Revenue Recognition

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue from Contract with Customer

REVENUE RECOGNITION

Information About Contract Balances

The following table provides information about our contract balances with customers, including amounts for certain embedded leases.

	As of
	December 31, 2018			January 1, 2018
	(In thousands)
Trade accounts receivable:
Sales and services	$	154,415		$	156,794
Leasing	7,990			10,355
Total	162,405			167,149
Contract assets	55,295			34,615
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(16,604		)	(12,027		)
Total trade accounts receivable and contract assets, net	$	201,096		$	189,737
Trade accounts receivable - DISH Network:
Sales and services	$	12,274		$	16,118
Leasing	1,926			27,177
Total trade accounts receivable - DISH Network, net	$	14,200		$	43,295
Contract liabilities:
Current	$	72,284		$	64,417
Noncurrent	10,133			13,036
Total contract liabilities	$	82,417		$	77,453

For the year ended December 31, 2018, we recognized revenue of $52 million that was previously included in the contract liability balance at January 1, 2018.

Our bad debt expense was $25 million, $10 million and $14 million for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Transaction Price Allocated to Remaining Performance Obligations

As of December 31, 2018, the remaining performance obligations for our customer contracts with original expected durations of more than one year was $939 million. We expect to recognize approximately 35.7% of our remaining performance obligations of these contracts as revenue in the next twelve months. This amount excludes agreements with consumer customers in our Hughes segment and our leasing arrangements.

Disaggregation of Revenue

In the following tables, revenue is disaggregated by segment, primary geographic market, nature of the products and services and transactions with major customers. 

Geographic Information

The following table disaggregates revenue from customer contracts attributed to our North America (the U.S and its territories, Mexico and Canada), South and Central America and other foreign locations as well as by segment, based on the location where the goods or services are provided. All other revenue includes transactions with customers in Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East.

	Hughes		ESS		Corporate and Other			Consolidated Total
	(In thousands)
For the year ended December 31, 2018
North America	$	1,444,628	$	357,357	$	17,478		$	1,819,463
South and Central America	101,632		—		—			101,632
All other	170,268		701		(701		)	170,268
Total revenue	$	1,716,528	$	358,058	$	16,777		$	2,091,363

Nature of Products and Services

The following table disaggregates revenue based on the nature of products and services and by segment.

	Hughes		ESS		Corporate and Other			Consolidated Total
	(In thousands)
For the year ended December 31, 2018
Equipment	$	119,657	$	—	$	—		$	119,657
Services	1,313,059		24,113		18,908			1,356,080
Design, development and construction services	85,753		—		—			85,753
Revenue from sales and services	1,518,469		24,113		18,908			1,561,490
Leasing income	198,059		333,945		(2,131		)	529,873
Total revenue	$	1,716,528	$	358,058	$	16,777		$	2,091,363

During the fourth quarter of 2018, we reclassified our revenue among the categories above applicable for the full year.