COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

	Total		2013		2014		2015		2016		2017

	(in thousands)
Acquisition of programming rights	$	250,486	$	202,154	$	48,332	$	—	$	—	$	—
Transmission and satellite fees		115,474		22,766		22,494		22,515		23,718		23,981
Leasehold obligations		36,457		7,762		8,093		8,551		8,971		3,080
Network affiliation agreements		9,409		2,984		2,931		2,184		1,009		301
Acquisition of format rights		1,113		1,113		—		—		—		—
Cable connections		4,883		2,170		2,170		543		—		—
Payments for intellectual rights		15,571		2,947		3,118		3,290		3,461		2,755
Other contractual obligations		9,783		2,741		2,505		2,808		844		885

Total	$	443,176	$	244,637	$	89,643	$	39,891	$	38,003	$	31,002

- 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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