Comcast shares jumped in premarket trading after the company said revenue grew a faster-than-expected 6.5% in the third quarter, fueled by the Paris Olympics and new film releases. The cable and entertainment giant said quarterly revenue grew to $32.

Comcast found a way to get it past its usual challenges of consumers leaving its cable offerings and getting people to visit its theme parks: the Olympics. This summer’s extravaganza from Paris helped the cable-and-entertainment conglomerate power its way past some of its business issues,

Comcast Corp. reported third-quarter sales and profit that exceeded analysts’ expectations after the company’s NBC division got a lift from the Summer Olympics, an event that generated $1.4 billion in advertising revenue.

The number of viewers of the Paris Olympics jumped 82% from the Tokyo games held three years ago, the telecommunications and media company said.