v2.4.0.8

Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Income Taxes

Schedule of components of income (loss) before income taxes

		For the Years Ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
		(In thousands)
Domestic		$	(50,551	)	$	172,612		$	290
Foreign			16,515			22,072			25,485
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Total income (loss) before income taxes		$	(34,036	)	$	194,684		$	25,775
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Schedule of components of the benefit (provision) for income taxes

		For the Years Ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
		(In thousands)
Current benefit (provision):
Federal		$	1,118		$	21,086		$	(26,450	)
State			6,531			1,943			(291	)
Foreign			(5,992	)		(7,775	)		(3,734	)
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Total current benefit (provision)			1,657			15,254			(30,475	)
Deferred benefit (provision):
Federal			26,511			7,841			(464	)
State			10,074			(6,720	)		9,438
Foreign			(805	)		(46	)		—
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Total deferred benefit (provision)			35,780			1,075			8,974
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Total income tax benefit (provision), net		$	37,437		$	16,329		$	(21,501	)
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Schedule of income tax rate reconciliation

		For the Years Ended December 31,
		2013			2012			2011
Statutory rate			35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
State income taxes, net of Federal benefit			21.0	%		0.8	%		(4.8	)%
Dividend received deduction			—			(1.8	)%		—
Permanent differences			(10.7	)%		1.1	%		14.0	%
Tax credits			48.7	%		(5.0	)%		(12.5	)%
Valuation allowance			14.2	%		(39.0	)%		50.5	%
Other			1.8	%		0.5	%		1.2	%
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Total effective tax rate			110.0	%		(8.4	)%		83.4	%
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Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities

		As of December 31,
		2013			2012
		(In thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating losses, credit and other carryforwards		$	419,646		$	461,931
Unrealized losses on investments, net			31,067			14,757
Accrued expenses			33,215			26,438
Stock-based compensation			8,117			14,942
Other asset			12,247			2,848
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Total deferred tax assets			504,292			520,916
Valuation allowance			(79,370	)		(69,224	)
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Deferred tax assets after valuation allowance			424,922			451,692
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Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation and amortization			(841,407	)		(798,878	)
Other liabilities			(755	)		(1,454	)
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Total deferred tax liabilities			(842,162	)		(800,332	)
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Total net deferred tax liabilities		$	(417,240	)	$	(348,640	)
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Current portion of net deferred tax assets		$	69,633		$	23,317
Noncurrent portion of net deferred tax liabilities			(486,873	)		(371,957	)
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Total net deferred tax liabilities		$	(417,240	)	$	(348,640	)
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Schedule of reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits

		For the Years Ended December 31,
Unrecognized tax benefit		2013			2012			2011
		(In thousands)
Balance as of beginning of period		$	34,677		$	48,874		$	29,999
Additions from Hughes Acquisition			—			—			3,119
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year			81			158			—
Additions based on tax positions related to prior years			9,929			3,723			16,630
Reductions based on tax positions related to prior years			(1,253	)		(855	)		(874	)
Reductions based on tax settlements			(115	)		(16,587	)		—
Reductions based on expirations of statute of limitations			—			(636	)		—
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Balance as of end of period		$	43,319		$	34,677		$	48,874
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Tabular disclosure of the components of net deferred tax asset or liability recognized in an entity's statement of financial position, including the following: the total of all deferred tax liabilities, the total of all deferred tax assets, the total valuation allowance recognized for deferred tax assets.

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Tabular disclosure of the reconciliation using percentage or dollar amounts of the reported amount of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for the year to the amount of income tax expense that would result from applying domestic federal statutory tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations.

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Tabular disclosure of income before income tax between domestic and foreign jurisdictions.

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Tabular disclosure of the change in unrecognized tax benefits.

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