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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Contractual Obligation Payments | The following table summarizes the Company’s payment obligations as of December 31, 2022 for its contractual obligations.
| Total |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2026 |  | 2027 |  | Thereafter
Programming Minimum Commitments (a) | $ | 55 |  |  | $ | 55 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Other (b) | 13,398 |  |  | 2,707 |  |  | 2,202 |  |  | 820 |  |  | 753 |  |  | 739 |  |  | 6,177 |
| $ | 13,453 |  |  | $ | 2,762 |  |  | $ | 2,202 |  |  | $ | 820 |  |  | $ | 753 |  |  | $ | 739 |  |  | $ | 6,177 |
(a)The Company pays programming fees under multi-year contracts, typically based on a flat fee per customer, which may be fixed for the term, or may in some cases escalate over the term. Programming costs included in the statements of operations were $11.6 billion, $11.8 billion and $11.4 billion for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 respectively. Certain of the Company’s programming agreements are based on a flat fee per month or have guaranteed minimum payments. The table sets forth the aggregate guaranteed minimum commitments under the Company’s programming contracts. (b)“Other” represents other guaranteed minimum commitments, including rights negotiated directly with content owners for distribution on company-owned channels or networks, commitments related to our role as an advertising and distribution sales agent for third party-owned channels or networks, commitments to our customer premise equipment and device vendors and contractual obligations related to third-party network augmentation.

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