Goodwill, Other Intangible Assets And Intangible Liabilities (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Intangible Assets and Goodwill

Goodwill and other intangible assets consisted of the following (in thousands):

	June 30, 2015							December 28, 2014
	Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Amount		Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Amount
Other intangible assets subject to amortization (1)
Affiliate relationships (useful life of 16 years)	$	212,000	$	(33,125	)	$	178,875	$	212,000	$	(26,500	)	$	185,500
Advertiser relationships (useful life of 8 years)	168,000		(52,500		)	115,500		168,000		(42,000		)	126,000
Network affiliation agreements (useful life of 5 to 16 years)	362,000		(71,307		)	290,693		362,000		(50,485		)	311,515
Retransmission consent agreements (useful life of 7 to 12 years)	830,100		(151,935		)	678,165		830,100		(106,897		)	723,203
Other customer relationships (useful life of 3 to 16 years)	115,952		(17,644		)	98,308		99,528		(12,632		)	86,896
Content databases (useful life of 5 to 16 years)	135,569		(17,990		)	117,579		122,400		(13,001		)	109,399
Other technology (useful life of 4 to 10 years)	47,711		(6,785		)	40,926		41,385		(4,022		)	37,363
Trade names and trademarks (useful life of 3 to15 years)	14,423		(1,011		)	13,412		9,300		(597		)	8,703
Other (useful life of 3 to 11 years)	11,817		(3,786		)	8,031		10,770		(2,955		)	7,815
Total	$	1,897,572	$	(356,083	)	1,541,489		$	1,855,483	$	(259,089	)	1,596,394
Other intangible assets not subject to amortization
FCC licenses						786,600							786,600
Trade name						14,800							14,800
Total other intangible assets, net						2,342,889							2,397,794
Goodwill
Television and Entertainment						3,601,300							3,601,300
Digital and Data						345,181							316,836
Total goodwill						3,946,481							3,918,136
Total goodwill and other intangible assets						$	6,289,370						$	6,315,930

Schedule Of Changes of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets, and Goodwill

The changes in the carrying amounts of intangible assets during the six months ended June 30, 2015 were as follows (in thousands):

	Television and Entertainment			Digital and Data			Total
Other intangible assets subject to amortization
Balance as of December 28, 2014	$	1,352,867		$	243,527		$	1,596,394
Acquisitions	—			44,100			44,100
Amortization (1)	(83,678		)	(13,234		)	(96,912		)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—			(2,093		)	(2,093		)
Balance as of June 30, 2015	$	1,269,189		$	272,300		$	1,541,489
Other intangible assets not subject to amortization
Balance at June 30, 2015 and December 28, 2014	$	801,400		$	—		$	801,400
Goodwill
Balance as of December 28, 2014	$	3,601,300		$	316,836		$	3,918,136
Acquisitions	—			30,631			30,631
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—			(2,286		)	(2,286		)
Balance as of June 30, 2015	$	3,601,300		$	345,181		$	3,946,481
Total goodwill and other intangible assets as of June 30, 2015	$	5,671,889		$	617,481		$	6,289,370

(1) Amortization of intangible assets includes $0.7 million related to the Television and Entertainment segment’s lease contract intangible assets and is recorded in direct operating expenses or selling, general and administrative expense, as applicable, in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Schedule Of Finite-Lived Intangible Liabilities

The Company's intangible liabilities subject to amortization consisted of the following (in thousands):

	June 30, 2015								December 28, 2014
	Gross Amount			Accumulated Amortization		Net Amount			Gross Amount			Accumulated Amortization		Net Amount
Intangible liabilities subject to amortization
Broadcast rights intangible liabilities	$	(91,279	)	$	64,723	$	(26,556	)	$	(102,373	)	$	68,059	$	(34,314	)
Lease contract intangible liabilities	(209		)	123		(86		)	(209		)	98		(111		)
Total intangible liabilities subject to amortization	$	(91,488	)	$	64,846	$	(26,642	)	$	(102,582	)	$	68,157	$	(34,425	)

Schedule Of Changes of Finite-Lived Intangible Liabilities

The net changes in the carrying amounts of intangible liabilities during the six months ended June 30, 2015 were as follows (in thousands):

	Television and Entertainment
Intangible liabilities subject to amortization
Balance as of December 28, 2014	$	(34,425	)
Amortization	7,783
Balance as of June 30, 2015	$	(26,642	)