Program Rights and Obligations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Program Rights and Obligations

Program Rights

Owned original program rights, net is comprised of $162,612 of completed programming and $144,894 of in-production programming at December 31, 2015 and is included as a component of long-term program rights, net in the consolidated balance sheet. The Company estimates that approximately 92% of unamortized owned original programming costs, as of December 31, 2015, will be amortized within the next three years. The Company expects to amortize approximately $98,273 of unamortized owned original programming costs during the next twelve months. Program rights write-offs of $43,196, $44,204 and $61,005 were recorded for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Program Rights Obligations

Amounts payable subsequent to December 31, 2015 related to program rights obligations included in the consolidated balance sheet are as follows:



Years Ending December 31,
2016	$	289,897
2017	164,286
2018	119,596
2019	86,291
2020	50,402
Thereafter	20,016
	$	730,488