Business Segment Information

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

Business Segment Information

The Company’s segments are strategic business units that offer distinct products and services and are aligned with its internal management structure and reporting. The Entertainment and Communications segment provides products and services such as data transport, high-speed internet, entertainment, local voice, long distance, voice over internet protocol (VoIP), and other services. The IT Services and Hardware segment provides a range of fully managed and outsourced IT and telecommunications services along with the sale, installation, and maintenance of major branded IT and telephony equipment.

Certain corporate administrative expenses have been allocated to the segments based upon the nature of the expense and the relative size of the segment. Intercompany transactions between segments have been eliminated.

Selected financial data for the Company’s business segment information is as follows:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
(dollars in millions)	2015			2014
Revenue
Entertainment and Communications	$	188.1		$	183.6
IT Services and Hardware	107.6			101.9
Intersegment	(2.8		)	(3.3		)
Total revenue	$	292.9		$	282.2
Intersegment revenue
Entertainment and Communications	$	0.3		$	0.2
IT Services and Hardware	2.5			3.1
Total intersegment revenue	$	2.8		$	3.3
Operating income
Entertainment and Communications	$	41.3		$	51.8
IT Services and Hardware	1.1			5.4
Corporate	(5.3		)	(6.8		)
Total operating income	$	37.1		$	50.4
Expenditures for long-lived assets
Entertainment and Communications	$	54.0		$	26.2
IT Services and Hardware	3.9			2.5
Total expenditures for long-lived assets	$	57.9		$	28.7
Depreciation and amortization
Entertainment and Communications	$	29.5		$	28.1
IT Services and Hardware	3.1			2.8
Corporate	—			0.2
Total depreciation and amortization	$	32.6		$	31.1
	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
Assets
Entertainment and Communications	$	861.4		$	833.2
IT Services and Hardware	58.9			61.4
Total assets from discontinued operations	16.4			49.3
Corporate and eliminations	796.3			876.8
Total assets	$	1,733.0		$	1,820.7