Editing Comcast (section)

===American Cable Systems===
In 1963, [[Ralph J. Roberts]] in conjunction with his two business partners, Daniel Aaron<ref>{{cite web
 | url        = https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/24/business/daniel-aaron-77-a-founder-of-comcast-cable-television.html
 | title      = Daniel Aaron, 77, a Founder Of Comcast Cable Television
 | website    = The New York Times
 | author     = David D. Kirkpatrick
 | date       = February 24, 2003
 | access-date = August 27, 2014
 }}</ref> and [[Julian A. Brodsky]], purchased '''American Cable Systems'''<ref name=mcn>{{cite news
 | last1      = Farrell
 | first1     = Mike
 | title      = Comcastic: A Comcast Timeline
 | url        = https://www.nexttv.com/news/comcastic-comcast-time-line-141908
 | url-status = live
 | work       = Multichannel News
 | publisher  = NewBay Media
 | date       = June 19, 2015
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220523125124/https://www.nexttv.com/news/comcastic-comcast-time-line-141908
 | archive-date = May 23, 2022
 | access-date = June 19, 2015
 }}</ref> as a [[corporate spin-off]] from its parent, [[Jerrold Electronics]], for U.S. $500,000. At the time, American Cable was a small cable operator in [[Tupelo, Mississippi]], with five channels and 12,000 customers.<ref>{{cite news
 | url        = https://www.seattletimes.com/business/a-look-at-comcasts-changes-over-the-decades/
 | title      = A look at Comcast's changes over the decades
 | newspaper  = Seattle Times
 | agency     = Associated Press
 | date       = January 18, 2011
 | access-date = February 14, 2014
 }}</ref> In 1965, American Cable Systems purchased Storecast Corporation of America, a product placement supermarket specialist marketing firm.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/standing-between-comcast-and-fox-media-titans-rocky-relationship-1529617091|title=Two Titans' Rocky Relationship Stands Between Comcast and Fox|last1=Ramachandran|first1=Shalini|date=2018-06-21|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=2018-10-23|last2=Hagey|first2=Keach|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> In 1968, American Cable Systems purchased its first franchise of [[Muzak]], a brand of background music played in retail stores. Storecast was a client of Muzak.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=James |first=Meg |date=June 28, 2014 |title=Comcast timeline: Rise of a giant |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-et-ct-comcast-milestones-20140629-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2018-10-23}}</ref>