COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

	Total		Through 2013		2014		2015		2016		2017		2018

	(in thousands)
Acquisition of programming rights	$	233,481	$	77,537	$	117,259	$	29,139	$	9,546	$	—	$	—
Transmission and satellite fees		80,338		5,436		21,231		19,270		17,916		12,735		3,750
Leasehold obligations		42,363		1,788		7,431		7,766		8,002		8,287		9,089
Network affiliation agreements		7,687		762		2,996		2,299		1,047		284		299
Acquisition of format rights		1,465		1,465		—		—		—		—		—
Cable connections		2,590		432		1,727		431		—		—		—
Payments for intellectual rights		15,376		700		2,961		3,124		3,287		2,590		2,714
Other contractual obligations		17,589		899		3,385		3,520		3,153		3,302		3,330

Total	$	400,889	$	89,019	$	156,990	$	65,549	$	42,951	$	27,198	$	19,182

- 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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