Investments	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Investments	3. Investments In connection with the sale of the non-branded entertainment media business to Cinedigm Corp. which occurred in October 2013, we received shares of Cinedigm Corp.’s Class A common stock with a fair value of $1.2 million. During June 2014, we sold all of these shares and realized a gain of $0.5 million. During 2013, we sold the majority of our investment in Real Goods Solar, Inc. (“RGSE”) for total net proceeds of approximately $25 million. Following the sale of the first portion in May 2013, our voting ownership percentage declined to below 20% and our Chairman resigned as Chairman of RGSE’s board and, thus, we no longer had significant influence over Real Goods Solar. Therefore, we changed our accounting for our investment from the equity to cost method. During the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, we reported gains of $1.0 million and $16.4 million, respectively on the sale of our RGSE stock. The carrying value of the RGSE stock has previously been reduced to zero through the recognition of our portion of RGSE’s net losses.

Investments

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

3. Investments

In connection with the sale of the non-branded entertainment media business to Cinedigm Corp. which occurred in October 2013, we received shares of Cinedigm Corp.’s Class A common stock with a fair value of $1.2 million. During June 2014, we sold all of these shares and realized a gain of $0.5 million.

During 2013, we sold the majority of our investment in Real Goods Solar, Inc. (“RGSE”) for total net proceeds of approximately $25 million. Following the sale of the first portion in May 2013, our voting ownership percentage declined to below 20% and our Chairman resigned as Chairman of RGSE’s board and, thus, we no longer had significant influence over Real Goods Solar. Therefore, we changed our accounting for our investment from the equity to cost method.

During the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, we reported gains of $1.0 million and $16.4 million, respectively on the sale of our RGSE stock. The carrying value of the RGSE stock has previously been reduced to zero through the recognition of our portion of RGSE’s net losses.