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Program Rights
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Film, Disclosures [Abstract]  
Program Rights Program Rights
Total capitalized produced and licensed content by predominant monetization strategy is as follows:
June 30, 2025
(In thousands) Predominantly Monetized Individually  Predominantly Monetized as a Group  Total
Owned original program rights, net:
Completed$48,615 $608,671 $657,286 
In-production and in-development — 258,920 258,920 
Total owned original program rights, net$48,615 $867,591 $916,206 
Licensed program rights, net:
Licensed film and acquired series$119 $621,013 $621,132 
Licensed originals— 129,191 129,191 
Advances and other production costs— 66,890 66,890 
Total licensed program rights, net119 817,094 817,213 
Program rights, net $48,734 $1,684,685 $1,733,419 
Current portion of program rights, net$4,092 
Program rights, net (long-term)1,729,327 
$1,733,419 
December 31, 2024
(In thousands) Predominantly Monetized Individually  Predominantly Monetized as a Group  Total
Owned original program rights, net:
Completed$65,129 $647,632 $712,761 
In-production and in-development — 222,660 222,660 
Total owned original program rights, net$65,129 $870,292 $935,421 
Licensed program rights, net:
Licensed film and acquired series$261 $543,396 $543,657 
Licensed originals— 147,245 147,245 
Advances and other production costs— 90,318 90,318 
Total licensed program rights, net261 780,959 781,220 
Program rights, net $65,390 $1,651,251 $1,716,641 
Current portion of program rights, net$2,689 
Program rights, net (long-term)1,713,952 
$1,716,641 

Amortization, including write-offs, of owned and licensed program rights, included in Technical and operating expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of income (loss), is as follows:
Three Months Ended June 30, 2025Six Months Ended June 30, 2025
(In thousands)Predominantly Monetized IndividuallyPredominantly Monetized as a GroupTotalPredominantly Monetized IndividuallyPredominantly Monetized as a GroupTotal
Owned original program rights$11,645 $91,290 $102,935 $15,538 $178,433 $193,971 
Licensed program rights63 108,752 108,815 142 215,518 215,660 
$11,708 $200,042 $211,750 $15,680 $393,951 $409,631 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2024Six Months Ended June 30, 2024
(In thousands)Predominantly Monetized IndividuallyPredominantly Monetized as a GroupTotalPredominantly Monetized IndividuallyPredominantly Monetized as a GroupTotal
Owned original program rights$17,313 $78,564 $95,877 $42,165 $138,670 $180,835 
Licensed program rights201 116,086 116,287 1,832 232,049 233,881 
$17,514 $194,650 $212,164 $43,997 $370,719 $414,716 
There were no significant program rights write-offs included in technical and operating expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 or 2024.
In the normal course of business, the Company may qualify for tax incentives through eligible spend on productions. Receivables related to tax incentives earned on production spend as of June 30, 2025 consisted of $175.2 million recorded in Prepaid expenses and other current assets and $42.7 million recorded in Other assets. Receivables related to tax incentives earned on production spend as of December 31, 2024 consisted of $182.0 million recorded in Prepaid expenses and other current assets and $42.4 million recorded in Other assets.