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" It seemed to me the perfect company for the 21st century would be one that was technology-orientated with great content and national scale. "

Brian L. Roberts

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" You can't just buy the sports section of 'The New York Times.' You take the whole paper. "

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" In the case of Comcast, we're taking a lot of our technology into the cloud, so you don't need a new box every time you want to innovate. And it's all speeding up. "

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" I can get my voicemail transcribed and sent to me as e-mail. I want to be able to have my address book and all my life come up on my TV and video chat. The whole telecommunications experience through a wire is still very relevant. "

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" I go back to when we met with the late Steve Jobs. He couldn't understand why we didn't put Wi-Fi in every cable set box. And I literally went home and said, 'Tell me again - what's Wi-Fi?' "

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" We have a broad, well-positioned company, so when 'Minions' comes out, it can be in theme parks all over the world. We own Fandango. We can advertise on a network. We can have the characters pop up on the Golf Channel. "

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" We took the brains out of the set-top box and put it in the cloud. Having our software in the cloud gives consumers the ability to click their remote control and navigate through thousands of choices in a simple and elegant way. That's magic. "

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" Our products weren't getting some of the excitement they deserved because you were waiting on hold on the phone, or we missed an appointment. "

Brian L. Roberts

" I think Jay Leno is fantastic. "

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" We are going to have a suite of products that you subscribe to - television, high-speed Internet, phone, home security, energy management, maybe even health care - and we are going to have many customers that are going to buy those products directly from us. "

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" Verizon had just come out with FiOS, and AT&T had U-verse. We came up with a couple of options, and then our marketing people came in and said, 'What do you think of Xfinity?' "

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" Many years ago, Bill Gates said that one day we'd be able to click on the shoes of a character in a TV show and buy them online. Whether that happens or not, are you thinking about new ways to combine your assets in programming, customer knowledge, and technology? "

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" I think cable has been under-appreciated for its contribution to society. "

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" We support an open Internet and having rules - the right kind of rules that are legally enforceable and allow for investment and innovation. "

Brian L. Roberts

" Comcast NBCUniversal has an incredible array of brands and ways to deliver those brands and experiences for consumers. "

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" In our case, one of my earliest experiences working in the company was being asked to be on Ted Turner's board, and I saw that the value creation from owning networks was stunning - new channels, international opportunities, synergy, many things that Turner Broadcasting built for decades. "

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" NBC News will help define Comcast. "

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" You have to have a business model you believe in and like. "

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" We provide a breadth of live and catch-up content - what we define as this season's content, none of which is available in the Netflix rerun world. "

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" It's a huge mistake not to embrace social media. We need to stay in touch and stay relevant to young people. "

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