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Balance Sheet Components (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2026
Balance Sheet Related Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of Content Assets | Content assets consisted of the following:
| As of
| March 31, 2026 |  | December 31, 2025
| (in thousands)
Licensed content, net | $ | 12,268,097 |  |  | $ | 12,138,578 |
Produced content, net |  |  |
Released, less amortization | 10,311,881 |  |  | 10,687,444 |
In production | 10,006,694 |  |  | 9,210,735 |
In development and pre-production | 789,623 |  |  | 741,635 |
| 21,108,198 |  |  | 20,639,814 |
Content assets, net | $ | 33,376,295 |  |  | $ | 32,778,392 |
Schedule of Amortization of Content Assets | The following table summarizes the amortization of content assets:
| Three Months Ended |  |
| March 31, 2026 |  | March 31, 2025 |  |  |  |
| (in thousands)
Licensed content | $ | 2,285,813 |  |  | $ | 1,998,525 |  |  |  |  |
Produced content | 1,932,087 |  |  | 1,824,587 |  |  |  |  |
Total | $ | 4,217,900 |  |  | $ | 3,823,112 |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of Property and Equipment and Accumulated Depreciation | Property and equipment and accumulated depreciation consisted of the following:
|  | As of |  |
|  | March 31, 2026 |  | December 31, 2025 |  | Estimated Useful Lives
|  | (in thousands) |  |
Land |  | $ | 154,986 |  |  | $ | 155,664 |  |  |
Buildings and improvements |  | 538,654 |  |  | 537,082 |  |  | 30 years
Leasehold improvements |  | 1,343,717 |  |  | 1,263,051 |  |  | Over life of lease
Furniture and fixtures |  | 166,873 |  |  | 157,984 |  |  | 3 years
Information technology |  | 600,663 |  |  | 572,407 |  |  | 3-5 years
Corporate aircraft |  | 160,116 |  |  | 99,164 |  |  | 8-10 years
Machinery and equipment |  | 32,183 |  |  | 30,879 |  |  | 3-5 years
Capital work-in-progress |  | 306,721 |  |  | 285,010 |  |  |
Property and equipment, gross |  | 3,303,913 |  |  | 3,101,241 |  |  |
Less: Accumulated depreciation |  | (1,156,084) |  |  | (1,096,891) |  |  |
Property and equipment, net |  | $ | 2,147,829 |  |  | $ | 2,004,350 |  |  |
Schedule of Information on Right-of-Use Assets and Lease Liabilities | Information related to the Company's operating right-of-use assets and related operating lease liabilities were as follows:
| Three Months Ended |  |
| March 31, 2026 |  | March 31, 2025 |  |  |  |
| (in thousands)
Cash paid for operating lease liabilities | $ | 148,341 |  |  | $ | 118,347 |  |  |  |  |
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease obligations | 11,237 |  |  | 72,993 |  |  |  |  |
| As of
| March 31, 2026 |  | December 31, 2025
| (in thousands)
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net | $ | 2,100,470 |  |  | $ | 2,207,161 |
Current operating lease liabilities | 433,478 |  |  | 460,475 |
Non-current operating lease liabilities | 1,948,206 |  |  | 2,052,526 |
Total operating lease liabilities | $ | 2,381,684 |  |  | $ | 2,513,001 |
Schedule of Other Current Assets | Other current assets consisted of the following:
|  | As of
|  | March 31, 2026 |  | December 31, 2025
|  | (in thousands)
Trade receivables |  | $ | 2,003,720 |  |  | $ | 2,031,476 |
Prepaid expenses |  | 601,821 |  |  | 498,054 |
Other |  | 2,176,991 |  |  | 1,428,302 |
Total other current assets |  | $ | 4,782,532 |  |  | $ | 3,957,832 |

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