Commitments And Contingencies (Expected Timing Of Payments For Commitments) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Less than one year	$ 2,053,397	$ 1,874,417	[1]	$ 1,713,445	[1]
Due after one year and through 3 years	2,427,772	2,374,734		2,384,373
Due after 3 years and through 5 years	482,281	505,553		650,480
Due after 5 years	60,298	74,155		74,696
Total streaming content obligations	$ 5,023,748	$ 4,828,859		$ 4,822,994

[1] (1) Prior period amounts have been presented to conform to the current period presentation which includes the streaming portion of current "Content liabilities" reflected on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Note that total streaming content obligations remain unchanged with this presentation. Specifically, payments for streaming content obligations expected to be made in less than one year as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, as shown above, include $1.1 billion and $0.9 billion, respectively, of current "Content liabilities" reflected on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.