The decision to boost diversity efforts comes as the company awaits approval from the U.S. Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission to complete a proposed merger that would create a combined broadcast, cable, movie studio and theme parks business. Comcast said it would add four new cable networks either owned or partly owned by African-Americans within eight years. Plus, it expand an existing channel carrying Asian-American programing to more markets, or create a new English-language channel that caters to Asian-American interests.
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