Share-Based Payments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Share-based Compensation [Abstract]

Summary Of Share Based Payments

Certain information regarding our share-based payments is as follows:

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	September 30,					September 30,
Dollars in thousands	2015		2014			2015		2014
Share-based payments expense:
Share-based compensation - stock options	$	57	$	163		$	238	$	619
Share-based compensation - restricted stock	3,566		3,115			8,164		9,472
Share-based payments for content arrangements	1,241		(29		)	3,723		2
Total share-based payments expense	$	4,864	$	3,249		$	12,125	$	10,093
Tax benefit on share-based payments expense	$	1,888	$	1,246		$	4,696	$	3,873

	September 30, 2015
Dollars in thousands	Unrecognized Share-Based Payments Expense		Weighted-Average Remaining Life
Unrecognized share-based payments expense:
Share-based compensation - stock options	$	202	1.2 years
Share-based compensation - restricted stock	20,656		2.4 years
Share-based payments for content arrangements	894		0.5 years
Total unrecognized share-based payments expense	$	21,752

Summary of Stock Option Activity

The following table presents a summary of stock option activity for 2015:

Shares in thousands	Options		Weighted Average Exercise Price
Outstanding, December 31, 2014	128		$	52.59
Granted	—		—
Exercised	(49	)	52.10
Canceled, expired, or forfeited	(24	)	53.99
Outstanding, September 30, 2015	55		52.40

Schedule Of Information Regarding Stock Options Outstanding

Certain information regarding stock options outstanding as of September 30, 2015, is as follows:

	Options
Shares and intrinsic value in thousands	Outstanding		Exercisable
Number	55		39
Weighted average per share exercise price	$	52.40	$	51.67
Aggregate intrinsic value	$	284	$	240
Weighted average remaining contractual term (in years)	6.58		6.34

Summary of Restricted Stock Award Activity

The following table presents a summary of restricted stock award activity for 2015:

Shares in thousands	Restricted Stock Awards		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Non-vested, December 31, 2014	609		$	62.35
Granted	325		67.04
Vested	(180	)	59.31
Forfeited	(201	)	65.22
Non-vested, September 30, 2015	553		65.88

Schedule of Information Related to Share Based Payments for content Arrangements

Information related to the shares of restricted stock granted as part of these agreements as of September 30, 2015, is as follows:

Whole shares	Granted	Vested	Unvested
Paramount(1)	350,000	350,000	—

(1) Includes 95,000 shares that vested on January 1, 2015.

Schedule of Expected Amortization Expense of Share-Based Compensation

The expected future recognition of expense associated with the rights to receive cash as of September 30, 2015 is as follows:

Dollars in thousands	Expected Expense
Remainder of 2015	$	639
2016	2,156
2017	335
Remaining total expected expense	$	3,130