Television Distribution Rights, Net |
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Television Distribution Rights, Net |
Television Distribution Rights, Net
Television distribution rights consisted of the following:
The Company recorded amortization expense of $52 million and $49 million for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, related to television distribution rights. For the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, amortization expense for television distribution rights was $102 million and $96 million, respectively.
As of June 30, 2017, related amortization expense for each of the next five years ended December 31 was as follows (in millions):
The decrease in future amortization expense in 2018 is primarily due to the end of affiliation agreement terms for contracts in place at the time of Liberty's acquisition of QVC in 2003.
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- Definition Disclosure for affiliation agreements with cable and satellite television providers for carriage of the company's service, as well as for certain channel placement. No definition available.
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- Definition Television Distribution Rights [Abstract] No definition available.
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