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Reporting Entity [Axis]

0001065280 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)

Segment Reporting [Abstract]	Period [Axis]
	2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Long-lived Assets by Geographic Areas	The Company's long-lived tangible assets were located as follows:   As of December 31,   2016   2015   (in thousands) United States $ 236,977   $ 159,566 International 13,418   13,846
Information on Reportable Segments and Reconciliation to Consolidated Net Income	The following tables represent segment information for the year ended December 31, 2016:     As of/Year ended December 31, 2016   Domestic Streaming   International Streaming   Domestic DVD   Consolidated   (in thousands) Total memberships at end of period (1) 49,431   44,365   4,114   — Revenues $ 5,077,307   $ 3,211,095   $ 542,267   $ 8,830,669 Cost of revenues 2,855,789   2,911,370   262,742   6,029,901 Marketing 382,832   608,246   —   991,078 Contribution profit (loss) $ 1,838,686   $ (308,521 )   $ 279,525   1,809,690 Other operating expenses             1,429,897 Operating income             379,793 Other income (expense)             (119,286 ) Provision for income taxes             73,829 Net income             $ 186,678   Year ended December 31, 2016   Domestic Streaming   International Streaming   Domestic DVD   Consolidated   (in thousands) Amortization of content assets $ 2,337,950   $ 2,450,548   $ 78,952   $ 4,867,450 The following tables represent segment information for the year ended December 31, 2015:     As of/Year ended December 31, 2015   Domestic Streaming   International Streaming   Domestic DVD   Consolidated   (in thousands) Total memberships at end of period (1) 44,738   30,024   4,904   — Revenues $ 4,180,339   $ 1,953,435   $ 645,737   $ 6,779,511 Cost of revenues 2,487,193   1,780,375   323,908   4,591,476 Marketing 317,646   506,446   —   824,092 Contribution profit (loss) $ 1,375,500   $ (333,386 )   $ 321,829   1,363,943 Other operating expenses             1,058,117 Operating income             305,826 Other income (expense)             (163,941 ) Provision for income taxes             19,244 Net income             $ 122,641   Year ended December 31, 2015   Domestic Streaming   International Streaming   Domestic DVD   Consolidated   (in thousands) Amortization of content assets $ 1,905,069   $ 1,500,313   $ 79,380   $ 3,484,762 The following tables represent segment information for the year ended December 31, 2014:   As of/Year ended December 31, 2014   Domestic Streaming   International Streaming   Domestic DVD   Consolidated   (in thousands) Total memberships at end of period (1) 39,114   18,277   5,767   — Revenues $ 3,431,434   $ 1,308,061   $ 765,161   $ 5,504,656 Cost of revenues 2,201,761   1,154,117   396,882   3,752,760 Marketing 293,453   313,733   —   607,186 Contribution profit (loss) $ 936,220   $ (159,789 )   $ 368,279   1,144,710 Other operating expenses             742,062 Operating income             402,648 Other income (expense)             (53,279 ) Provision for income taxes             82,570 Net income             $ 266,799   Year ended December 31, 2014   Domestic Streaming   International Streaming   Domestic DVD   Consolidated   (in thousands) Amortization of content assets $ 1,657,673   $ 998,606   $ 71,491   $ 2,727,770 (1) A membership (also referred to as a subscription or a member) is defined as the right to receive the Netflix service following sign-up and a method of payment being provided. Memberships are assigned to territories based on the geographic location used at time of sign-up as determined by our internal systems, which utilize industry standard geo-location technology. We offer free-trial memberships to new and certain rejoining members. Total members include those who are on a free-trial as long as a method of payment has been provided. A membership is canceled and ceases to be reflected in the above metrics as of the effective cancellation date. Voluntary cancellations become effective at the end of the prepaid membership period, while involuntary cancellation of the service, as a result of a failed method of payment, becomes effective immediately except in limited circumstances where a short grace period is offered to ensure the streaming service is not interrupted for members who are impacted by payment processing delays by our banks or integrated payment partners. The number of members in a grace period at any given point is not material.