Commitments And Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Minimum Payments Required Under Purchase Obligations

The following table represents the minimum payments required by Verisign under certain purchase obligations, leases, the .tv Agreement with the Government of Tuvalu, and the interest payments and principal on the Subordinated Convertible Debentures and the Senior Notes:

	Purchase Obligations		.tv Agreement		Senior Notes		Subordinated Convertible Debentures		Total
	(In thousands)
2016	$	28,001	$	5,000	$	60,938	$	47,170	$	141,109
2017	3,950		5,000		60,938		40,625		110,513
2018	47		5,000		60,938		40,625		106,610
2019	—		5,000		60,938		40,625		106,563
2020	—		5,000		60,938		40,625		106,563
Thereafter	—		5,000		1,472,187		1,925,391		3,402,578
Total	$	31,998	$	30,000	$	1,776,877	$	2,135,061	$	3,973,936