Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 323	$ 428
Receivables, less allowances of $63 (2015) and $50 (2014)	3,628	3,459
Programming and other inventory (Note 6)	1,271	922
Prepaid income taxes	101	161
Prepaid expenses	175	129
Other current assets	249	386
Total current assets	5,747	5,485
Property and equipment	3,243	3,164
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization	1,838	1,731
Net property and equipment (Note 2)	1,405	1,433
Programming and other inventory (Note 6)	1,957	1,817
Goodwill (Note 3)	6,481	6,698
Intangible assets (Note 3)	5,514	6,008
Other assets (Note 1)	2,661	2,494
Total Assets	23,765	23,935
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable	192	302
Accrued expenses	589	605
Accrued compensation	315	333
Participants' share and royalties payable	1,013	999
Program rights	374	404
Deferred revenues	295	206
Commercial paper (Note 9)	0	616
Current portion of long-term debt (Note 9)	222	20
Other current liabilities	560	548
Total current liabilities	3,560	4,033
Long-term debt (Note 9)	8,226	6,476
Participants' share and royalties payable	1,318	1,267
Pension and postretirement benefit obligations (Note 15)	1,575	1,564
Deferred income tax liabilities, net (Note 14)	1,509	1,427
Other liabilities	1,942	2,080
Liabilities of discontinued operations (Note 4)	$ 72	$ 118
Commitments and contingencies (Note 16)
Stockholders' Equity
Common stock	$ 1	$ 1
Additional paid-in capital	44,055	44,041
Accumulated deficit	(20,518)	(21,931)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (Note 12)	(770)	(735)
Stockholder' equity including treasury stock	22,768	21,376
Less treasury stock, at cost; 401 (2015) and 349 (2014) Class B Shares	17,205	14,406
Total Stockholders' Equity	5,563	6,970
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity	23,765	23,935
Common Class A [Member]
Stockholders' Equity
Common stock	0	0
Common Class B [Member]
Stockholders' Equity
Common stock	$ 1	$ 1