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Intangible Franchise Rights and Goodwill (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Countries and States [Line Items]
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived	$ 29,823	$ 30,111
Intangible Franchise Rights and Goodwill (Textual) [Abstract]
Accumulated Impairments		$ 97,800	$ 42,400

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Intangible franchise rights and goodwill.

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Amount of accumulated impairment loss for an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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The amount of impairment loss recognized in the period resulting from the write-down of the carrying amount of a finite-lived intangible asset to fair value.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
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