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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Expected contractual cash commitments
The following table summarizes our expected contractual cash commitments as of March 31, 2018:
 
2018
 
2019
 
2020
 
2021
 
2022

Thereafter

Total
Debt obligations
$
3,810


$
3,938


$
366,208


$
728


$
1,000,000


$
5,500,000


$
6,874,684

Cash interest payments
218,042


350,883


343,499


334,381


334,375


915,938


2,497,118

Satellite and transmission
100,797


94,898


51,034


4,325


2,416


4,287


257,757

Programming and content
233,954


311,250


262,417


177,665


51,975


162,438


1,199,699

Marketing and distribution
16,264


13,892


8,827


7,801


1,608


188


48,580

Satellite incentive payments
10,824


10,652


10,197


8,574


8,558


61,767


110,572

Operating lease obligations
30,162


42,668


40,424


34,612


30,619


127,404


305,889

Other
35,981


31,216


12,625


1,987


51


20


81,880

Total (1)
$
649,834


$
859,397


$
1,095,231


$
570,073


$
1,429,602


$
6,772,042


$
11,376,179

(1)
The table does not include our reserve for uncertain tax positions, which at March 31, 2018 totaled $13,832.