Produced and Acquired/Licensed Content Costs and Advances

6 Months Ended

Mar. 28, 2026

Produced and Acquired/Licensed Content Costs and Advances

Total capitalized produced and licensed content by predominant monetization strategy is as follows:


	As of March 28, 2026						As of September 27, 2025
	Predominantly Monetized Individually		Predominantly Monetized as a Group		Total		Predominantly Monetized Individually		Predominantly Monetized as a Group		Total
Produced content
Released, less amortization	$	5,000	$	14,313	$	19,313	$	4,624	$	14,288	$	18,912
Completed, not released	562		916		1,478		313		1,061		1,374
In-process	2,193		3,687		5,880		4,082		3,633		7,715
In development or pre-production	418		84		502		386		182		568
	$	8,173	$	19,000	27,173		$	9,405	$	19,164	28,569






Licensed content - Television programming rights and advances					4,354						4,821
Total produced and licensed content					$	31,527					$	33,390

Current portion					$	1,167					$	2,063
Non-current portion					$	30,360					$	31,327

Amortization of produced and licensed content is as follows:


	Quarter Ended				Six Months Ended
	March 28, 2026		March 29, 2025		March 28, 2026		March 29, 2025
Produced content
Predominantly monetized individually	$	1,037	$	839	$	2,391	$	1,535
Predominantly monetized as a group	1,770		1,733		3,384		3,546
	2,807		2,572		5,775		5,081
Licensed programming rights and advances	3,589		3,504		7,835		7,601
Total produced and licensed content costs(1)	$	6,396	$	6,076	$	13,610	$	12,682

(1)Primarily included in “Costs of services” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income