Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

In the normal course of business, we have entered into agreements that commit our company to make cash payments in future periods with respect to non-cancelable operating leases, programming contracts, satellite carriage commitments, purchases of customer premises equipment and other items. The U.S. dollar equivalents of such commitments as of December 31, 2013 are presented below:



	Payments due during:
	2014		2015		2016		2017		2018		Thereafter		Total
	in millions
Continuing operations:
Network and connectivity commitments	$	398.5	$	338.3	$	283.7	$	267.3	$	145.8	$	1,358.6	$	2,792.2
Programming obligations	497.6		374.8		258.8		132.2		32.2		1.7		1,297.3
Purchase commitments	791.9		145.1		60.9		10.4		3.4		—		1,011.7
Operating leases	177.6		148.0		118.9		97.0		64.5		320.3		926.3
Other commitments	326.6		236.5		155.9		117.6		54.2		66.1		956.9
Total	$	2,192.2	$	1,242.7	$	878.2	$	624.5	$	300.1	$	1,746.7	$	6,984.4
Discontinued operation (a)	$	87.2	$	50.4	$	17.4	$	5.5	$	1.0	$	0.3	$	161.8

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(a)	Amounts consist primarily of programming obligations.

- 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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