RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

21. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

We consider our related parties to be our officers, directors and shareholders who have direct control and/or influence over the Company as well as other parties that can significantly influence management. On June 14, 2018, AT&T acquired the outstanding shares of Warner Media. We have identified transactions with individuals or entities associated with AT&T, which is represented on our Board of Directors and holds a 44.7% voting interest in CME Ltd. (see Note 14, "Equity") as at June 30, 2018, as material related party transactions.

AT&T



	For the Three Months Ended June 30,				For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Cost of revenues	$	4,615	$	3,716	$	9,933	$	7,192
Interest expense	6,508		12,878		16,981		27,253



	June 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Programming liabilities	$	12,264	$	20,027
Other accounts payable and accrued liabilities	143		252
Accrued interest payable ⁽¹⁾	2,641		6,273
Other non-current liabilities⁽²⁾	74,035		69,620


⁽¹⁾	Amount represents accrued Guarantee Fees for which we have not yet paid in cash or made an election to pay in kind. See Note 5, "Long-term Debt and Other Financing Arrangements".


⁽²⁾	Amount represents the Commitment Fee, as well as the Guarantee Fees for which we had previously made an election to pay in kind. See Note 5, "Long-term Debt and Other Financing Arrangements".