DERIVATIVE CONTRACTS AND COLLATERALIZED INDEBTEDNESS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

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, 2015 and 2014:

		Asset Derivatives				Liability Derivatives
Derivatives Not Designated as  Hedging Instruments	Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value at December 31, 2015		Fair Value at December 31, 2014		Fair Value at December 31, 2015		Fair Value at December 31, 2014
Prepaid forward contracts	Current derivative contracts	$	10,333	$	—	$	2,706	$	93,010
Prepaid forward contracts	Long-term derivative contracts	72,075		7,317		—		9,207
		$	82,408	$	7,317	$	2,706	$	102,217

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 and the value of the related equity derivative contracts for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014.  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,
	2015			2014
Number of shares	13,407,684			8,069,934
Collateralized indebtedness settled	$	(569,562	)	$	(248,388	)
Derivative contracts settled	(69,675		)	(93,717		)
	(639,237		)	(342,105		)
Proceeds from new monetization contracts	774,703			416,621
Net cash receipt	$	135,466		$	74,516