COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

	Total		Through 2012		2013		2014		2015		2016

	(in thousands)
Acquisition of programming rights	$	298,454	$	91,308	$	159,254	$	44,442	$	3,450	$	0
Transmission and satellite fees		104,569		9,589		23,318		23,069		23,710		24,883
Leasehold obligations		36,471		1,901		7,985		8,424		8,878		9,283
Network affiliation agreements		7,151		837		2,266		2,156		1,572		320
Acquisition of format rights		6,853		6,853		—		—		—		—
Cable connections		5,347		392		1,239		1,239		1,239		1,238
Payments for intellectual rights		3,361		174		736		777		817		857
Other contractual obligations		4,514		661		1,276		817		859		901
Total	$	466,720	$	111,715	$	196,074	$	80,924	$	40,525	$	37,482

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of unconditional purchase obligations that are not recognized as a liability on the balance sheet, including the nature and significant terms of an unconditional purchase obligation; the amount of the fixed and determinable portion of the obligation as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the aggregate and, if determinable, for each of the five succeeding fiscal years; the nature of any variable components of the obligation; the amount purchased under the obligation (for example, the take-or-pay or throughput contract) for the reporting period; and may include the amount of imputed interest necessary to reduce the obligation to present value.

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