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Property and Equipment, Net Property and Equipment, Net

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]

Property and equipment, net

Property and Equipment, Net

Property and equipment consisted of the following:

	December 31,					Estimated useful
(in millions)	2017			2016		life
Land	$	85		81		N/A
Buildings and improvements	1,100			1,048		8 - 20 years
Furniture and other equipment	497			447		2 - 8 years
Broadcast equipment	134			135		3 - 5 years
Computer equipment	160			146		2 - 4 years
Transponders and terrestrial transmitter (note 9)	170			150		8 - 15 years
Projects in progress	33			28		N/A
	2,179			2,035
Less: accumulated depreciation	(1,174		)	(1,004	)
Property and equipment, net	$	1,005		1,031

Disposal of assets reduced property and equipment by $40 million and $65 million for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

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The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155823

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