VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES - Schedule of Variable Interest Entities Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 1,333	$ 1,060
Accounts receivable		1,132	599
Other current assets		287	61
Total current assets		2,913	1,784
Program contract costs, less current portion		5	11
Property and equipment, net		765	683
Operating lease assets		223
Finite-lived intangible assets, net		7,977	1,627
Other assets		613	185
Total assets	[1]	17,370	6,572
Current liabilities:
Other current liabilities		155	84
Long-term liabilities
Notes payable, finance leases, and commercial bank financing, less current portion		12,367	3,850
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion		217
Program contracts payable, less current portion		39	50
Other long-term liabilities		434	86
Total liabilities	[1]	14,598	4,972
Consolidated VIEs, aggregated
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents		39	0
Accounts receivable		39	28
Other current assets		16	7
Total current assets		94	35
Program contract costs, less current portion		1	2
Property and equipment, net		15	5
Operating lease assets		8
Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets		15	15
Finite-lived intangible assets, net		93	68
Other assets		2	2
Total assets		228	127
Current liabilities:
Other current liabilities		19	18
Long-term liabilities
Notes payable, finance leases, and commercial bank financing, less current portion		15	19
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion		6
Program contracts payable, less current portion		7	8
Other long-term liabilities		1	1
Total liabilities		$ 48	$ 46

[1] Our consolidated total assets as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 include total assets of variable interest entities (VIEs) of $228 million and $127 million, respectively, which can only be used to settle the obligations of the VIEs.  Our consolidated total liabilities as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 include total liabilities of the VIEs of $27 million and $22 million, respectively, for which the creditors of the VIEs have no recourse to us.  See Note 14. Variable Interest Entities.