REVENUE AND CONTRACT ASSETS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table presents the composition of revenue:

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
Residential:
Video	$	1,018,426	$	1,034,404	$	2,035,756	$	2,068,112
Broadband	806,250		712,202		1,581,823		1,413,823
Telephony	150,232		163,499		304,696		329,537
Business services and wholesale	357,806		337,388		708,495		670,478
Advertising	112,953		109,898		206,498		197,480
Other	5,414		6,762		10,380		14,437
Total revenue	$	2,451,081	$	2,364,153	$	4,847,648	$	4,693,867

Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability

The following table provides information about contracts assets and contract liabilities related to contracts with customers:

	June 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
Contract assets (a)	$	28,236	$	26,405
Deferred revenue (b)	204,440		190,056

(a) Contract assets include primarily sales commissions for enterprise customers that are deferred and amortized over the average contract term.

(b)

Deferred revenue represents payments received from customers for services that have yet to be provided and installation revenue which is deferred and recognized over the benefit period. A significant portion of the Company's deferred revenue represents payments for services for up to one month in advance from residential and small and medium-sized business ("SMB") customers which is realized within the following month as services are performed