Balance Sheet Components (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Balance Sheet Components Disclosure [Abstract]

Content Assets

Content assets consisted of the following:

	As of
	September 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
	(in thousands)
Licensed content, net	$	13,458,275	$	11,771,778
Produced content, net
Released, less amortization	1,946,994		1,427,256
In production	2,757,434		1,311,137
In development and pre-production	222,885		158,517
	4,927,313		2,896,910
DVD, net	10,771		13,301
Total	$	18,396,359	$	14,681,989
Current content assets, net	$	4,987,916	$	4,310,934
Non-current content assets, net	$	13,408,443	$	10,371,055

Property and Equipment, Net

Property and equipment and accumulated depreciation consisted of the following:

	As of
	September 30, 2018			December 31, 2017			Estimated Useful Lives
	(in thousands)
Leasehold improvements	$	273,292		$	229,848		Over life of lease
Information technology	222,966			223,850			3 years
Furniture and fixtures	60,217			49,217			3-15 years
Buildings	40,681			40,681			30 years
Corporate aircraft	58,058			30,039			8 years
DVD operations equipment	58,175			59,316			5 years
Capital work-in-progress	13,726			8,267
	727,115			641,218
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(355,963		)	(321,814		)
Property and equipment, net	$	371,152		$	319,404