states, and is valued at around $60 billion. The merger made Comcast, which formerly counted about 8.5 million cable subscribers as customers, a market leader in every digital technology category in the cable industry: digital cable services, video-on-demand and voice over IP telephony services. Under terms of the deal, AT&T shareholders still own about 56 percent of the merged company, and the Roberts family, which founded Comcast, holds about a Visit Vault at www.vault.com for insider company profiles, expert advice, VAULT CAREER career message boards, expert resume reviews, the Vault Job Board and more. LIBRARY Vault Guide to the Top Telecom Employers Comcast Corporation 66 percent voting interest in the new company. And the deal looks to have had a positive effect on Comcast's bottom line. For the full year 2003, revenue rose from $8.10 billion to $18.35 billion. Comings and goings In September 2003, Comcast sold its interest in QVC home shopping network to Liberty Media Corporation for $7.9 billion in cash and stock. Liberty now owns 98 percent of QVC. At the time of the deal, Comcast said it would not use the cash to fund any acquisitions in the near-term. For now, the company's main priority is to upgrade the former AT&T systems SO that Comcast's entire network will have state- of-the art digital technology. The upgrade will also enable Comcast to offer high- speed Internet access and other services in markets where such services aren't currently available. But the company did add to its holdings in March 2004 when it bought the TechTV cable network from Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen's Vulcan Programming Inc. for $300 million. Comcast intends to merge TechTV with its G4 network, which is devoted to the world of video games. EchoStar Communications Corp., which runs the Dish Network satellite television service, is also taking a stake of about 12 percent in the upstart network. The deal more than doubled the reach of G4, boosting its reach from about 15 million homes to about 44 million. TechTV was origi