Programming and Other Inventory

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

6) PROGRAMMING AND OTHER INVENTORY



At December 31,	2016		2015
Acquired program rights	$	1,773	$	1,532
Internally produced programming:
Released	1,746		1,261
In process and other	298		392
Publishing, primarily finished goods	49		42
Total programming and other inventory	3,866		3,227
Less current portion	1,427		1,270
Total noncurrent programming and other inventory	$	2,439	$	1,957

The Company expects to amortize approximately $775 million of its released internally produced programming during the year ended December 31, 2017. 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, 2016 balance will be amortized over the next three years.