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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES - Future Minimum Payments for Contractual Commitments (Details) CAD in Millions | Dec. 31, 2017 CAD
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Disclosure of maturity analysis for non-derivative financial liabilities [line items] |
Operating leases | CAD 971
Player contracts | 216
Purchase obligations | 1,002
Program rights | 4,632
Total commitments | 6,821
Less than 1 year |
Disclosure of maturity analysis for non-derivative financial liabilities [line items] |
Operating leases | 202
Player contracts | 111
Purchase obligations | 368
Program rights | 546
Total commitments | 1,227
1-3 Years |
Disclosure of maturity analysis for non-derivative financial liabilities [line items] |
Operating leases | 308
Player contracts | 88
Purchase obligations | 346
Program rights | 1,121
Total commitments | 1,863
4-5 Years |
Disclosure of maturity analysis for non-derivative financial liabilities [line items] |
Operating leases | 167
Player contracts | 10
Purchase obligations | 167
Program rights | 1,079
Total commitments | 1,423
After five years |
Disclosure of maturity analysis for non-derivative financial liabilities [line items] |
Operating leases | 294
Player contracts | 7
Purchase obligations | 121
Program rights | 1,886
Total commitments | CAD 2,308

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- Definition The amount of future minimum lease payments payable under non-cancellable operating leases. Minimum lease payments are payments over the lease term that the lessee is or can be required to make, excluding contingent rent, costs for services and taxes to be paid by, and reimbursed to, the lessor, together with: (a) for a lessee, any amounts guaranteed by the lessee or by a party related to the lessee; or (b) for a lessor, any residual value guaranteed to the lessor by: (i) the lessee; (ii) a party related to the lessee; or (iii) a third party unrelated to the lessor that is financially capable of discharging the obligations under the guarantee. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Note Expiry date 2019-01-01 -Name IAS -Number 17 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 35 -Subparagraph a -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=17&date=2017-03-02&anchor=para_35_a&doctype=Standard&book=B -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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