REVENUE AND CONTRACT ASSETS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table presents the composition of revenue:

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
Residential:
Video	$	993,158	$	1,054,667	$	3,028,914	$	3,122,779
Broadband	814,328		729,907		2,396,151		2,143,730
Telephony	148,231		161,351		452,927		490,888
Business services and wholesale	357,628		344,193		1,066,123		1,014,671
News and advertising	118,067		123,913		327,255		323,992
Mobile	3,174		—		3,174		—
Other	4,076		3,770		11,766		15,608
Total revenue	$	2,438,662	$	2,417,801	$	7,286,310	$	7,111,668

Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability

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

	September 30, 2019		December 31, 2018
Contract assets (a)	$	29,810	$	26,405
Deferred revenue (b)	162,398		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