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Produced and Acquired/Licensed Content Costs and Advances (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2025
Other Industries [Abstract]  
Balances of Produced and Licensed Content Costs
Total capitalized produced and licensed content by predominant monetization strategy is as follows:
As of March 29, 2025As of September 28, 2024
Predominantly
Monetized
Individually
Predominantly
Monetized
as a Group
TotalPredominantly
Monetized
Individually
Predominantly
Monetized
as a Group
Total
Produced content
Released, less amortization$4,774 $14,118 $18,892 $4,568 $13,621 $18,189 
Completed, not released91 1,728 1,819 16 2,265 2,281 
In-process4,364   3,516   7,880   4,352   4,067   8,419   
In development or pre-production299 69 368 196 73 269 
$9,528 $19,431 28,959 $9,132 $20,026 29,158 
Licensed content - Television programming rights and advances3,924 5,251 
Total produced and licensed content$32,883 $34,409 
Current portion$1,063 $2,097 
Non-current portion$31,820 $32,312 
Amortization of Produced and Licensed Content Costs
Amortization of produced and licensed content is as follows:
Quarter EndedSix Months Ended
March 29,
2025
March 30,
2024
March 29,
2025
March 30,
2024
Produced content
Predominantly monetized individually$839$611 $1,535$1,379 
Predominantly monetized as a group1,7331,752   3,5463,546   
2,5722,363 5,0814,925 
Licensed programming rights and advances3,5043,366 7,6017,956 
Total produced and licensed content costs(1)
$6,076$5,729 $12,682$12,881 
(1)Primarily included in “Costs of services” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations