Preferred Members' Interests

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Preferred Members' Interests [Abstract]

PREFERRED MEMBERS' INTERESTS

8. PREFERRED MEMBERS’ INTERESTS

Mediacom LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of MCC, has a $150.0 million preferred equity investment in us. The preferred equity investment has a 12% annual cash dividend, payable quarterly. During each of the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, we paid $4.5 million in cash dividends on the preferred equity. During each of the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, we paid $9.0 million in cash dividends on the preferred equity.