Balance Sheet Components - Components of Content Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Content assets, net	$ 10,310,073	$ 7,218,815
Current content assets, net	3,632,399	2,905,998
Non-current content assets, net	6,677,674	4,312,817
Licensed content
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Net content	9,248,120	6,827,119
Produced content
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Net content	194,621	61,515
In production	802,552	279,013
In development	40,154	24,651
Content assets, net	$ 1,037,327	365,179
Produced content amortization percentage over one year	28.00%
Produced content amortization percent over three years	82.00%
DVD
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Content assets, net	$ 24,626	$ 26,517