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Original Immersive Production Content (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2026
Other Industries [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Deferred Immersive Production Costs | As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, total deferred immersive production content costs consisted of the following:
|  | As of
|  | March 31, 2026 |  | December 31, 2025
Production content: |  |  |  |
Released, less amortization |  | $ | 126,827 |  |  | $ | 133,915 |
In-process |  | 41,747 |  |  | 36,877 |
Total production content |  | $ | 168,574 |  |  | $ | 170,792 |
Schedule Of Amortization Of Deferred Immersive Production Costs | The following table summarizes the Company’s amortization of production content costs, which are reported in Direct operating expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended |  |
|  | March 31, |  |
|  | 2026 |  | 2025 |  |  |  |
Production content costs (a) |  | $ | 11,058 |  |  | $ | 7,243 |  |  |  |  |
_________________ (a) For purposes of amortization and impairment, each deferred immersive production content cost is classified based on its predominant monetization strategy. The Company’s current original immersive productions are monetized individually. Refer to Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Production Costs for the Company’s Original Immersive Productions, to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Form 10-K for further explanation of the monetization strategy.

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