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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Expected contractual cash commitments
The following table summarizes our expected contractual cash commitments as of March 31, 2017:
 
2017
 
2018
 
2019
 
2020
 
2021

Thereafter

Total
Debt obligations
$
3,401


$
4,477


$
3,169


$
1,030,426


$
600,000


$
4,400,000


$
6,041,473

Cash interest payments
210,868


314,733


314,634


296,185


276,125


782,563


2,195,108

Satellite and transmission
80,544


67,960


51,751


25,740


19,291


6,667


251,953

Programming and content
235,863


313,141


290,031


244,738


165,939


206,100


1,455,812

Marketing and distribution
16,018


15,673


13,105


7,612


6,784


166


59,358

Satellite incentive payments
11,214


14,302


10,652


9,310


8,448


71,337


125,263

Operating lease obligations
29,938


42,254


37,786


35,523


29,520


150,440


325,461

Other
34,438


10,481


3,545


1,761


527


30


50,782

Total (1)
$
622,284


$
783,021


$
724,673


$
1,651,295


$
1,106,634


$
5,617,303


$
10,505,210

(1)
The table does not include our reserve for uncertain tax positions, which at March 31, 2017 totaled $5,663, as the specific timing of any cash payments cannot be projected with reasonable certainty.