VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES - Schedule of Variable Interest Entities Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 1,342	$ 1,333
Accounts receivable, net		1,100	1,132
Other current assets		152	232
Total current assets		3,069	2,913
Property and equipment, net		786	765
Operating lease assets		226	223
Other definite-lived intangible assets, net		7,814	7,977
Total assets	[1]	17,360	17,370
Current liabilities:
Other current liabilities		133	155
Notes payable, finance leases, and commercial bank financing, less current portion		13,231	12,367
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion		216	217
Program contracts payable, less current portion		35	39
Other long-term liabilities		431	434
Total liabilities	[1]	15,182	14,598
Consolidated VIEs
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		17	39
Accounts receivable, net		34	39
Other current assets		30	16
Total current assets		81	94
Property and equipment, net		17	15
Operating lease assets		7	8
Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets		18	15
Other definite-lived intangible assets, net		87	93
Other assets		2	3
Total assets		212	228
Current liabilities:
Other current liabilities		20	19
Notes payable, finance leases, and commercial bank financing, less current portion		14	15
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion		6	6
Program contracts payable, less current portion		6	7
Other long-term liabilities		1	1
Total liabilities		$ 47	$ 48

[1] Our consolidated total assets as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 include total assets of variable interest entities (VIEs) of $212 million and $228 million, respectively, which can only be used to settle the obligations of the VIEs. Our consolidated total liabilities as of both March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 include total liabilities of VIEs of $27 million for which the creditors of the VIEs have no recourse to us. See Note 8. Variable Interest Entities.