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OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Analysis of income and expense [abstract] |
OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE | OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE
|  | Years ended December 31 |
(In millions of dollars) | Note |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
(Income) losses from associates and joint ventures | 17 |  | (14 | ) | 216 |
Net loss on divestitures pertaining to investments |  | — |  | 11 |
Other investment income |  | (5 | ) | (36 | )
Total other (income) expense |  | (19 | ) | 191 |
In 2016, we announced the decision to wind down our shomi joint venture. As a result of that decision, we recognized a net loss of $140 million, which was recorded in losses from associates and joint ventures, associated with the writedown of the investment and the estimated cost of our share of the remaining contractual obligations of shomi (most significantly video content costs). In 2017, we recognized a $20 million provision reversal related to the wind-down of shomi, which accompanied the windup of the partnership (see note 17). This reversal was recorded in income from associates and joint ventures (see note 19).

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