Revenues

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenues

REVENUES

The table below presents our revenues disaggregated into categories based on the nature of such revenues. Beginning in the first quarter of 2021, and for all comparable prior-year periods, these categories include streaming revenues, which aligns with management’s increased focus on this revenue stream. Streaming revenues are comprised of streaming advertising and streaming subscription revenues. Streaming advertising revenues are earned from advertisements on our pay and free streaming services, including Paramount+ and Pluto TV, and from digital video advertisements on our websites and in our video content on third-party platforms (“other digital video platforms”). Streaming subscription revenues include fees for our pay streaming services, including Paramount+, Showtime OTT, BET+ and Noggin, as well as premium subscriptions to access certain video content on our websites. Accordingly, our advertising and affiliate revenue categories exclude revenues earned by our streaming services and on other digital video platforms.

Year Ended December 31,	2021		2020		2019
Revenues by Type:
Advertising (a)	$	9,267	$	8,333	$	10,069
Affiliate (b)	8,394		8,023		7,893
Streaming	4,193		2,561		1,714
Theatrical	241		180		547
Licensing and other	6,491		6,188		6,775
Total Revenues	$	28,586	$	25,285	$	26,998

(a) Excludes streaming advertising revenues.

(b) Excludes streaming subscription revenues.

Receivables

Included in “Other assets” on the Consolidated Balance Sheets are noncurrent receivables of $1.84 billion and $2.02 billion at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Noncurrent receivables primarily relate to revenues recognized under long-term content licensing arrangements. Revenues from the licensing of content are recognized at the beginning of the license period in which programs are made available to the licensee for exhibition, while the related cash is generally collected over the term of the license period.

Our receivables do not represent significant concentrations of credit risk at December 31, 2021 or 2020, due to the wide variety of customers, markets and geographic areas to which our products and services are sold.

Contract Liabilities

Contract liabilities are included within “Deferred revenues” and “Other liabilities” on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and were $1.20 billion, $1.12 billion and $908 million at December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, we recognized revenues of $877 million, $591 million, and $498 million, respectively, that were included in the opening balance of deferred revenues for the respective year.

Unrecognized Revenues Under Contract

At December 31, 2021, unrecognized revenues attributable to unsatisfied performance obligations under our long-term contracts were $6.3 billion, of which $3.8 billion is expected to be recognized in 2022, $1.4 billion in 2023, $0.7 billion in 2024, and $0.4 billion thereafter. These amounts only include contracts subject to a guaranteed fixed amount or the guaranteed minimum under variable contracts, primarily consisting of television and film licensing contracts and affiliate agreements that are subject to a fixed or guaranteed minimum fee. Such amounts change on a regular basis as we renew existing agreements or enter into new agreements. Unrecognized revenues under contracts disclosed above do not include (i) contracts with an original expected term of one year or less, mainly consisting of advertising contracts (ii) contracts for which variable consideration is determined based on the customer’s subsequent sale or usage, mainly consisting of affiliate agreements and (iii) long-term licensing agreements for multiple programs for which variable consideration is determined based on the value of the programs delivered to the customer and our right to invoice corresponds with the value delivered.

Performance Obligations Satisfied in Previous Periods

Under certain licensing arrangements, the amount and timing of our revenue recognition is determined based on our licensees’ subsequent sale to its end customers. As a result, under such arrangements, we often satisfy our performance obligation of delivery of our content in advance of revenue recognition. For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, we recognized revenues of $424 million, $383 million, and $294 million, respectively, for licensing to distributors of transactional video-on-demand and electronic sell-through services and other arrangements for licensing of our content for which our performance obligation was satisfied in a prior period.