Steve Burke Quotes

United States, Businessman
August 14, 1958

Stephen B. Burke is an American businessman. He serves as the executive vice president of Comcast, and as president and chief executive officer of NBCUniversal.

I've had people accuse me of being too tough of a grader. But my job is to paint reality versus telling people what they want to hear.

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- Job
- Reality
- Telling
You don't get a chance to buy a company like NBCUniversal unless it's not doing well.

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- Chance
- Company
- Buy

People would say, 'You can't say negative things about the company.' But you have no credibility if you can't tell people that they need to do better.

Steve Burke
I'm a very competitive person... I've run 12 marathons! I kayaked around Manhattan 29 miles in October! I ran the Berkshire Hathaway 5K! And I want every part of the business to compete - and play to win.

Steve Burke
- Business
- Win
- Competitive
The good news is people are watching more video than ever before; they're just watching in places that often aren't rated and aren't monetized.

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- Watching
- Video
- Monetize
You really can create a lot of value by putting content and distribution together, particularly if the content is cable content.

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- Value
- Create
- Content
The best businesses that all of us have in the entertainment business are cable content channels, which have a dual revenue stream.

Steve Burke
People have more options to watch quality, professionally produced video than ever before, and they are using those options - whether it is DVR, Netflix or Hulu.

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- Quality
- Video
- Options

Historically, NBCUniversal had brilliant people, but some of them didn't do a very good job of working together.

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- People
- Together
- Working
There are movies and TV shows I wish we didn't make, sure, but we're in the business of creating things that are not all going to work.

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- Business
- Movies
- Creating