Goodwill, Other Intangible Assets And Intangible Liabilities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 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):

	September 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	$	(36,438	)	$	175,562	$	212,000	$	(26,500	)	$	185,500
Advertiser relationships (useful life of 8 years)	168,000		(57,750		)	110,250		168,000		(42,000		)	126,000
Network affiliation agreements (useful lives of 5 to 16 years)	362,000		(81,710		)	280,290		362,000		(50,485		)	311,515
Retransmission consent agreements (useful lives of 7 to 12 years)	830,100		(174,445		)	655,655		830,100		(106,897		)	723,203
Other customer relationships (useful lives of 3 to 16 years)	115,341		(20,529		)	94,812		99,528		(12,632		)	86,896
Content databases (useful lives of 5 to 16 years)	135,307		(20,947		)	114,360		122,400		(13,001		)	109,399
Other technology (useful lives of 4 to 10 years)	47,550		(8,266		)	39,284		41,385		(4,022		)	37,363
Trade names and trademarks (useful lives of 3 to15 years)	14,020		(1,339		)	12,681		9,300		(597		)	8,703
Other (useful lives of 3 to 11 years)	16,402		(4,663		)	11,739		10,770		(2,955		)	7,815
Total	$	1,900,720	$	(406,087	)	1,494,633		$	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						2,296,033							2,397,794
Goodwill
Television and Entertainment						3,601,300							3,601,300
Digital and Data						343,965							316,836
Total goodwill						3,945,265							3,918,136
Total goodwill and other intangible assets						$	6,241,298						$	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 nine months ended September 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 (1)	—			49,100			49,100
Amortization (2)	(125,499		)	(21,543		)	(147,042		)
Balance sheet reclassifications (3)	(331		)	—			(331		)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—			(3,488		)	(3,488		)
Balance as of September 30, 2015	$	1,227,037		$	267,596		$	1,494,633
Other intangible assets not subject to amortization
Balance at September 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	—			30,657			30,657
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—			(3,528		)	(3,528		)
Balance as of September 30, 2015	$	3,601,300		$	343,965		$	3,945,265
Total goodwill and other intangible assets as of September 30, 2015	$	5,629,737		$	611,561		$	6,241,298

(1) Acquisitions include the purchase of certain intellectual property on July 1, 2015 for $5 million which will be amortized over a three year period. See Note 3 for additional information on other acquisitions.

(2) Amortization of intangible assets includes $1 million related to 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.

(3) Represents net reclassifications which are reflected as an increase to broadcast rights assets in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2015.

Schedule Of Finite-Lived Intangible Liabilities

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

	September 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	$	80,440	$	(62,253	)	$	18,187	$	102,373	$	(68,059	)	$	34,314
Lease contract intangible liabilities	209		(136		)	73		209		(98		)	111
Total intangible liabilities subject to amortization	$	80,649	$	(62,389	)	$	18,260	$	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 nine months ended September 30, 2015 were as follows (in thousands):

	Television and Entertainment
Intangible liabilities subject to amortization
Balance as of December 28, 2014	$	34,425
Amortization	(11,896		)
Balance sheet reclassifications (1)	(4,269		)
Balance as of September 30, 2015	$	18,260

(1) Represents net reclassifications which are reflected as an increase to broadcast rights assets in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2015.