Business Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

Our business segment information is as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
(dollars in millions)	2015			2014			2013
Revenue
Entertainment and Communications	$	743.7		$	740.7		$	724.8
IT Services and Hardware	435.4			433.0			344.1
Data Center Colocation	—			—			15.6
Intersegment	(11.3		)	(12.2		)	(11.1		)
Total revenue	$	1,167.8		$	1,161.5		$	1,073.4
Intersegment revenue
Entertainment and Communications	$	1.3		$	1.2		$	1.1
IT Services and Hardware	10.0			11.0			9.6
Data Center Colocation	—			—			0.4
Total intersegment revenue	$	11.3		$	12.2		$	11.1
Operating income
Entertainment and Communications	$	129.9		$	178.9		$	186.2
IT Services and Hardware	20.6			19.8			8.5
Data Center Colocation	—			—			3.2
Corporate	(22.5		)	(21.8		)	(58.1		)
Total operating income	$	128.0		$	176.9		$	139.8
Expenditures for long-lived assets
Entertainment and Communications	$	269.5		$	163.7		$	162.6
IT Services and Hardware	14.0			11.9			10.6
Data Center Colocation	—			—			7.7
Corporate	0.1			0.2			—
Total expenditures for long-lived assets	$	283.6		$	175.8		$	180.9
Depreciation and amortization
Entertainment and Communications	$	129.2		$	115.7		$	112.2
IT Services and Hardware	12.3			11.7			10.5
Data Center Colocation	—			—			5.2
Corporate	0.1			0.2			0.5
Total depreciation and amortization	$	141.6		$	127.6		$	128.4
	As of December 31,
(dollars in millions)	2015			2014
Assets
Entertainment and Communications	$	983.3		$	833.2
IT Services and Hardware	58.0			61.4
Total assets from discontinued operations	—			49.3
Corporate and eliminations	413.1			876.8
Total assets	$	1,454.4		$	1,820.7

Revenue from External Customers by Products and Services [Table Text Block]

Details of our service and product revenues including eliminations are as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
(dollars in millions)	2015		2014		2013
Service revenue
Entertainment and Communications	$	735.0	$	728.8	$	718.0
IT Services and Hardware	198.0		161.4		138.7
Data Center Colocation	—		—		15.2
Total service revenue	$	933.0	$	890.2	$	871.9
Product revenue
Handsets and accessories	$	7.4	$	10.7	$	5.7
Telecom and IT hardware	227.4		260.6		195.8
Total product revenue	$	234.8	$	271.3	$	201.5