Editing Comcast (section)

===Comcast===
[[File:Comcast logo 1963.svg|thumb|Comcast logo from 1969 to 2000]]
The company was re-incorporated in Pennsylvania on March 5, 1969, under the new name '''Comcast Corporation'''.<ref name=mcn/> Comcast's [[initial public offering]] occurred on June 29, 1972, with a [[market capitalization]] of U.S. $3,010,000.<ref name=mcn/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/comcast-founder-ralph-roberts-dead-95-1201523791/|title=Ralph Roberts, Comcast Founder and Cable Pioneer, Dies at 95|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|date=2015-06-19|work=Variety|access-date=2018-10-23|language=en-US}}</ref> In 1977, [[HBO]] was first launched on a Comcast system with 20,000 customers in western Pennsylvania with a five-night free preview getting a 15% sign up rate.<ref name=mcn/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SQxjDwAAQBAJ&q=HBO+first+launched+on+comcast+1977&pg=PT27|title=Strategic Marketing: Concepts and Cases|last1=Abratt|first1=Russell|last2=Bendixen|first2=Michael|date=2018-07-04|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9780429951558|language=en}}</ref> In 1986, Comcast bought 26% of [[Group W Cable]], a broadcast company, doubling its number of subscribers to 1 million.<ref name="Comcast-Feb-2004-425">{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2755/95010304000202/filing-main.htm|title=Comcast, Form 425, Filing Date Feb 11, 2004|publisher=Securities and Exchange Commission|access-date=March 27, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/25/business/group-w-cable-sold-to-5-buyers.html|title=GROUP W CABLE SOLD TO 5 BUYERS|last=Fabrikant|first=Geraldine|work=The New York Times |date=December 25, 1985 |access-date=2018-10-23|language=en}}</ref> Also that year, Comcast made a founding investment of $380 million in [[QVC]].<ref name="mcn"/> In 1988, Comcast was able to buy a 50% share of SCI Holdings in a joint deal with [[Tele-Communications Inc.]]<ref>{{cite news
 | url        = https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/25/business/2-cable-tv-companies-to-buy-sci.html
 | title      = 2 Cable TV Companies To Buy SCI
 | website    = The New York Times
 | author     = GERALDINE FABRIKANT
 | date       = April 25, 1988
 | access-date = February 15, 2014
 }}</ref> Comcast also acquired American Cellular Network Corporation in 1988 for $230 million, marking the first time it became a [[mobile phone operator]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/11/business/company-news-american-cellular-deal.html|title=COMPANY NEWS; American Cellular Deal|agency=Reuters|date=February 11, 1988|access-date=February 15, 2014|website=The New York Times}}</ref>