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Segment Data
6 Months Ended
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