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Produced and Acquired/Licensed Content Costs and Advances (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2026
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 28, 2026As of September 27, 2025
Predominantly
Monetized
Individually
Predominantly
Monetized
as a Group
TotalPredominantly
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 released562 916 1,478 313 1,061 1,374 
In-process2,193   3,687   5,880   4,082   3,633   7,715   
In development or pre-production418 84 502 386 182 568 
$8,173 $19,000 27,173 $9,405 $19,164 28,569 
Licensed content - Television programming rights and advances4,354 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 Costs
Amortization of produced and licensed content is as follows:
Quarter EndedSix 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 group1,7701,733   3,3843,546   
2,8072,572 5,7755,081 
Licensed programming rights and advances3,5893,504 7,8357,601 
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