Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

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, 2019							December 31, 2018
	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	$	(86,125	)	$	125,875	$	212,000	$	(79,500	)	$	132,500
Advertiser relationships (useful life of 8 years)	168,000		(136,500		)	31,500		168,000		(126,000		)	42,000
Network affiliation agreements (useful life of 11 to 16 years)	228,700		(91,154		)	137,546		228,700		(83,649		)	145,051
Retransmission consent agreements (useful life of 7 to 12 years)	830,100		(512,092		)	318,008		830,100		(467,073		)	363,027
Other (useful life of 5 to 15 years)	8,909		(3,224		)	5,685		16,015		(8,137		)	7,878
Total	$	1,447,709	$	(829,095	)	618,614		$	1,454,815	$	(764,359	)	690,456
Other intangible assets not subject to amortization
FCC licenses						737,200							737,200
Trade name						14,800							14,800
Total other intangible assets, net						1,370,614							1,442,456
Goodwill						3,228,547							3,228,601
Total goodwill and other intangible assets						$	4,599,161						$	4,671,057

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

The changes in the carrying amounts of intangible assets, which are in the Company’s Television and Entertainment segment, during the six months ended June 30, 2019 were as follows (in thousands):

Other intangible assets subject to amortization
Balance as of December 31, 2018	$	690,456
Amortization	(70,039		)
Balance sheet reclassifications (1)	(1,762		)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(41		)
Balance as of June 30, 2019	$	618,614
Other intangible assets not subject to amortization
Balance as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018	$	752,000
Goodwill
Gross balance as of December 31, 2018	$	3,609,601
Accumulated impairment losses at December 31, 2018	(381,000		)
Balance as of December 31, 2018	3,228,601
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(54		)
Balance as of June 30, 2019	$	3,228,547
Total goodwill and other intangible assets as of June 30, 2019	$	4,599,161

(1) Balance sheet reclassifications include $2 million of lease contract intangible assets that were reclassified to operating lease right-of-use assets in the Company’s unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets on January 1, 2019 upon implementation of ASU No. 2016-02. See Note 3 for additional information.