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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill | Changes in the carrying value of goodwill by reporting segment were as follows:
| Motion Pictures |  | Television Production |  | Media Networks |  | Total
| (Amounts in millions)
Balance as of March 31, 2016 | $ | 294 |  |  | $ | 241 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 535 |
Starz Merger | 68 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,131 |  |  | 2,199 |
Balance as of December 31, 2016 | $ | 362 |  |  | $ | 241 |  |  | $ | 2,131 |  |  | $ | 2,734 |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets | Finite-lived intangible assets consisted of the following as of December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2016:
| December 31, 2016 |  | March 31, 2016
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount
| (Amounts in millions)
Finite-lived intangible assets subject to amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships | $ | 1,771 |  |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 1,764 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Trademarks and trade names | 9 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 2 |
Other | 10 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 9 |  |  | — |  |  | 9 |
| $ | 1,790 |  |  | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | 1,774 |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 11 |
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets | Indefinite-lived intangible assets not subject to amortization consisted of the following:
| December 31, 2016 |  | March 31, 2016
| (Amounts in millions)
Indefinite-lived intangible assets not subject to amortization: |  |  |
Tradenames | $ | 250 |  |  | $ | — |

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