John Costello / Inquirer
At the Wachovia Center, Broad Street Atrium, Comcast workers get ready for "SportsNite." The cable giant is still striving to dominate the nation’s Internet and telephone service.
Market cap and total return leaders
The region’s powerhouses and big producers are sparkling with projects for the future. Most of the companies’ stock-and-dividend returns were down.
1701 JFK Blvd., Philadelphia
Phone 215-665-1700
Founded 1969
Chairman/CEO: Brian L. Roberts
NASDAQ: CMCSA
Market cap: $66.45 billion *
Stock-div return one year: down 25 percent **
The region's most valuable company and the nation's biggest cable TV provider, Comcast provides high-speed Internet, e-mail and phone services, and it operates regional sports and news networks. Its video services include basic and digital cable, video on demand, and digital video recorder. Its programming includes E!, The Golf Channel and Style. Comcast owns the Flyers hockey team, the 76ers basketball team, and occupies Philadelphia's tallest office tower. As of December, it reported 24.1 million video subscribers, 13.2 million Internet subscribers, and 4.6 million phone subscribers.
The Chatter: Comcast now towers over Philadelphia architecturally, as well as financially, but it is still slogging through a campaign to dominate the nation's Internet and telephone service, as it does cable TV. Its stock-and-dividend return is down, although so were most regional companies.
1007 Market St., Wilmington
Phone 302-774-1000
Founded 1802
Chairman/CEO: Charles O. Holliday Jr.
