Long-Term Debt (Tables)

6 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

Dec. 31, 2015

Long-Term Debt

Schedule of carrying and fair values of the entity's debt facilities

	As of
	June 30, 2016				December 31, 2015
	Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
7 1/8% Senior Notes due 2016 (1)	$	—	$	—	$	1,500,000	$	1,506,750
4 5/8% Senior Notes due 2017		900,000		914,211		900,000		922,770
4 1/4% Senior Notes due 2018		1,200,000		1,235,172		1,200,000		1,207,560
7 7/8% Senior Notes due 2019		1,400,000		1,550,500		1,400,000		1,525,440
5 1/8% Senior Notes due 2020		1,100,000		1,133,000		1,100,000		1,100,000
6 3/4% Senior Notes due 2021		2,000,000		2,086,240		2,000,000		2,021,020
5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2022		2,000,000		1,962,500		2,000,000		1,889,780
5 % Senior Notes due 2023		1,500,000		1,376,775		1,500,000		1,297,500
5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2024		2,000,000		1,909,000		2,000,000		1,765,000
7 3/4% Senior Notes due 2026		2,000,000		2,066,260		—		—
Other notes payable		13,686		13,686		13,686		13,686
Subtotal		14,113,686	$	14,247,344		13,613,686	$	13,249,506
Unamortized deferred financing costs and debt discounts, net		(44,779)				(41,563)
Capital lease obligations (2)		151,891				166,492
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations (including current portion)	$	14,220,798			$	13,738,615

(1) On February 1, 2016, we redeemed the principal balance of our 7 1/8% Senior Notes due 2016.

(2) Disclosure regarding fair value of capital leases is not required.

	As of December 31,
	2015				2014
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
7 3/4% Senior Notes due 2015 (1)	$	—	$	—	$	650,001	$	664,321
7 1/8% Senior Notes due 2016 (2)		1,500,000		1,506,750		1,500,000		1,580,625
4 5/8% Senior Notes due 2017		900,000		922,770		900,000		933,750
4 1/4% Senior Notes due 2018		1,200,000		1,207,560		1,200,000		1,245,600
7 7/8% Senior Notes due 2019		1,400,000		1,525,440		1,400,000		1,589,700
5 1/8% Senior Notes due 2020		1,100,000		1,100,000		1,100,000		1,100,000
6 3/4% Senior Notes due 2021		2,000,000		2,021,020		2,000,000		2,157,500
5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2022		2,000,000		1,889,780		2,000,000		2,055,000
5 % Senior Notes due 2023		1,500,000		1,297,500		1,500,000		1,470,000
5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2024		2,000,000		1,765,000		2,000,000		2,019,800
Other notes payable		13,686		13,686		14,701		14,701
Subtotal		13,613,686	$	13,249,506		14,264,702	$	14,830,997
Unamortized deferred financing costs and debt discounts, net		(41,563)				(51,473)
Capital lease obligations (3)		166,492				194,669
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations (including current portion)	$	13,738,615			$	14,407,898

(1) On June 1, 2015, we redeemed the principal balance of our 7 3/4% Senior Notes due 2015.

(2) On February 1, 2016, we redeemed the principal balance of our 7 1/8% Senior Notes due 2016.

(3) Disclosure regarding fair value of capital leases is not required.