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Content Rights (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Content Rights [Abstract]  
Schedule Of Content Rights
The table below presents the components of content rights (in millions). 
 
 
June 30, 2017
 
December 31, 2016
Produced content rights:
 
 
 
 
Completed
 
$
4,034

 
$
3,920

In-production
 
483

 
420

Coproduced content rights:
 
 
 
 
Completed
 
647

 
632

In-production
 
26

 
57

Licensed content rights:
 
 
 
 
Acquired
 
1,053

 
1,090

Prepaid(a)
 
168

 
129

Content rights, at cost
 
6,411

 
6,248

Accumulated amortization
 
(3,951
)
 
(3,849
)
Total content rights, net
 
2,460

 
2,399

Current portion
 
(390
)
 
(310
)
Noncurrent portion
 
$
2,070

 
$
2,089

Schedule Of Content Expense
Content expense is included in costs of revenues on the consolidated statements of operations and consisted of the following (in millions).
 
 
Three months ended June 30,
 
Six months ended June 30,
 
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
Content amortization
 
$
446

 
$
420

 
$
901

 
$
855

Other production charges
 
76

 
79

 
141

 
138

Content impairments
 
6

 
3

 
9

 
9

Total content expense
 
$
528

 
$
502

 
$
1,051

 
$
1,002