CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income	$ 573,298	$ 412,238
Depreciation	33,628	31,693
Amortization	56,716	23,335
Program amortization	441,608	322,268
Program payments	(477,132)	(396,638)
Equity in earnings of affiliates	(47,390)	(46,235)
Gain on derivatives	(11,033)	(43,131)
Gain on sale of investments	(191,824)
Dividends received from equity investments	38,247	44,019
Share-based compensation	24,679	24,255
Deferred income taxes	(31,190)	2,686
Changes in working capital accounts (excluding the effects of acquisition):
Accounts receivable, net	(23,533)	(93,465)
Other assets	(9,356)	(9,530)
Accounts payable	26,985	13,246
Deferred revenue	5,629	29,466
Accrued / refundable income taxes	87,453	66,712
Other liabilities	(53,241)	(13,698)
Other, net	6,263	18,221
Cash provided by operating activities	449,807	385,442
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Additions to property and equipment	(24,297)	(18,478)
Collections of note receivable	2,135	2,322
Purchases of investments	(4,711)	(30,000)
Sale of investments	226,484
Investment in intangible	(11,634)
Foreign currency call option premium		(16,000)
Settlement of derivatives	11,016	63,019
Restricted cash		652,353
Other, net	(8,443)	(32,444)
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities	190,550	(683,934)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from debt		2,760,764
Repayments of debt	(390,000)	(1,700,000)
Deferred loan costs		(13,963)
Purchase of non-controlling interests	(99,000)
Dividends paid	(64,695)	(59,427)
Dividends paid to non-controlling interests	(125,604)	(135,817)
Proceeds from stock options	6,246	7,894
Other, net	1,754	(7,016)
Cash (used in) provided by financing activities	(671,299)	563,933
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	(6,579)	(2,791)
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(37,521)	262,650
Cash and cash equivalents:
Beginning of period	223,444	878,164
End of period	185,923	1,140,814
Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures:
Interest paid, excluding amounts capitalized	52,147	41,132
Income taxes paid	$ 202,570	113,921
Common Class A [Member]
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Repurchases of Class A Common Shares		$ (288,502)