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Segment Data | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Data | Segment Data The Company's operating segments are also its reportable segments and are comprised of the following:
• | United States: Includes sales, installation, and monitoring for residential, business, and health customers in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, as well as corporate and other operating expenses associated with support functions in the U.S.
• | Canada: Includes sales, installation, and monitoring for residential, business, and health customers in Canada, as well as operating expenses associated with certain support functions in Canada.
The Company's CODM evaluates segment performance based on several factors, of which the primary financial measures are revenue and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA"). Revenue is attributed to individual countries based upon the operating entity that records the transaction. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income adjusted for interest, taxes, and certain non-cash items including depreciation of subscriber system assets and other fixed assets, amortization of deferred costs and deferred revenue associated with customer acquisitions, and amortization of dealer and other intangible assets. Adjusted EBITDA is also adjusted to exclude charges and gains related to the Merger, acquisitions, integrations, restructurings, impairments, and other income or charges. Such items are excluded to eliminate the impact of items that management does not consider indicative of the Company's core operating performance and/or business trends of the Company. All discussions and amounts reported below, including the prior year period, are based on the new segment structure. There is no impact on the previously reported condensed and consolidated balance sheet, statement of operations, or statement of cash flows. Segment results for the quarters and six months ended March 31, 2016 and March 27, 2015 are as follows ($ in millions):
| For the Quarters Ended |  | For the Six Months Ended
| March 31, 2016 |  | March 27, 2015 |  | March 31, 2016 |  | March 27, 2015
Revenue: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 837 |  |  | $ | 820 |  |  | $ | 1,673 |  |  | $ | 1,631 |
Canada(1) | 62 |  |  | 70 |  |  | 126 |  |  | 146 |
Total | $ | 899 |  |  | $ | 890 |  |  | $ | 1,799 |  |  | $ | 1,777 |
Adjusted EBITDA: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 442 |  |  | $ | 412 |  |  | $ | 871 |  |  | $ | 834 |
Canada(1) | 26 |  |  | 32 |  |  | 54 |  |  | 63 |
Total | $ | 468 |  |  | $ | 444 |  |  | $ | 925 |  |  | $ | 897 |
Depreciation and Amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 311 |  |  | $ | 291 |  |  | $ | 617 |  |  | $ | 576 |
Canada(1) | 21 |  |  | 22 |  |  | 42 |  |  | 46 |
Total | $ | 332 |  |  | $ | 313 |  |  | $ | 659 |  |  | $ | 622 |
(1) Results include the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
The Company's CODM does not evaluate the performance of the Company's assets on a segment basis for internal management reporting. Therefore, such information is not presented. The following table sets forth a reconciliation of segment Adjusted EBITDA to the Company's consolidated income before income taxes for the quarters and six months ended March 31, 2016 and March 27, 2015 ($ in millions):
| For the Quarters Ended |  | For the Six Months Ended
| March 31, 2016 |  | March 27, 2015 |  | March 31, 2016 |  | March 27, 2015
Income before income taxes | $ | 90 |  |  | $ | 100 |  |  | $ | 182 |  |  | $ | 208 |
Interest expense, net | 53 |  |  | 51 |  |  | 106 |  |  | 101 |
Depreciation and intangible asset amortization | 294 |  |  | 278 |  |  | 583 |  |  | 553 |
Amortization of deferred subscriber acquisition costs | 38 |  |  | 35 |  |  | 76 |  |  | 69 |
Amortization of deferred subscriber acquisition revenue | (43 | ) |  | (40 | ) |  | (86 | ) |  | (80 | )
Restructuring and other | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 4 |
Merger, acquisition, and integration costs | 8 |  |  | — |  |  | 9 |  |  | 1 |
Radio conversion costs | 26 |  |  | 19 |  |  | 50 |  |  | 42 |
Separation related other income | — |  |  | (1 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1 | )
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 468 |  |  | $ | 444 |  |  | $ | 925 |  |  | $ | 897 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 33 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8971-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8595-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8924-108599 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e8906-108599 + Details
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