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Lease and Transponder Service Agreements (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Leases [Abstract]

Future minimum lease payments

Future minimum payments under noncancelable operating leases and capital leases with initial terms of one year or more and the lease related to the Company's California distribution center (build to suit lease) at March 31, 2018 consisted of the following:

(in millions)	Capital leases			Operating leases		Build to suit lease
Remainder of 2018	$	12		16		3
2019	16			17		6
2020	12			14		6
2021	12			11		6
2022	10			9		6
Thereafter	31			71		58
Total	$	93		138		85

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