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Description of the Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Total Minimum Guaranteed Obligations | The following are our total minimum guaranteed obligations for the periods presented:
|  | As of December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Accrued liabilities |  | $ | 47.4 |  |  | $ | 48.7 |
Other long-term liabilities |  | 117.6 |  |  | 146.8 |
Total minimum guarantee obligations |  | $ | 165.0 |  |  | $ | 195.5 |
Weighted average remaining term (in years) |  | 3.0 |  |  | 5.0 |
Schedule of Remaining Future Payments of Guarantee Obligations | The following are our remaining expected future payments of minimum guarantee obligations:
| Year Ending December 31,
| 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2022 |  | 2023
Expected future payments | $47.4 |  | $45.5 |  | $44.9 |  | $13.4 |  | $13.8 |  | $—

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of each guarantee obligation, or each group of similar guarantee obligations, including (a) the nature of the guarantee, including its term, how it arose, and the events or circumstances that would require the guarantor to perform under the guarantee; (b) the maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee; (c) the current carrying amount of the liability, if any, for the guarantor's obligations under the guarantee; and (d) the nature of any recourse provisions under the guarantee, and any assets held either as collateral or by third parties, and any relevant related party disclosure. Excludes disclosures about product warranties. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82913245&loc=d3e12265-110248 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82913245&loc=d3e12069-110248 + Details
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