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Programming and Production Costs - Programming and Production Expense (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Other Industries [Abstract]
Video distribution programming	$ 11,428	$ 12,460	$ 13,013
Film, Monetized on Its Own, Amortization Expense, Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]	Total programming and production costs	Total programming and production costs	Total programming and production costs
Film and television content:
Owned	$ 9,617	$ 10,224	$ 10,765
Licensed, including sports rights	14,668	12,619	13,151
Other	1,314	1,459	1,283
Total programming and production costs	37,026	36,762	38,213
Amortization of owned film and television costs	$ 7,800	$ 7,800	$ 8,600

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Film And Television Content

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Other Programming And Production Expense

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The amount of expense recognized in the period for costs associated with video programming and content acquisition and production costs. Programming expenses include the fees paid to license the programming distributed to video customers, such as the programming license fees charged by cable networks and fees charged for retransmission of the signals from local broadcast television stations. Production costs include the amortization of owned and acquired programming, sports rights, direct production costs, residual and participation payments, production overhead, costs associated with the distribution of programming to third-party networks and other distribution platforms, and on-air talent costs. It also includes the amortization of capitalized theatrical film production and acquisition costs and distribution expenses.

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Video Distribution Programming Expense

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Amount of amortization expense for capitalized film cost for film predominantly monetized on its own.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 926
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
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