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Revenues (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2018	Jan. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]
Contract with Customer, Refund Liability		$ 1,500
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable, Current	$ 4,932		$ 9,909
allowance for fallouts and billing adjustments			$ 3,100

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allowance for fallouts and billing adjustments

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A valuation allowance for trade and other receivables due to an Entity within one year (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer) that are expected to be uncollectible.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Amount of liability for consideration received or receivable from customer which is not included in transaction price, when consideration is expected to be refunded to customer.

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