Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Intangible Assets

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Intangible Assets
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Intangible Assets

(8)   Intangible Assets

Goodwill

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill are as follows:

    

SIRIUS XM Holdings

    

Formula 1

Other

    

Total

 

amounts in millions

Balance at January 1, 2019

$

14,250

 

3,956

180

 

18,386

Acquisition (a)

 

1,566

 

 

1,566

Balance at September 30, 2019

$

15,816

 

3,956

180

 

19,952

(a) See note 3 for details regarding SIRIUS XM Holdings’ acquisition of Pandora.

Intangible Assets Not Subject to Amortization

On February 1, 2019, SIRIUS XM Holdings recorded $331 million of tradenames related to the Pandora acquisition. See note 3 for details regarding the acquisition of Pandora.

Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization

September 30, 2019

December 31, 2018

    

Gross

    

    

Net

    

Gross

    

    

Net

 

carrying

Accumulated

carrying

carrying

Accumulated

carrying

amount

amortization

amount

amount

amortization

amount

amounts in millions

FIA Agreement

$

3,630

(494)

3,136

3,630

(346)

3,284

Customer relationships

3,086

(1,040)

2,046

 

2,684

 

(795)

 

1,889

Licensing agreements

 

316

(179)

137

 

316

 

(162)

 

154

Other

 

1,577

(817)

760

 

1,047

 

(659)

 

388

Total

$

8,609

(2,530)

6,079

 

7,677

 

(1,962)

 

5,715

Amortization expense for intangible assets with finite useful lives was $204 million and $170 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and $593 million and $492 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Based on its amortizable intangible assets as of September 30, 2019, Liberty expects that amortization expense will be as follows for the next five years (amounts in millions):

Remainder of 2019

    

$

202

 

2020

$

801

2021

$

664

2022

$

574

2023

$

536