Inventories and Theatrical Film and Television Production Costs

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories and Theatrical Film and Television Production Costs

NOTE 10. INVENTORIES AND THEATRICAL FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION COSTS

Film and television production costs are stated at the lower of cost, less accumulated amortization, or fair value and include the unamortized cost of completed theatrical films and television episodes, theatrical films and television series in production and undeveloped film and television rights. The amount of capitalized film and television production costs recognized as broadcast, programming and operations expenses for a given period is determined using the film forecast computation method.

The following table summarizes inventories and theatrical film and television production costs as of September 30, 2018:

		September 30,
		2018
Inventories:
Programming costs, less amortization1		$	4,224
Other inventory, primarily DVD and Blu-ray Discs			177
Total inventories			4,401
Less: current portion of inventory			(2,310)
Total noncurrent inventories			2,091
Theatrical film production costs:2
Released, less amortization			178
Completed and not released			821
In production			736
Development and pre-production			158
Television production costs:2
Released, less amortization			582
Completed and not released			868
In production			1,762
Development and pre-production			25
Total theatrical film and television production costs			5,130
Total noncurrent inventories and theatrical film and television production costs		$	7,221
1	Includes the costs of certain programming rights, primarily sports, for which payments have been made prior to the related rights
	being received.
2	Does not include $9,184 of acquired film and television library intangible assets as of September 30, 2018, which are included in
	"Other Intangible Assets - Net" on our consolidated balance sheet.