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Fair Value Measurements (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis |
Recurring Fair Value Measures
|  | Fair Value as of
|  | September 30, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
(in millions) |  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total |  |  | Total
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trading securities (see Note 6) | $ | 450 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 450 |  | $ | 3,956
Available-for-sale securities |  | 6 |  | 121 |  | 10 |  | 137 |  |  | 389
Interest rate swap agreements |  | - |  | 81 |  | - |  | 81 |  |  | 110
Other |  | - |  | 67 |  | 1 |  | 68 |  |  | 81
Total | $ | 456 | $ | 269 | $ | 11 | $ | 736 |  | $ | 4,536
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative component of prepaid forward sale agreements |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| and indexed debt instruments (see Note 6) | $ | - | $ | 288 | $ | - | $ | 288 |  | $ | 2,816
Contractual obligation |  | - |  | - |  | 818 |  | 818 |  |  | 747
Contingent consideration |  | - |  | - |  | 653 |  | 653 |  |  | 684
Other |  | - |  | 8 |  | - |  | 8 |  |  | 16
Total | $ | - | $ | 296 | $ | 1,471 | $ | 1,767 |  | $ | 4,263
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
Changes in Contractual Obligation and Contingent Consideration
(in millions) |  | Contractual Obligation |  | Contingent Consideration
Balance, January 1, 2014 | $ | 747 | $ | 684
Fair value adjustments |  | 120 |  | 23
Payments |  | (49) |  | (54)
Balance, September 30, 2014 | $ | 818 | $ | 653
NBCUniversal Media, LLC [Member] |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
Changes in Contractual Obligation
(in millions) |  | Contractual Obligation
Balance, January 1, 2014 | $ | 747
Fair value adjustments |  | 120
Payments |  | (49)
Balance, September 30, 2014 | $ | 818

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the fair value measurement of liabilities using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances, separately presenting changes attributable to the following: (1) total gains or losses for the period (realized and unrealized), segregating those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets), and gains or losses recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) and a description of where those gains or losses included in earnings (or changes in net assets) are reported in the statement of income (or activities); (2) purchases, sales, issues, and settlements (each type disclosed separately); and (3) transfers in and transfers out of Level 3 (for example, transfers due to changes in the observability of significant inputs) by class of liability. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19279-110258 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19190-110258 + Details
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