VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES - Schedule of Variable Interest Entities Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 632	$ 1,333
Accounts receivable, net		1,108	1,132
Prepaid sports rights		335	113
Other current assets		218	232
Total current assets		2,541	2,913
Property and equipment, net		814	765
Operating lease assets		206	223
Other definite-lived intangible assets, net		5,747	7,977
Total assets	[1]	12,483	17,370
Current liabilities:
Other current liabilities		287	155
Notes payable, finance leases, and commercial bank financing, less current portion		12,391	12,367
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion		203	217
Program contracts payable, less current portion		34	39
Other long-term liabilities		364	434
Total liabilities	[1]	13,966	14,598
Consolidated VIEs
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		37	39
Accounts receivable, net		89	39
Prepaid sports rights		10	10
Other current assets		7	6
Total current assets		143	94
Property and equipment, net		17	15
Operating lease assets		6	8
Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets		15	15
Other definite-lived intangible assets, net		55	93
Other assets		1	3
Total assets		237	228
Current liabilities:
Other current liabilities		35	19
Notes payable, finance leases, and commercial bank financing, less current portion		11	15
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion		5	6
Program contracts payable, less current portion		4	7
Other long-term liabilities		14	1
Total liabilities		$ 69	$ 48

[1] Our consolidated total assets as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 include total assets of variable interest entities (VIEs) of $237 million and $228 million, respectively, which can only be used to settle the obligations of the VIEs. Our consolidated total liabilities as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 include total liabilities of VIEs of $53 million and $27 million, respectively, for which the creditors of the VIEs have no recourse to us. See Note 8. Variable Interest Entities.