Segment Reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

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.