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Committments and contingencies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Other Provisions, Contingent Liabilities And Contingent Assets [Abstract] |
Contractual obligation, fiscal year maturity schedule | The following table is a summary of our contractual obligations at December 31, 2017 that are due in each of the next five years and thereafter.
| NOTE |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2022 |  | THERE- AFTER |  | TOTAL |
Operating leases |  | 312 |  | 264 |  | 225 |  | 175 |  | 119 |  | 341 |  | 1,436 |
Commitments for property, plant and equipment and intangible assets |  | 1,039 |  | 808 |  | 614 |  | 516 |  | 372 |  | 808 |  | 4,157 |
Purchase obligations |  | 865 |  | 664 |  | 550 |  | 498 |  | 429 |  | 903 |  | 3,909 |
Proposed acquisition of Séries+ and Historia specialty channels | 3 |  | 200 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 200 |
Acquisition of AlarmForce (1) | 3 |  | 182 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 182 |
Total |  | 2,598 |  | 1,736 |  | 1,389 |  | 1,189 |  | 920 |  | 2,052 |  | 9,884 |
(1) This commitment was settled on January 5, 2018, upon completion of the acquisition of AlarmForce. See Note 3, Business acquisitions and dispositions for additional details.

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