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12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Recorded Unconditional Purchase Obligations

The following table summarizes the expected cash outflow related to our commitments related to licensed broadcast agreements that are not recorded on our balance sheet as of December 31, 2021. Such obligations include future payments related to our programming contracts (in thousands). See Note 7 for further information on our lease commitments. We have $1.35 billion of commitments under programming contracts that include syndicated television station commitments to purchase programming to be produced in future years. This also includes amounts related to our network affiliation agreements. Certain network affiliation agreements include variable fee components such as a rate per number of subscribers, which in have been estimated based on current subscriber levels and reflected in the table below.

Year	Programming Contracts
2022	$	808,378
2023	527,113
2024	10,224
2025	4,371
2026	2,823
Thereafter	398
Total	$	1,353,307