The amount of future capital expenditures that the entity is committed to make.

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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.

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The amount of construction commitments for building improvements and technical facilities

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The amount of commitments for gaming operations

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The amount of commitments for programming rights

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The amount of commitments for transmission rights

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The amount of commitments to acquire software and related services

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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Amount of future financing the entity is expected to provide.

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The amount of minimum content of broadcast on daily basis to be offered

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) - 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2017 $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands	MXN ($)	USD ($)	MXN ($)
Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments for programming rights		$ 115,000	$ 2,266,205
Commitments for transmission rights		835,000	16,456,320
Total aggregate commitments			1,851,150
Commitments for gaming operations			127,685
Commitments to acquire television technical equipment			66,381
Commitments to acquire software and related services			274,309
Construction commitments for building improvements and technical facilities			1,382,775
Minimum annual commitments for the use of satellite transponders		19,673
Non-cancellable annual lease commitments			3,192,479
Minimum content of broadcast on daily basis to be offered	50.00%
2018
Commitments and Contingencies
Minimum annual commitments for the use of satellite transponders		7,391
Non-cancellable annual lease commitments			640,551
2019
Commitments and Contingencies
Minimum annual commitments for the use of satellite transponders		4,423
Non-cancellable annual lease commitments			606,847
2020
Commitments and Contingencies
Minimum annual commitments for the use of satellite transponders		4,099
Non-cancellable annual lease commitments			542,344
2021
Commitments and Contingencies
Non-cancellable annual lease commitments			507,932
2021 and thereafter
Commitments and Contingencies
Minimum annual commitments for the use of satellite transponders		$ 3,760
2022
Commitments and Contingencies
Non-cancellable annual lease commitments			355,072
Thereafter
Commitments and Contingencies
Non-cancellable annual lease commitments			$ 539,733
Grupo de Telecomunicaciones de Alta Capacidad, S.A.P.I. de C.V. ("GTAC") \| Long-term credit facility
Commitments and Contingencies
Amount of future financing expected to provide	$ 178,600