Revenues

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenues

REVENUES

The table below presents our revenues disaggregated into categories based on the nature of such revenues. See Note 13 for revenues by segment disaggregated into these categories.

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Revenues by Type:
Advertising	$	2,337	$	2,386	$	7,746	$	8,094
Affiliate and subscription	2,863		2,650		8,591		7,701
Theatrical	231		67		1,126		202
Licensing and other	1,485		1,507		4,560		4,589
Total Revenues	$	6,916	$	6,610	$	22,023	$	20,586

Receivables

Reserves for accounts receivable reflect our expected credit losses based on historical experience as well as current and expected economic conditions. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we recorded charges totaling $46 million following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the first quarter of 2022, principally to reserve against amounts due from counterparties in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The charges were recorded within “Restructuring and other corporate matters” on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. At September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, our allowance for credit losses was $111 million and $80 million, respectively.

Included in “Other assets” on the Consolidated Balance Sheets are noncurrent receivables of $1.57 billion and $1.84 billion at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. Noncurrent receivables primarily relate to revenues recognized under long-term content licensing arrangements. Revenues from the licensing of content are recognized at the beginning of the license period in which programs are made available to the licensee for exhibition, while the related cash is generally collected over the term of the license period.

Contract Liabilities

Contract liabilities are included within “Deferred revenues” and “Other liabilities” on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and totaled $866 million and $1.20 billion at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. For each of the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, we recognized revenues of $0.8 billion that were included in deferred revenues at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Unrecognized Revenues Under Contract

At September 30, 2022, unrecognized revenues attributable to unsatisfied performance obligations under our long-term contracts were approximately $9 billion, of which $1 billion is expected to be recognized for the remainder of 2022, $3 billion in 2023, $2 billion in 2024, and $3 billion thereafter. These amounts only include contracts subject to a guaranteed fixed amount or the guaranteed minimum under variable contracts, primarily consisting of television and film licensing contracts and affiliate agreements that are subject to a fixed or guaranteed minimum fee. Such amounts change on a regular basis as we renew existing agreements or enter into new agreements. Unrecognized revenues under contracts disclosed above do not include (i) contracts with an original expected term of one year or less, mainly consisting of advertising contracts, (ii) contracts for which variable consideration is determined based on the customer’s subsequent sale or usage, mainly consisting of affiliate agreements and (iii) long-term licensing agreements for multiple programs for which variable consideration is determined based on the value of the programs delivered to the customer and our right to invoice corresponds with the value delivered.

Performance Obligations Satisfied in Previous PeriodsUnder certain licensing arrangements, the amount and timing of our revenue recognition is determined based on our licensees’ subsequent sale to its end customers. As a result, under such arrangements we often satisfy our performance obligation of delivery of our content in advance of revenue recognition. For the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, we recognized revenues of $0.3 billion and $0.1 billion, respectively, and for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, we recognized revenues of $0.3 billion from arrangements for the licensing of our content, including from distributors of transactional video-on-demand and electronic sell-through services and other licensing arrangements, as well as from the theatrical distribution of our films, for which our performance obligation was satisfied in a prior period.