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Goodwill and other intangible assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Goodwill and other intangible assets
Goodwill and other intangible assets

The following table displays goodwill, indefinite-lived intangible assets, and amortizable intangible assets as of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (in thousands).
 
 
Gross
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net
Dec. 31, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
Goodwill
 
$
2,596,863

 
$

 
$
2,596,863

Indefinite-lived intangibles:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Television station FCC licenses
 
1,384,186

 

 
1,384,186

Amortizable intangible assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retransmission agreements
 
121,594

 
(79,274
)
 
42,320

Network affiliation agreements
 
110,390

 
(30,802
)
 
79,588

Other
 
28,865

 
(8,882
)
 
19,983

Total
 
$
4,241,898

 
$
(118,958
)
 
$
4,122,940

Dec. 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
Goodwill
 
$
2,579,417

 
$

 
$
2,579,417

Indefinite-lived intangibles:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Television station FCC licenses
 
1,191,950

 

 
1,191,950

Amortizable intangible assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retransmission agreements
 
110,191

 
(62,355
)
 
47,836

Network affiliation agreements
 
43,485

 
(19,371
)
 
24,114

Other
 
15,763

 
(6,394
)
 
9,369

Total
 
$
3,940,806

 
$
(88,120
)
 
$
3,852,686



Our retransmission agreements and network affiliation agreements are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. Other intangibles primarily include customer relationships which are amortized on a straight-line basis over their useful lives.

On February 15, 2018, we acquired KFMB for $328.4 million in cash, which included a final working capital payment of $2.5 million that we made to the seller in the third quarter of 2018. The purchase price was paid in cash and funded through the use of available cash and borrowings under our revolving credit facility. In connection with this acquisition, we recorded indefinite-lived intangible assets for FCC licenses of $192.2 million and amortizable intangible assets of $91.4 million, primarily related to network affiliation agreement and retransmission consent contracts. The amortizable assets will be amortized over a weighted average period of 10 years. We also recognized goodwill of $17.4 million as a result of the acquisition, all of which is deductible for tax purposes. There were no other changes in our goodwill balance in 2018 or 2017. We completed purchase accounting for the transaction in the third quarter of 2018.

During the second quarter of 2017, we recorded a $332.9 million goodwill impairment charge within discontinued operations related to our former CareerBuilder reporting unit. In 2016, we performed an interim goodwill impairment test for a small reporting unit in our former Digital segment. As a result of this test, we recorded a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $15.2 million, representing the full amount of goodwill associated with this reporting unit.

The following table shows the projected annual amortization expense related to amortizable intangible assets existing as of December 31, 2018 (in thousands):
2019
 
$
30,803

2020
 
27,106

2021
 
21,129

2022
 
18,005

2023
 
11,455

Thereafter
 
33,393

Total
 
$
141,891