午夜寻花

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Intangible Assets

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Intangible Assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

(8)Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill are as follows:

SIRIUS听XM

听听听听

Other

听听听听

Total

Balance at January 1, 2014

$

14,165

200

14,365

Acquisitions (a)

听鈥�

24

24

Broadband Spin-Off

听鈥�

(46)

(46)

Other

听鈥�

2

2

Balance at December听31, 2014

14,165

180

14,345

Other

听鈥�

听鈥�

听鈥�

Balance at December听31, 2015

$

14,165

180

14,345


(a)

TruePosition made an acquisition during the year ended December 31, 2014.

Other intangible assets not subject to amortization, not separately disclosed, are tradenames ($930 million) at December 31, 2015 and 2014 and franchise rights owned by Braves Holdings 听($143 million) as of December听31, 2015 and 2014. We identified these assets as indefinite life intangible assets after considering the expected use of the assets, the regulatory and economic environment within which they are used and the effects of obsolescence on their use. SIRIUS XM's FCC licenses are currently scheduled to expire in 2017, 2018, 2021 and 2022. Prior to expiration, SIRIUS XM is required to apply for a renewal of its FCC licenses. The renewal and extension of its licenses is reasonably certain at minimal cost, which is expensed as incurred. Each of the FCC licenses authorizes SIRIUS XM to use the broadcast spectrum, which is a renewable, reusable resource that does not deplete or exhaust over time.

Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization

Intangible assets subject to amortization are comprised of the following:

December听31,听2015

December听31,听2014

听听听听

Gross

听听听听

听听听听

Net

听听听听

Gross

听听听听

听听听听

Net

carrying

Accumulated

carrying

carrying

Accumulated

carrying

amount

amortization

amount

amount

amortization

amount

amounts听in听millions

Customer relationships

$

838

(179)

659

838

(122)

716

Licensing agreements

316

(81)

235

316

(52)

264

Other

609

(406)

203

532

(346)

186

Total

$

1,763

(666)

1,097

1,686

(520)

1,166

Customer relationships are amortized over 10-15听years and licensing agreements are amortized over 15 years. Amortization expense was $155million, $150 million and $115 million for the years ended December听31, 2015, 听2014 and 2013, respectively. Based on its amortizable intangible assets as of December听31, 2015, 午夜寻花 expects that amortization expense will be as follows for the next five years (amounts in millions):

2016

听听听听

$

158

2017

$

148

2018

$

122

2019

$

99

2020

$

95