Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

The following summarizes our principal contractual commitments, excluding open orders for purchases that support normal operations, as of September 30, 2015 (in millions):



	Three Months Ended December 31,		Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2016		2017		2018		2019		Thereafter		Total
Debt principal and interest	$	1,237	$	323	$	1,322	$	310	$	1,272	$	9,403	$	13,867
Capital lease obligations, including interest	729		2,758		2,119		860		239		162		6,867
Finance lease obligations, including interest	40		161		163		167		171		1,658		2,360
Operating leases	317		964		878		779		688		2,875		6,501
Unconditional purchase obligations (1)	116		632		539		386		152		43		1,868
Other commitments (2) (3)	446		482		240		170		107		963		2,408
Total commitments	$	2,885	$	5,320	$	5,261	$	2,672	$	2,629	$	15,104	$	33,871

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(1)

Includes unconditional purchase obligations related to long-term agreements to acquire and license digital content that are not reflected on the consolidated balance sheets. For those agreements with variable terms, we do not estimate the total obligation beyond any minimum quantities and/or pricing as of the reporting date. Purchase obligations associated with renewal provisions solely at the option of the content provider are included to the extent such commitments are fixed or a minimum amount is specified.


(2)	Includes the estimated timing and amounts of payments for rent and tenant improvements associated with build-to-suit lease arrangements that have not been placed in service and media content liabilities associated with long-term media content assets with initial terms greater than one year.


(3)	Excludes $895 million of tax contingencies for which we cannot make a reasonably reliable estimate of the amount and period of payment, if any.