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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Commitment And Contingencies [Line Items] |
Schedule of operating lease assets and liabilities |
(in millions) | March 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Noncurrent receivables, net (included in other noncurrent assets, net) | $ | 1,379 |  |  | $ | 1,399 |
Contract acquisition and fulfillment costs (included in other noncurrent assets, net) | $ | 1,001 |  |  | $ | 991 |
Noncurrent deferred revenue (included in other noncurrent liabilities) | $ | 786 |  |  | $ | 650 |
Schedule of future minimum rental commitments for operating leases under new accounting guidance | The table below summarizes our future minimum rental commitments for operating leases as of March 31, 2019 applying the new accounting guidance.
(in millions) | March 31, 2019
Remaining nine months of 2019 | $ | 669 |
2020 | 832 |
2021 | 724 |
2022 | 592 |
2023 | 501 |
Thereafter | 2,536 |
Total future minimum lease payments | 5,854 |
Less: imputed interest | 1,147 |
Total liability | $ | 4,707 |
Schedule of future minimum rental commitments and rent expense for operating leases under previous guidance | The tables below summarize our future minimum rental commitments for operating leases as of December 31, 2018 and rent expense for operating leases for the three months ended March 31, 2018 using the accounting guidance in effect at that time. These amounts have been updated to include $804 million of future cash payments related to additional contracts determined to be operating leases in connection with the Sky transaction.
(in millions) | December 31, 2018
2019 | $ | 891 |
2020 | $ | 824 |
2021 | $ | 722 |
2022 | $ | 592 |
2023 | $ | 513 |
Thereafter | $ | 2,608 |
(in millions) | Three Months Ended March 31, 2018
Rental expense | $ | 186 |
Accounting Standards Update 2016-02 [Member] |
Commitment And Contingencies [Line Items] |
Schedule of operating lease assets and liabilities | The table below summarizes the operating lease assets and liabilities recorded in our condensed consolidated balance sheet. Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
(in millions) | March 31, 2019
Other noncurrent assets, net | $ | 4,100 |
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | $ | 693 |
Other noncurrent liabilities | $ | 4,014 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of undiscounted cash flows of lessee's operating lease liability. Includes, but is not limited to, reconciliation of undiscounted cash flows to operating lease liability recognized in statement of financial position. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 842 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888426&loc=SL77918701-209980 + Details
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