Program Rights and Obligations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Program Rights and Obligations

Program Rights

Owned original program rights, net is comprised of $230,289 of completed programming and $211,352 of in-production programming at December 31, 2016 and is included as a component of long-term program rights, net in the consolidated balance sheet. The Company estimates that approximately 93% of unamortized owned original programming costs, as of December 31, 2016, will be amortized within the next three years. The Company expects to amortize approximately $139,562 of unamortized owned original programming costs during the next twelve months. Program rights write-offs of $26,184, $43,196 and $44,204 were recorded for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Program Rights Obligations

Amounts payable subsequent to December 31, 2016 related to program rights obligations included in the consolidated balance sheet are as follows:



Years Ending December 31,
2017	$	300,845
2018	164,211
2019	125,506
2020	71,199
2021	27,334
Thereafter	9,925
	$	699,020