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Business Segment Information
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
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, video, 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 Telecom and IT hardware.
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
 
Nine Months Ended
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
(dollars in millions)
2017

2016
 
2017
 
2016
Revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Entertainment and Communications
$
196.2

 
$
193.0

 
$
592.9

 
$
575.8

IT Services and Hardware
96.3

 
122.9

 
278.5

 
335.2

Intersegment
(3.3
)
 
(3.5
)
 
(10.0
)
 
(10.5
)
Total revenue
$
289.2

 
$
312.4

 
$
861.4

 
$
900.5

Intersegment revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Entertainment and Communications
$
0.4

 
$
0.4

 
$
1.3

 
$
1.0

IT Services and Hardware
2.9

 
3.1

 
8.7

 
9.5

Total intersegment revenue
$
3.3

 
$
3.5

 
$
10.0

 
$
10.5

Operating income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Entertainment and Communications
$
25.0

 
$
21.1

 
$
49.8

 
$
76.0

IT Services and Hardware
4.8

 
7.8

 
7.9

 
21.9

Corporate
(17.1
)
 
(3.4
)
 
(29.4
)
 
(15.4
)
Total operating income
$
12.7

 
$
25.5

 
$
28.3

 
$
82.5

Expenditures for long-lived assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Entertainment and Communications
$
41.4

 
$
63.1

 
$
138.9

 
$
178.7

IT Services and Hardware
1.6

 
4.1

 
18.9

 
9.9

Corporate
—

 
—

 
—

 
0.2

Total expenditures for long-lived assets
$
43.0

 
$
67.2

 
$
157.8

 
$
188.8

Depreciation and amortization
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Entertainment and Communications
$
43.9

 
$
43.0

 
$
129.1

 
$
124.8

IT Services and Hardware
3.4

 
3.4

 
10.9

 
9.8

Corporate
—

 
0.1

 
0.1

 
0.1

Total depreciation and amortization
$
47.3

 
$
46.5

 
$
140.1

 
$
134.7

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
September 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Entertainment and Communications
$
1,114.7

 
$
1,093.5

 
 
 
 
IT Services and Hardware
85.9

 
60.0

 
 
 
 
Corporate and eliminations
256.7

 
387.5

 
 
 
 
Total assets
$
1,457.3

 
$
1,541.0