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Leases and Transponder Service Agreements (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Leases and Transponder Service Agreements [Abstract] |
Future Minimum Lease Payments | Future minimum payments under noncancelable operating leases and capital transponder leases with initial terms of one year or more at March 31, 2014 consisted of the following:
(in millions) | Capital transponders |  | Operating leases |
Remainder of 2014 | $ | 11 |  | 14 |
2015 | 11 |  | 14 |
2016 | 11 |  | 12 |
2017 | 11 |  | 10 |
2018 | 12 |  | 9 |
Thereafter | 29 |  | 104 |
Total | $ | 85 |  | 163 |

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