: What ownership stake did Ccomcast get in this deal?
A: 51%', '
Q: What company was forced to sell its interest in NBCUniversal as part of the purchase deal?
A: Vivendi', '
Q: What other cable company was reputed to have an interest in NBCUniversal?
A: Time Warner']
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.

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Q: On what date was Comcast's purchase of controlling interest in NBCUniversal reported?
A: December 3, 2009", '
Q: What did Comcast pay for their stake in NBC?
A: $6.5 billion in cash and $7.3 billion in programming', '
Q: How did the FCC vote approval of the Comcast-NBC deal?
A: 4 to 1', '
Q: On what date was the sale finally completed?
A: January 28, 2011', '
Q: On what date did Comcast buy out the remaining stake of General Electric in NBC?
A: March 19, 2013']
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".

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Q: What publication originally reported a potential deal between Comcast and Time Warner?
A: the Los Angeles Times', '
Q: What was the value of the deal reported to be at the time?
A: $45.2 billion', '
Q: When did Comcast hope to complete its deal for Time Warner?
A: by the end of 2014']
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.

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

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Q: Disney and Comcast joined forces to allow Comcast to air what sports networks?
A: ESPNU and ESPN3', '
Q: What network was proposed by Comcast and the US Olympic Committee?
A: The U.S. Olympic Network', '
Q: What city hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics?
A: Vancouver', '
Q: What happened to the U.S. Olympic Network?
A: The U.S. Olympic Committee and Comcast have ended the plans']
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.

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Q: What is the name of Comcast's channel available to subscribers in east coast markets?
A: Comcast Network", "
Q: What is the name of Comcast's subscriber channel in Colorado?
A: Comcast Entertainment Television", "
Q: In what year did Comcast Entertainment take over operation of Colorado's Emergency Alert System?
A: 2006", '
Q: What New York area sports channel did Comcast help found in 2006
A: SportsNet New York', "
Q: What baseball team was Comcast's partner in their New York sports network?
A: New York Mets"]
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.

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

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Q: What organization rated Comcast's customer service the worst in the country in 2004 and 2007?
A: American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI)", "
Q: Comcast's customer service was rated worse than what government organization?
A: the Internal Revenue Service", '
Q: When did the ACSI begin doing customer satisfaction surveys?
A: 2001', "
Q: When Comcast's customer service rating fell 7%, what happened to its revenues?
A: increased by 12%", '
Q: What prime factor did the ACSI use to explain this anomaly?
A: most cable companies have little competition at the local level']
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.

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Q: What organization gave Comcast an "F" rating in 2010?
A: Corporate Library', "
Q: In issuing the grade, the Corporate Library found that a third of Comcast's board was how old?
A: over 70 years of age", '
Q: How much did Comcast pay for flights of its company jet in 2010?
A: $40 million', "
Q: What conflict did Corporate Library note with Comcast's Board?
A: several of the directors either worked for the company or had business ties to it"]
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."

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Q: What name was listed on Comcast customer Ricardo Brown\'s invoice in January, 2015?
A: "Asshole Brown"', "
Q: What consumer advocate took over the Brown's case?
A: Christopher Elliott", '
Q: What was the amount of disputed money that Comcast eventually returned to the Browns?
A: $60', '
Q: Comcast eventually refunded how much service time to the Browns?
A: two years', '
Q: Comcast also told the Browns they would do what to correct the situation with the name change?
A: promise to track down and fire the responsible employee']
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections do not have symptoms, known as latent tuberculosis. About 10% of latent infections progress to active disease which, if left untreated, kills about half of those infected. The classic symptoms of active TB are a chronic cough with blood-containing sputum, fever, night sweats, and weight loss. The historical term "consumption" came about due to the weight loss. Infection of other organs can cause a wide range of symptoms.

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Q: What bacterium causes tuberculosis infection?
A: Mycobacterium tuberculosis', '
Q: What primary body part is affected by tuberculosis?
A: lungs', '
Q: Roughly, what percentage of latent tuberculosis infections result in active tuberculosis?
A: 10%', "
Q: Along with cough, weight loss, and night sweats, what's the fourth classic symptom of the disease?
A: fever", '
Q: What name has been used to refer to tuberculosis because of associated weight loss?
A: consumption']
One-third of the world's population is thought to be infected with TB. New infections occur in about 1% of the population each year. In 2014, there were 9.6 million cases of active TB which resulted in 1.5 million deaths. More than 95% of deaths occurred in developing countries. The number of new cases each year has decreased since 2000. About 80% of people in many Asian and African countries test positive while 5–10% of people in the United States population tests positive by the tuberculin test. Tuberculosis has been present in humans since ancient times.

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Q: How much of the entire population of the planet is estimated to be carrying tuberculosis?
A: One-third', '
Q: How many cases of tuberculosis were active over the course of 2014?
A: 9.6 million', '
Q: In 2014, how many people died from TB?
A: 1.5 million', '
Q: Does the majority of fatalities from TB occur in developing countries or industrialized nations?
A: developing countries', '
Q: Has TB infection increased or decreased worldwide since the start of the 21st century?
A: decreased']