Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Lease and Transponder Service Agreements (Tables)

v3.19.1
Lease and Transponder Service Agreements (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
lease cost [Line Items]  
Lease, Cost [Table Text Block]
The components of lease cost for the three months ended March 31, 2019 were as follows:

Three months ended

(in millions)
March 31, 2019

Finance lease cost


     Depreciation of leased assets
$
5

     Interest on lease liabilities
2
Total finance lease cost
7

Operating lease cost
6

     Total lease cost
$
13