Goodwill, Other Intangible Assets And Liabilities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

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, 2016							December 31, 2015
	Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Amount		Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Amount
Other intangible assets subject to amortization
Affiliate relationships (useful life of 16 years)	$	212,000	$	(49,688	)	$	162,312	$	212,000	$	(39,750	)	$	172,250
Advertiser relationships (useful life of 8 years)	168,000		(78,750		)	89,250		168,000		(63,000		)	105,000
Network affiliation agreements (useful life of 5 to 16 years)	362,000		(123,322		)	238,678		362,000		(92,113		)	269,887
Retransmission consent agreements (useful life of 7 to 12 years)	830,100		(264,484		)	565,616		830,100		(196,955		)	633,145
Other customer relationships (useful life of 3 to 16 years)	115,729		(31,860		)	83,869		114,827		(23,315		)	91,512
Content databases (useful life of 5 to 16 years)	134,864		(31,721		)	103,143		134,299		(23,623		)	110,676
Other technology (useful life of 4 to 10 years)	47,275		(14,611		)	32,664		47,011		(9,733		)	37,278
Trade names and trademarks (useful life of 3 to15 years)	14,121		(2,511		)	11,610		13,853		(1,625		)	12,228
Other (useful life of 3 to 11 years)	14,626		(6,243		)	8,383		16,337		(5,514		)	10,823
Total	$	1,898,715	$	(603,190	)	1,295,525		$	1,898,427	$	(455,628	)	1,442,799
Other intangible assets not subject to amortization
FCC licenses						782,600							782,600
Trade name						14,800							14,800
Total other intangible assets, net						2,092,925							2,240,199
Goodwill
Television and Entertainment						3,220,300							3,220,300
Digital and Data						343,222							341,512
Total goodwill						3,563,522							3,561,812
Total goodwill and other intangible assets						$	5,656,447						$	5,802,011

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, 2016 were as follows (in thousands):

	Television and Entertainment			Digital and Data			Total
Other intangible assets subject to amortization
Balance as of December 31, 2015	$	1,185,215		$	257,584		$	1,442,799
Amortization (1)	(125,258		)	(23,786		)	(149,044		)
Balance sheet reclassifications	9			—			9
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—			1,761			1,761
Balance as of September 30, 2016	$	1,059,966		$	235,559		$	1,295,525
Other intangible assets not subject to amortization
Balance as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015	$	797,400		$	—		$	797,400
Goodwill
Gross balance as of December 31, 2015	$	3,601,300		$	341,512		$	3,942,812
Accumulated impairment losses as of December 31, 2015	(381,000		)	—			(381,000		)
Balance as of December 31, 2015	$	3,220,300		$	341,512		$	3,561,812
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—			1,710			1,710
Balance as of September 30, 2016	$	3,220,300		$	343,222		$	3,563,522
Total goodwill and other intangible assets as of September 30, 2016	$	5,077,666		$	578,781		$	5,656,447

(1) Amortization of intangible assets includes $1 million related to lease contract intangible assets and is recorded in SG&A 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):

	September 30, 2016							December 31, 2015
	Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Amount		Gross Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Amount
Intangible liabilities subject to amortization
Broadcast rights intangible liabilities	$	—	$	—		$	—	$	80,440	$	(66,729	)	$	13,711
Lease contract intangible liabilities	209		(184		)	25		209		(148		)	61
Total intangible liabilities subject to amortization	$	209	$	(184	)	$	25	$	80,649	$	(66,877	)	$	13,772

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, 2016 were as follows (in thousands):

	Television and Entertainment
Intangible liabilities subject to amortization
Balance as of December 31, 2015	$	13,772
Amortization	(11,627		)
Balance sheet reclassifications (1)	(2,120		)
Balance as of September 30, 2016	$	25

(1) Represents net reclassifications which are reflected as an increase to broadcast rights assets in the Company’s unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheet at September 30, 2016.