Comcast: The King of Pipes and Pictures

Explore the rise of Comcast from a small Mississippi cable system to a global media titan, and why it's often called the most hated company in America.[INTRO]ALEX: Imagine you’re in Tupelo, Mississippi, in 1963. A man named Ralph Roberts buys a tiny cable system with just 1,200 subscribers, hoping to bring a clearer TV signal to a few small towns. Fast forward to today, and that same company owns NBC, Universal Studios, DreamWorks, and the very internet pipes you’re probably using to listen to this podcast.JORDAN: Wait, so the people who charge me for my Wi-Fi also own the movies I’m streaming over it? That sounds like they’ve basically rigged the entire game.ALEX: That is exactly the goal, Jordan. Today we’re talking about Comcast, a company that has spent sixty years moving from the outskirts of Mississippi to the center of the global media landscape, earning billions of dollars and a truly legendary amount of public