Balance Sheet Components (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Balance Sheet Components Disclosure [Abstract]

Content Assets

Content assets consisted of the following:

	As of
	March 31, 2018		December 31, 2017
	(in thousands)
Licensed content, net	$	12,508,344	$	11,771,778
Produced content, net
Released, less amortization	1,643,252		1,427,256
In production	1,613,898		1,311,137
In development and pre-production	161,497		158,517
	3,418,647		2,896,910
DVD, net	14,334		13,301
Total	$	15,941,325	$	14,681,989
Current content assets, net	$	4,626,522	$	4,310,934
Non-current content assets, net	$	11,314,803	$	10,371,055

Property and Equipment, Net

Property and equipment and accumulated depreciation consisted of the following:

	As of
	March 31, 2018			December 31, 2017			Estimated Useful Lives
	(in thousands)
Information technology assets	$	226,652		$	223,850		3 years
Furniture and fixtures	49,507			49,217			3 years
Buildings	40,681			40,681			30 years
Leasehold improvements	233,119			229,848			Over life of lease
DVD operations equipment	59,016			59,316			5 years
Corporate aircraft	57,938			30,039			8 years
Capital work-in-progress	12,885			8,267
Property and equipment, gross	679,798			641,218
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(337,866		)	(321,814		)
Property and equipment, net	$	341,932		$	319,404