Accounts Payable, Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

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):


	March 31,		December 31,
	2019		2018
Accrued programming costs	$	35,503	$	33,335
Accounts payable - trade		29,632		32,237
Accrued taxes and fees		17,349		17,761
Accrued payroll and benefits		15,048		15,412
Accrued property, plant and equipment		10,319		10,132
Accrued service costs		9,264		5,624
Advance customer payments		8,410		8,689
Bank overdrafts ⁽¹⁾		6,904		8,067
Accrued administrative costs		5,903		5,568
Accrued interest		5,292		2,809
Accrued marketing costs		3,962		3,694
Accrued telecommunications costs		971		1,036
Other accrued expenses		1,258		1,716

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	149,815	$	146,080

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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.