Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Expected contractual cash commitments

The following table summarizes our expected contractual cash commitments as of September 30, 2014:

	2014		2015		2016		2017		2018		Thereafter		Total
Debt obligations	$	504,195	$	7,482	$	4,265	$	145,928	$	77	$	4,150,000	$	4,811,947
Cash interest payments	60,818		235,826		235,619		236,213		228,063		939,813		1,936,352
Satellite and transmission	6,433		22,598		4,524		3,558		4,171		16,863		58,147
Programming and content	46,758		231,759		106,304		74,629		60,150		108,333		627,933
Marketing and distribution	10,414		19,750		11,441		7,860		6,978		5,810		62,253
Satellite incentive payments	2,752		11,511		12,367		13,296		14,302		54,178		108,406
Operating lease obligations	9,528		47,272		40,632		34,199		32,061		227,108		390,800
Other	28,038		26,825		9,954		1,602		885		140		67,444
Total (1)	$	668,936	$	603,023	$	425,106	$	517,285	$	346,687	$	5,502,245	$	8,063,282

(1) The table does not include our reserve for uncertain tax positions, which at September 30, 2014 totaled $1,432, as the specific timing of any cash payments cannot be projected with reasonable certainty.