Segment Reporting

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure

SEGMENT REPORTING

We principally deliver broadband, video, telephony and mobile services to residential and business customers, as well as proprietary content and advertising services in the United States. Our connectivity services are provided through a converged fixed and mobile network and key operating activities and resource allocation decisions are managed centrally. Our chief executive officer is the chief operating decision maker ("CODM"). Our CODM assesses performance and decides how to allocate resources based on our consolidated statements of operations. Our CODM manages the business on a consolidated basis such that we have a single operating segment. The Company’s segment performance measure is consolidated net income (loss).

The following table presents significant expenses that are not separately presented on the statements of operations that are reviewed by the CODM.

	Years Ended December 31,
	2024		2023		2022
Programming costs	$	2,251,316	$	2,456,158	$	2,627,416
Other direct costs (a)	645,254		573,684		578,222
Programming and other direct costs	$	2,896,570	$	3,029,842	$	3,205,638
Sales and marketing	$	651,005	$	618,068	$	678,979
Network services	555,385		593,492		558,381
Other (b)	1,505,438		1,434,698		1,498,109
Other operating expenses (c)	$	2,711,828	$	2,646,258	$	2,735,469

(a)Other direct costs include interconnection, call completion, circuit and transport fees paid to other telecommunication companies for the transport and termination of voice and data services. These costs also include franchise fees which are payable to the state governments and local municipalities where we operate. Additionally, these costs include the cost of media for advertising spots sold, the cost of mobile devices sold to our customers and direct costs of providing mobile services.

(b)Other operating expenses include costs related to our call center operations that handle customer inquiries and billing and collection activities, costs related to our information technology systems, costs related to our news and advertising business, as well as our Lightpath business, and various other operating costs such as share-based compensation, corporate overhead and facilities.

(c)Other operating expenses for CSC Holdings for the year ended December 31, 2024 amounted to $2,713,642 and include additional costs of $1,814 that were eliminated at Altice USA.

The measure of segment assets is reported on the balance sheet as total consolidated assets.