v3.10.0.1
Intangible assets including goodwill (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Disclosure Of Reconciliation Of Changes In Intangible Assets And Goodwill [Abstract]  
Summary of Intangible Assets Including Goodwill

 

 

 

Internal

development

costs and

patents

 

 

Acquired

intangible

assets

 

 

Total

 

 

Goodwill

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(in € millions)

 

Cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At January 1, 2017

 

 

8

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

73

 

 

 

93

 

Additions

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

Acquisition, business combination (Note 5)

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

71

 

 

 

88

 

Write off of fully amortized intangibles

 

 

(2

)

 

 

(11

)

 

 

(13

)

 

 

 

 

 

(13

)

Exchange differences

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(9

)

 

 

(10

)

At December 31, 2017

 

 

18

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

35

 

 

 

135

 

 

 

170

 

Additions

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

Acquisition, business combination

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

11

 

Exchange differences

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

4

 

At December 31, 2018

 

 

26

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

47

 

 

 

146

 

 

 

193

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At January 1, 2017

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(10

)

 

 

(13

)

 

 

 

 

 

(13

)

Amortization charge

 

 

(5

)

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(8

)

 

 

 

 

 

(8

)

Write off of fully amortized intangibles

 

 

2

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

At December 31, 2017

 

 

(6

)

 

 

(2

)

 

 

(8

)

 

 

 

 

 

(8

)

Amortization charge

 

 

(6

)

 

 

(5

)

 

 

(11

)

 

 

 

 

 

(11

)

At December 31, 2018

 

 

(12

)

 

 

(7

)

 

 

(19

)

 

 

 

 

 

(19

)

Cost, net accumulated amortization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2017

 

 

12

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

135

 

 

 

162

 

At December 31, 2018

 

 

14

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

146

 

 

 

174

 

 

Schedule of Carrying Amount of Goodwill Allocated to Each of the Operating Segments The carrying amount of goodwill allocated to each of the operating segments is as follows:

 

 

 

Premium

 

 

Ad-Supported

 

 

Premium

 

 

Ad-Supported

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2017

 

 

 

(in € millions)

 

Goodwill

 

 

128

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

119

 

 

 

16