DEBT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Credit Facility Debt

The following table provides details of the Company's outstanding credit facility debt:

		Interest Rate at	Amounts Payable on or prior to		Carrying Value at
	Maturity Date	December 31, 2015	December 31, 2016		December 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Restricted Group:
Revolving loan facility (a)	April 17, 2018	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Term A loan facility	April 17, 2018	2.17%	71,888		886,621		934,547
Term B loan facility (b)	April 17, 2020	2.92%	11,888		1,155,321		1,366,102
Restricted Group credit facility debt			83,776		2,041,942		2,300,649
Newsday:
Floating rate term loan facility	October 12, 2016	3.92%	480,000		480,000		480,000
Total credit facility debt			$	563,776	$	2,521,942	$	2,780,649

(a) At December 31, 2015, $71,686 of the Restricted Group revolving loan facility was restricted for certain letters of credit issued on behalf of CSC Holdings and $1,428,314 of the Restricted Group revolving loan facility was undrawn and available, subject to covenant limitations, to be drawn to meet the net funding and investment requirements of the Restricted Group.

(b) The unamortized discount related to the Term B loan facility amounted to $3,712 and $5,326 at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Senior Notes and Debentures

The following table summarizes the Company's senior notes and debentures:
			Interest		Principal	Carrying Amount at December 31,
Issuer	Date Issued	Maturity Date	Rate		Amount	2015		2014
CSC Holdings (a)(c)	February 6, 1998	February 15, 2018	7.875	%	300,000	$	299,635	$	299,464
CSC Holdings (a)(c)	July 21, 1998	July 15, 2018	7.625	%	500,000	499,937		499,912
CSC Holdings (b)(c)	February 12, 2009	February 15, 2019	8.625	%	526,000	515,520		512,750
CSC Holdings (b)	November 15, 2011	November 15, 2021	6.750	%	1,000,000	1,000,000		1,000,000
CSC Holdings (b)	May 23, 2014	June 1, 2024	5.250	%	750,000	750,000		750,000
						3,065,092		3,062,126
Cablevision (b)(c)	September 23, 2009	September 15, 2017	8.625	%	900,000	896,526		894,717
Cablevision (b)	April 15, 2010	April 15, 2018	7.750	%	750,000	750,000		750,000
Cablevision (b)	April 15, 2010	April 15, 2020	8.000	%	500,000	500,000		500,000
Cablevision (b)	September 27, 2012	September 15, 2022	5.875	%	649,024	649,024		649,024
						$	5,860,642	$	5,855,867

(a) The debentures are not redeemable by the Company prior to maturity.

(b) The Company may redeem some or all of the notes at any time at a specified "make-whole" price plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.

(c) The carrying amount of the senior notes is net of the unamortized original issue discount.

Summary of Debt Maturities

Total amounts payable by the Company under its various debt obligations outstanding as of December 31, 2015, including notes payable, collateralized indebtedness (see Note 10), and capital leases, during the next five years and thereafter, are as follows:

Years Ending December 31,	Cablevision (a)		CSC Holdings
2016	$	1,014,014	$	1,014,014
2017	1,797,914		897,914
2018	2,288,575		1,538,575
2019	540,141		540,141
2020	1,612,844		1,112,844
Thereafter	2,399,024		1,750,000

(a) Excludes the Cablevision senior notes held by Newsday Holdings.