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Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Schedule of Components of System Assets | The gross carrying amount, accumulated depreciation, and net carrying amount of the Company’s subscriber system assets as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 were as follows:
(in thousands) | June 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Gross carrying amount | $ | 4,599,997 |  |  | $ | 4,304,279 |
Accumulated depreciation | (1,670,485 | ) |  | (1,396,578 | )
Subscriber system assets, net | $ | 2,929,512 |  |  | $ | 2,907,701 |
Schedule of Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities | Accrued expenses and other current liabilities as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 consisted of the following:
(in thousands) | June 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Accrued interest | $ | 89,651 |  |  | $ | 85,046 |
Payroll-related accruals | 92,679 |  |  | 105,089 |
Other accrued liabilities | 263,583 |  |  | 207,944 |
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | $ | 445,913 |  |  | $ | 398,079 |
Schedule of Carrying Values and Estimated Fair Values of Debt Instruments and Securities | The carrying value and fair value of the Company’s long-term debt instruments that are subject to fair value disclosures as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 were as follows:
| June 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
(in thousands) | Carrying Value |  | Fair Value |  | Carrying Value |  | Fair Value
Debt instruments, excluding capital lease obligations | $ | 9,729,534 |  |  | $ | 10,055,474 |  |  | $ | 9,952,385 |  |  | $ | 9,828,274 |
Impact of New Accounting Pronouncements on Financial Statements | The net impact of the adoption to the line items in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet was as follows:
(in thousands) |  | December 31, 2018 |  | Lease Standard Adoption Adjustment |  | January 1, 2019
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |  | $ | 129,811 |  |  | $ | (885 | ) |  | $ | 128,926 |
Intangible assets, net |  | 7,488,194 |  |  | (658 | ) |  | 7,487,536 |
Other assets |  | 120,279 |  |  | 125,170 |  |  | 245,449 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |  | 398,079 |  |  | 29,460 |  |  | 427,539 |
Other liabilities |  | 140,604 |  |  | 94,167 |  |  | 234,771 |
Schedule of Cash and Cash Equivalents | The following table provides a reconciliation of the amount of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents reported within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets to the total of the same such amounts shown in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows:
(in thousands) | June 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 43,052 |  |  | $ | 363,177 |
Restricted cash and cash equivalents in prepaid expenses and other current assets | 1,000 |  |  | 3,985 |
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 44,052 |  |  | $ | 367,162 |

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