Deferred Revenue-Right-to-use contracts and Deferred Commission Expense

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Deferred Revenue-Right-to-use contracts and Deferred Commission Expense

Deferred Revenue Entry of Right-to-Use Contracts and Deferred Commission Expense

The components of the change in deferred revenue entry of right-to-use contracts and deferred commission expense were as follows:

	As of
(amounts in thousands)	2018			2017
Deferred revenue as of December 31,	$	85,596		$	81,484
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (a)	23,387			—
Deferred revenue as of January 1,	108,983			81,484
Right-to-use contracts current period, gross	15,191			14,132
Revenue recognized from right-to-use contract upfront payments	(7,811		)	(10,020		)
Right-to-use contract upfront payments, deferred, net	7,380			4,112
Deferred revenue—upfront payments from right-to-use contracts as of December 31,	$	116,363		$	85,596
Deferred commission expense as of December 31	$	31,443		$	31,375
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (a)	8,200			—
Deferred commission expense as of January 1,	39,643			31,375
Deferred commission expense	4,274			4,577
Commission expense recognized	(3,609		)	(4,509		)
Net increase in deferred commission expense	665			68
Deferred commission expense as of December 31,	$	40,308		$	31,443

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(a) The cumulative effect adjustments resulting from the adoption of ASU 2014-09 as of January 1, 2018. See Note 2 for further details.