Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations

Schedule of carrying and fair values of the entity's debt facilities

	As of
	March 31, 2019				December 31, 2018
	Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
7 7/8% Senior Notes due 2019 (1)	$	1,295,007	$	1,317,501	$	1,317,372	$	1,343,298
5 1/8% Senior Notes due 2020		1,100,000		1,110,670		1,100,000		1,089,957
6 3/4% Senior Notes due 2021		2,000,000		2,064,620		2,000,000		1,974,940
5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2022		2,000,000		1,941,280		2,000,000		1,833,140
5% Senior Notes due 2023		1,500,000		1,359,270		1,500,000		1,247,445
5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2024		2,000,000		1,693,000		2,000,000		1,611,960
2 3/8% Convertible Notes due 2024		1,000,000		822,950		1,000,000		801,200
7 3/4% Senior Notes due 2026		2,000,000		1,748,960		2,000,000		1,653,720
3 3/8% Convertible Notes due 2026		3,000,000		2,544,060		3,000,000		2,436,690
Other notes payable		31,232		31,232		39,715		39,715
Subtotal		15,926,239	$	14,633,543		15,957,087	$	14,032,065
Unamortized debt discount on the Convertible Notes		(810,023)				(833,906)
Unamortized deferred financing costs and other debt discounts, net		(35,136)				(37,388)
Finance lease obligations (2)		60,752				66,984
Total long-term debt and finance lease obligations (including current portion)	$	15,141,832			$	15,152,777

(1) During the year ended December 31, 2018 and the three months ended March 31, 2019, we repurchased $83 million and $22 million, respectively, of our 7 7/8% Senior Notes due 2019 in open market trades.  The remaining balance of $1.295 billion matures on September 1, 2019. 

(2) Disclosure regarding fair value of finance leases is not required.