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Content Rights (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) [Abstract]  
Schedule of Content Rights
The table below presents the components of content rights (in millions). 
September 30, 2021December 31, 2020
Produced content rights:
Completed$9,861 $8,576 
In-production737 731 
Coproduced content rights:
Completed994 888 
In-production65 78 
Licensed content rights:
Acquired1,225 1,312 
Prepaid254 556 
Content rights, at cost13,136 12,141 
Accumulated amortization(9,194)(8,170)
Total content rights, net3,942 3,971 
Current portion(254)(532)
Noncurrent portion$3,688 $3,439 
Schedule of Content Rights Expense
Content expense consisted of the following (in millions).
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2021202020212020
Content amortization$1,217 $762 $2,732 $2,110 
Other production charges150 96 333 202 
Content impairments
Total content expense$1,369 $859 $3,068 $2,320