Accounts Payable, Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Accounts Payable, Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

5. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):

	September 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
Accounts payable - trade	$	36,638	$	36,788
Accrued programming costs		27,615		26,347
Accrued taxes and fees		16,485		16,720
Advance customer payments		15,142		13,274
Accrued interest		14,705		12,457
Accrued payroll and benefits		14,650		13,308
Accrued service costs		8,679		7,871
Accrued property, plant and equipment		8,288		8,791
Bank overdrafts (1)		5,376		4,617
Liabilities under interest rate exchange agreements		3,212		3,695
Accrued telecommunications costs		783		986
Other accrued expenses		10,555		7,075
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	162,128	$	151,929

(1) Bank overdrafts represent outstanding checks in excess of funds on deposit at our disbursement accounts. We transfer funds from our depository accounts to our disbursement accounts upon daily notification of checks presented for payment. Changes in bank overdrafts are reported in “other financing activities” in our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.