COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

	Total		Through 2013		2014		2015		2016		2017

	(in thousands)
Acquisition of programming rights	$	254,425	$	132,720	$	80,190	$	28,285	$	13,230	$	—
Transmission and satellite fees		82,618		11,286		21,654		19,219		17,790		12,669
Leasehold obligations		34,556		3,504		7,317		7,663		7,894		8,178
Network affiliation agreements		8,025		1,500		2,944		2,264		1,036		281
Acquisition of format rights		1,186		1,186		—		—		—		—
Cable connections		2,989		854		1,708		427		—		—
Payments for intellectual rights		13,197		1,382		2,924		3,085		3,245		2,561
Other contractual obligations		14,968		1,867		3,322		3,455		3,090		3,234

Total	$	411,964	$	154,299	$	120,059	$	64,398	$	46,285	$	26,923

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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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