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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Commitments Disclosure

The following summarizes our principal contractual commitments, excluding open orders for purchases that support normal operations, as of December 31, 2012 (in millions):

 

     Year Ended December 31,                
     2013      2014      2015      2016      2017      Thereafter      Total  

Operating and capital commitments:

                    

Debt principal and interest

   $ 656       $ 105       $ 866       $ 43       $ 1,069       $ 1,380       $ 4,119   

Capital leases, including interest

     562         403         214         51         17         95         1,342   

Financing lease obligations, including interest

     1         1         1         1         1         9         14   

Operating leases

     595         634         570         514         453         2,688         5,454   

Unconditional purchase obligations (1)

     302         239         143         38         1         —           723   

Other commitments (2) (3)

     380         276         253         110         78         436         1,533   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total commitments

   $ 2,496       $ 1,658       $ 2,047       $ 757       $ 1,619       $ 4,608       $ 13,185   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Includes unconditional purchase obligations related to agreements to acquire and license digital video content that represent long-term liabilities or that are not reflected on the consolidated balance sheets.
(2) Includes the estimated timing and amounts of payments for rent and tenant improvements associated with build-to-suit lease arrangements that have not been placed in service.
(3) Excludes $294 million of tax contingencies for which we cannot make a reasonably reliable estimate of the amount and period of payment, if any.