Programming and Other Inventory

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

6) PROGRAMMING AND OTHER INVENTORY



At December 31,	2015		2014
Acquired program rights	$	1,533	$	1,187
Internally produced programming:
Released	1,261		1,121
In process and other	392		384
Publishing, primarily finished goods	42		47
Total programming and other inventory	3,228		2,739
Less current portion	1,271		922
Total noncurrent programming and other inventory	$	1,957	$	1,817

The Company expects to amortize approximately $650 million of its released internally produced programming during the year ended December 31, 2016. In addition, while it is difficult to determine the precise timing of the amortization of the remaining released internally produced programming, the Company estimates that substantially all of the December 31, 2015 balance will be amortized over the next three years.