Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. WBD Content rights amortization and impairment
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Where this comes from
Reported directly by Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. in its filing.
Tagged under the XBRL concept wbd:ContentAmortizationAndWriteoffs.
The official record: Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.’s 10-Q, filed May 6, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s content rights amortization and impairment?
- Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) reported content rights amortization and impairment of $2.5B in Q1 2026.
- How has Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s content rights amortization and impairment changed year-over-year?
- Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s content rights amortization and impairment decreased by 20.5% year-over-year, from $3.15B to $2.5B.
- What is the long-term trend for Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s content rights amortization and impairment?
- Over 3 years (2021 to 2025), Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.'s content rights amortization and impairment has grown at a 50.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $3.5B to $11.86B.
- What does content rights amortization and impairment mean?
- This represents the non-cash expense related to the systematic allocation of the cost of film and television content assets over their expected useful lives. It also includes impairment charges taken when the carrying value of content assets exceeds their fair market value due to changes in market demand or performance expectations.