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CONTENT RIGHTS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2025

Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) [Abstract]

CONTENT RIGHTS

CONTENT RIGHTS

For purposes of amortization and impairment, capitalized production costs are grouped based on their predominant monetization strategy: individually or as a group. Live programming includes licensed sports rights and related advances. The tables below present the components of content rights (in millions).

			September 30, 2025
						Predominantly Monetized Individually						Predominantly Monetized as a Group						Total
Production costs:
Released, less amortization						$	3,433					$	5,744					$	9,177
Completed and not released						646						661						1,307
In production and other						1,917						2,208						4,125
Total production costs						$	5,996					$	8,613					$	14,609
Licensed content, live programming, and advances, net																		4,859
Game development costs, less amortization																		291
Total film and television content rights and games																		19,759
Less: Current content rights and prepaid license fees, net																		(655)
Total noncurrent film and television content rights and games																		$	19,104

			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

Content amortization consisted of the following (in millions).

						Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
						2025						2024						2025						2024
Predominantly monetized individually						$	526					$	1,624					$	1,751					$	3,300
Predominantly monetized as a group						1,680						1,363						7,243						7,256
Total content amortization						$	2,206					$	2,987					$	8,994					$	10,556

Content expense includes amortization, impairments, and development expense and is generally a component of costs of revenues on the consolidated statements of operations. Content impairments were $36 million and $99 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, content impairments were $145 million and $323 million, respectively.

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Disclosure of costs incurred in the direct production, co-production, or licensing of content rights. This includes the major components of deferred costs that are capitalized at the end of the reporting period, the portion of deferred costs amortized to expense during the reporting periods, and significant impairment charges or write-offs recorded during the reporting periods.

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