(Reuters) - Comcast Corp <CMCSA.O> posted a rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday, driven by better-than-expected video and Internet subscriber additions.
Fourth-quarter net income rose to $1.29 billion, or 47 cents a share, from $1.02 billion, or 36 cents a share, a year earlier.
Revenue rose 3 percent to $15 billion.
The leading U.S. cable TV provider, which controls broadcaster NBC Universal, raised its dividend by 44 percent to 65 cents a year and announced a new share buyback program of $6.5 billion.
(Reporting by Yinka Adegoke in New York; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)
