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CONTENT RIGHTS (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2025
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) [Abstract] |
Schedule of Components of Content Rights | The tables below present the components of content rights (in millions).
| March 31, 2025
|  | Predominantly Monetized Individually |  | Predominantly Monetized as a Group |  | Total
Production costs: |  |  |  |  |  |
Released, less amortization |  | $ | 2,918 |  |  | $ | 5,696 |  |  | $ | 8,614 |
Completed and not released |  | 613 |  |  | 765 |  |  | 1,378 |
In production and other |  | 1,913 |  |  | 1,981 |  |  | 3,894 |
Total production costs |  | $ | 5,444 |  |  | $ | 8,442 |  |  | $ | 13,886 |
Licensed content, live programming, and advances, net |  |  |  |  |  | 5,774 |
Game development costs, less amortization |  |  |  |  |  | 253 |
Total film and television content rights and games |  |  |  |  |  | 19,913 |
Less: Current content rights and prepaid license fees, net |  |  |  |  |  | (1,092) |
Total noncurrent film and television content rights and games |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 18,821 |
| December 31, 2024
|  | Predominantly Monetized Individually |  | Predominantly Monetized as a Group |  | Total
Production costs: |  |  |  |  |  |
Released, less amortization |  | $ | 2,948 |  |  | $ | 5,678 |  |  | $ | 8,626 |
Completed and not released |  | 794 |  |  | 767 |  |  | 1,561 |
In production and other |  | 1,700 |  |  | 2,008 |  |  | 3,708 |
Total production costs |  | $ | 5,442 |  |  | $ | 8,453 |  |  | $ | 13,895 |
Licensed content, live programming, and advances, net |  |  |  |  |  | 5,744 |
Game development costs, less amortization |  |  |  |  |  | 247 |
Total film and television content rights and games |  |  |  |  |  | 19,886 |
Less: Current content rights and prepaid license fees, net |  |  |  |  |  | (784) |
Total noncurrent film and television content rights and games |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 19,102 |
Schedule of Content Amortization | Content amortization consisted of the following (in millions).
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
|  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  |  |  |
Predominantly monetized individually |  | $ | 580 |  |  | $ | 922 |  |  |  |  |
Predominantly monetized as a group |  | 2,530 |  |  | 2,779 |  |  |  |  |
Total content amortization |  | $ | 3,110 |  |  | $ | 3,701 |  |  |  |  |

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