Balance Sheet Components

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Balance Sheet Components Disclosure [Abstract]

Content Assets

Content assets consisted of the following:



	As of
	March 31, 2016			December 31, 2015
	(in thousands)
Total content assets, gross	$	14,147,387		$	12,284,097
Accumulated amortization	(5,628,586		)	(5,065,282		)
Total content assets, net	8,518,801			7,218,815
Current content assets, net	3,258,641			2,905,998
Non-current content assets, net	$	5,260,160		$	4,312,817

The majority of content assets relate to licensed streaming content. Total content assets also include costs capitalized for production of original content, prepaid content and DVD content.

Property and Equipment, Net

Property and equipment and accumulated depreciation consisted of the following:



	As of
	March 31, 2016			December 31, 2015			Estimated Useful Lives
	(in thousands)
Information technology assets	$	195,154		$	194,054		3 years
Furniture and fixtures	32,192			30,914			3 years
Building	40,681			40,681			30 years
Leasehold improvements	109,852			107,793			Over life of lease
DVD operations equipment	84,875			88,471			5 years
Capital work-in-progress	8,747			8,845
Property and equipment, gross	471,501			470,758
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(305,247		)	(297,346		)
Property and equipment, net	$	166,254		$	173,412