Comcast managed to compensate for a weak showing from NBC Universal with positive numbers cable business, allowing the company to post an increase in revenue for the quarter.
Comcast, the largest U.S. cable operator, reported third-quarter net income of $908 million, or 33 cents a share, up from $867 million, or 31 cents a share, in the same period a year ago. Meanwhile, revenue was up 5 percent to $14.3 billion.
While Comcast didn’t quite live up to Wall Street’s expectations — analysts expected the company to report earnings of 40 cents a share, according to Reuters — its strong cable results were a welcome relief after disappointing results from competitors Time Warner Cable and Cablevision last week, which blamed customer losses on the bad economy and poor housing market.
Although Comcast lost basic video customers — 165,000, as compared to a loss of 275,000 a year ago — it made...
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