Sirius XM Holdings Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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Commitments and Contingencies - Expected Contractual Cash Commitments (Details)

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Commitments and Contingencies - Expected Contractual Cash Commitments (Details) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Expected contractual cash commitments
2017	$ 463,866
2018	811,868
2019	752,537
2020	2,130,007
2021	1,108,695
Thereafter	5,620,074
Total	10,887,047
Unrecognized tax benefits	6,570
Debt obligations
Expected contractual cash commitments
2017	2,759
2018	4,477
2019	3,169
2020	1,500,427
2021	600,000
Thereafter	4,400,000
Total	6,510,832
Cash interest payments
Expected contractual cash commitments
2017	164,721
2018	328,828
2019	328,734
2020	302,898
2021	276,125
Thereafter	782,563
Total	2,183,869
Satellite and transmission
Expected contractual cash commitments
2017	55,576
2018	67,922
2019	51,760
2020	25,749
2021	19,296
Thereafter	6,667
Total	226,970
Programming and content
Expected contractual cash commitments
2017	163,057
2018	314,120
2019	290,215
2020	244,738
2021	165,939
Thereafter	206,100
Total	1,384,169
Marketing and distribution
Expected contractual cash commitments
2017	11,475
2018	16,367
2019	13,637
2020	7,870
2021	7,043
Thereafter	274
Total	56,666
Satellite incentive payments
Expected contractual cash commitments
2017	6,179
2018	14,302
2019	10,652
2020	9,310
2021	8,448
Thereafter	71,337
Total	120,228
Operating lease obligations
Expected contractual cash commitments
2017	18,726
2018	43,037
2019	39,409
2020	37,154
2021	31,317
Thereafter	153,103
Total	322,746
Other
Expected contractual cash commitments
2017	41,373
2018	22,815
2019	14,961
2020	1,861
2021	527
Thereafter	30
Total	$ 81,567

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Amount of the recorded obligation to transfer funds in the future for fixed or minimum amounts or quantities of goods or services at fixed or minimum prices (for example, as in take-or-pay contracts or throughput contracts).

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