Program Rights and Obligations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Program Rights and Obligations

Program Rights

Owned original program rights, net is comprised of $329.4 million of completed programming and $235.2 million of in-production programming at December 31, 2017 and is included as a component of long-term program rights, net in the consolidated balance sheet. The Company estimates that approximately 90% of unamortized owned original programming costs, as of December 31, 2017, will be amortized within the next three years. The Company expects to amortize approximately $196.0 million of unamortized owned original programming costs during the next twelve months. Program rights write-offs of $49.4 million, $26.2 million and $43.2 million were recorded for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Program Rights Obligations

Amounts payable subsequent to December 31, 2017 related to program rights obligations included in the consolidated balance sheet are as follows:



(In thousands)
Years Ending December 31,
2018	$	327,549
2019	217,457
2020	163,640
2021	74,796
2022	48,941
Thereafter	30,146
	$	862,529