RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

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 49.4% voting interest in CME Ltd. as at March 31, 2016, as material related party transactions.

Time Warner



	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016		2015
Net revenues	$	—	$	22
Cost of revenues	6,696		2,299
Interest expense	41,505		29,166



	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Programming liabilities	$	13,950	$	14,583
Other accounts payable and accrued liabilities	84		53
Long-term debt and other financing arrangements ^{(1) (2)}	335,813		324,979
Accrued interest payable ^{(2) (3)}	38,038		5,781
Other non-current liabilities⁽⁴⁾	16,611		31,895


⁽¹⁾	Amount represents the principal amount outstanding of the 2017 PIK Notes held by Time Warner and the amounts outstanding on the 2017 Term Loan and 2021 Revolving Credit Facility, if drawn, less respective issuance discounts and debt issuance costs, including interest for which we made an election to pay in kind.


⁽²⁾	On April 7, 2016, we drew the 2021 Euro Term Loan and applied the proceeds, together with cash on hand, towards the repayment of the 2017 Term Loan plus accrued interest and the redemption and discharge of the 2017 PIK Notes plus accrued interest. See Note 21, "Subsequent Events".


⁽³⁾	Amount represents the accrued interest on the principal amount of the outstanding 2017 PIK Notes held by Time Warner, which is payable in kind in arrears until November 15, 2015, and on the outstanding balance of the 2017 Term Loan and the 2021 Revolving Credit Facility, if drawn.


⁽⁴⁾	Amount represents the Commitment Fee, as well as the Guarantee Fees for which we have made an election to pay in kind. See Note 4, "Long-term Debt and Other Financing Arrangements".

- Definition

The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

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