DERIVATIVE CONTRACTS AND COLLATERALIZED INDEBTEDNESS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Location of Assets and Liabilities Associated With Derivative Instruments Within the Consolidated Balance Sheets

The following represents the location of the assets and liabilities associated with the Company's derivative instruments within the consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013:

		Asset Derivatives				Liability Derivatives
Derivatives Not Designated as  Hedging Instruments	Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value at December 31, 2014		Fair Value at December 31, 2013		Fair Value at December 31, 2014		Fair Value at December 31, 2013
Prepaid forward contracts	Current derivative contracts	$	—	$	—	$	93,010	$	99,577
Prepaid forward contracts	Long-term derivative contracts	7,317		3,385		9,207		47,370
		$	7,317	$	3,385	$	102,217	$	146,947

Impact and Location of Derivative Instruments Within the Consolidated Statements of Income

The following represents the impact of the Company's derivative instruments and location within the consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012:

Derivatives Not		Amount of Loss Recognized
Designated as Hedging	Location of Loss	Years Ended December 31,
Instruments	Recognized	2014			2013			2012
Interest rate swap contracts	Loss on interest rate swap contracts, net	$	—		$	—		$	(1,828	)
Prepaid forward contracts	Loss on equity derivative contracts, net	(45,055		)	(198,688		)	(211,335		)
		$	(45,055	)	$	(198,688	)	$	(213,163	)

Settlement of Collateralized Indebtedness

The following table summarizes the settlement of the Company's collateralized indebtedness relating to Comcast shares that were settled by delivering cash equal to the collateralized loan value, net of the value of the related equity derivative contracts for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.  The cash was obtained from the proceeds of new monetization contracts covering an equivalent number of Comcast shares.  The terms of the new contracts allow the Company to retain upside participation in Comcast shares up to each respective contract's upside appreciation limit with downside exposure limited to the respective hedge price. 

	Years Ended December 31,
	2014			2013
Number of shares	8,069,934			13,407,684
Collateralized indebtedness settled	$	(248,388	)	$	(307,763	)
Derivative contracts settled	(93,717		)	(200,246		)
	(342,105		)	(508,009		)
Proceeds from new monetization contracts	416,621			569,561
Net cash receipt	$	74,516		$	61,552