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Lease and Transponder Service Agreements

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Lease and Transponder Service Agreements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Leases [Abstract]  
Leases of Lessee Leases
The Company has finance lease agreements with transponder and transmitter network suppliers for the right to transmit its signals in the U.S. and Germany. The Company is also party to a finance lease agreement for a warehouse. QVC also leases data processing equipment, facilities, office space and land. These leases are classified as operating leases. Our leases have remaining lease terms of less than 1 year to 13 years, some of which may include the option to extend or terminate the leases.
The components of lease cost for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, were as follows:
Three months ended March 31,
(in millions) 2022 2021
Finance lease cost
     Depreciation of leased assets $
     Interest on lease liabilities
Total finance lease cost
Operating lease cost 10  10 
     Total lease cost $ 17  17 
The remaining weighted-average lease term and the weighted-average discount rate were as follows:
March 31, 2022
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years):
     Finance leases 7.6
     Operating leases 10.4
Weighted-average discount rate:
     Finance leases 5.2  %
     Operating leases 6.0  %
Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:
(in millions) March 31, 2022 December 31, 2021
Operating Leases:
  Operating lease right-of-use assets $ 195  201 
  Accrued liabilities $ 24  26 
  Other long-term liabilities 171  177 
      Total operating lease liabilities $ 195  203 
Finance Leases:
   Property and equipment $ 267  277 
   Accumulated depreciation (148) (151)
     Property and equipment, net $ 119  126 
   Current portion of debt and finance lease obligations $ 19  20 
   Long-term portion of debt and finance lease obligations 130  137 
     Total finance lease liabilities $ 149  157 
Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows:
Three months ended March 31,
(in millions) 2022 2021
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
     Operating cash flows from operating leases $ 11  10 
     Operating cash flows from finance leases
     Financing cash flows from finance leases
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:
      Operating leases
Future payments under noncancelable operating leases and finance leases with initial terms of one year or more as of March 31, 2022 consisted of the following:
(in millions) Finance leases Operating leases Total leases
Remainder of 2022 $ 20  27  47 
2023 26  31  57 
2024 25  25  50 
2025 23  21  44 
2026 22  19  41 
Thereafter 67  147  214 
Total lease payments 183  270  453 
Less: imputed interest (34) (75) (109)
Total lease liabilities $ 149  195  344