Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Expected contractual cash commitments

The following table summarizes our expected contractual cash commitments as of December 31, 2015:

	2016		2017		2018		2019		2020		Thereafter		Total
Debt obligations	$	4,764	$	3,840	$	2,810	$	1,478	$	1,490,000	$	4,000,000	$	5,502,892
Cash interest payments		294,797		294,651		294,543		294,467		278,147		736,188		2,192,793
Satellite and transmission		10,814		3,166		4,171		4,161		3,858		8,972		35,142
Programming and content		246,899		225,519		204,569		187,644		163,332		298,650		1,326,613
Marketing and distribution		19,969		13,282		12,379		10,108		4,646		4,600		64,984
Satellite incentive payments		11,780		13,296		14,302		10,652		7,918		35,609		93,557
Operating lease obligations		44,749		42,978		41,619		37,165		34,594		179,147		380,252
Other		68,665		14,429		4,686		559		360		40		88,739
Total (1)	$	702,437	$	611,161	$	579,079	$	546,234	$	1,982,855	$	5,263,206	$	9,684,972

(1) The table does not include our reserve for uncertain tax positions, which at December 31, 2015 totaled $3,525, as the specific timing of any cash payments cannot be projected with reasonable certainty.