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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
    RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
We consider our related parties to be those shareholders who have direct control and/or influence and other parties that can significantly influence management as well as our officers and directors; a “connected” party is one in relation to whom we are aware of the existence of a family or business connection to a shareholder, director or officer. We have identified transactions with individuals or entities associated with Time Warner, who is represented on our Board of Directors and holds a 49.6% voting interest in CME Ltd. as at June 30, 2014, as material related party transactions.
Related Party Transactions
Time Warner
 
For the Three Months Ended June 30,
 
For the Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2014

 
2013

 
2014

 
2013

Purchases of programming
$
4,069

 
$
20,611

 
$
10,787

 
$
35,156

Sales
14

 
19

 
18

 
60

Interest expense
18,501

 

 
18,501

 

 
June 30, 2014

 
December 31, 2013

Programming liabilities
$
78,053

 
$
70,371

Other accounts payable and accrued liabilities
364

 

Accounts receivable, gross
185

 
168

Long-term debt and other financing arrangements (1)
206,448

 

Accrued interest payable (2)
8,316

 


(1)
Amount represents the principal amount outstanding of the 2017 PIK Notes held by Time Warner and the amounts drawn on the 2017 Term Loan, less respective issuance discounts, plus interest for which we made an election to pay in-kind.
(2)
Amount represents the accrued interest on the principal amount of the outstanding 2017 PIK Notes held by Time Warner and the outstanding balance of the 2017 Term Loan which the Company may elect to pay in cash or in-kind.