Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Intangible Assets

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Intangible Assets
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Intangible Assets

(7)   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, 2020

$

15,082

3,956

180

19,218

Acquisition (a)

 

6

 

 

6

Balance at March 31, 2021

$

15,088

 

3,956

180

 

19,224

(a) During the three months ended March 31, 2021, Sirius XM Holdings recorded additional goodwill related to adjustments to contingent consideration for the prior year acquisition of Stitcher.

Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization

March 31, 2021

December 31, 2020

    

Gross

    

    

Net

    

Gross

    

    

Net

 

carrying

Accumulated

carrying

carrying

Accumulated

carrying

amount

amortization

amount

amount

amortization

amount

amounts in millions

FIA Agreement

$

3,630

(791)

2,839

3,630

(742)

2,888

Customer relationships

3,053

(1,461)

1,592

 

3,053

 

(1,389)

 

1,664

Licensing agreements

 

356

(226)

130

 

355

 

(221)

 

134

Other

 

1,799

(1,128)

671

 

1,748

 

(1,056)

 

692

Total

$

8,838

(3,606)

5,232

 

8,786

 

(3,408)

 

5,378

Amortization expense for intangible assets with finite useful lives was $199 million and $198 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Based on its amortizable intangible assets as of March 31, 2021, Liberty expects that amortization expense will be as follows for the next five years (amounts in millions):

Remainder of 2021

    

$

604

 

2022

$

763

2023

$

544

2024

$

404

2025

$

350