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Roberts holds Class B shares wherein per share is equivalent to 15 votes. This ensures that he will still control majority votes (80%) of the company even if it went public. Until today, the Roberts family owned Class B shares.<ref>
Roberts holds Class B shares wherein per share is equivalent to 15 votes. This ensures that he will still control majority votes (80%) of the company even if it went public. Until today, the Roberts family owned Class B shares.<ref>
[http://69.175.2.130/~finman/Reno/Papers/ValueofaVote.pdf The Value of a Vote: Comcast Dual-Voting Rights Stock]</ref>
[http://69.175.2.130/~finman/Reno/Papers/ValueofaVote.pdf The Value of a Vote: Comcast Dual-Voting Rights Stock]</ref>
The following years, Comcast acquired several cable franchises in different locations including Paducah, Kentucky; Flint, Hillsdale and Jonesville, Warren, Clinton, Sterling Heights and St. Clair Shores in Michigan; Northern New Jersey; Lower Merion, Pennsylvania; and Corinth, Mississippi. The company also acquired the Muzak franchises in Indianapolis, Buffalo, Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Peoria, Illinois in 1983. During the same year, Comcast expanded in United Kingdom through its partnership with Ladboke, a gambling and entertainment company. Comcast secured a license to provide cable television systems to residents in suburban London.<ref>[http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Comcast-Corporation-company-History.html Comcast Corporation Company History]</ref>
==Products & Services==
==Products & Services==