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Amounts due after 3 years and through 5 years related to liabilities for agreements to acquire and license streaming content that represent long-term liabilities or that are not reflected on the consolidated balance sheets because they do not meet content library asset recognition criteria.

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- Details

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Amounts owed to vendors and subcontractors that have been withheld by the entity against the vendors and subcontractors performance under the contract. These amounts will be paid upon complying with certain contractual terms or upon satisfaction and release.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 910

-SubTopic 405

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6471548&loc=d3e50610-109371

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