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Investments in Other Equity Securities | 3 Months Ended
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Apr. 03, 2015
Investments, All Other Investments [Abstract] |
Investments in Equity Securities | INVESTMENTS IN OTHER EQUITY SECURITIES From time to time, the Company may acquire certain equity investments for the promotion of business objectives and these investments are classified as long-term investments and included in "Other assets" in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. On September 2, 2014, the Company acquired a 3.3% interest in Vislink plc (“Vislink”), a U.K. public company listed on the AIM exchange, for $3.3 million, and also made a $3.3 million prepayment for future software license purchases. The investment in Vislink is being accounted for as a cost method investment as the Company does not have significant influence over the operational and financial policies of Vislink. Since the Vislink investment is also an available-for-sale security, its value is marked to market for the difference in fair value at period end. As of April 3, 2015, the carrying value of Vislink was $3.1 million and the accumulated unrealized loss of $0.2 million, net of taxes, on the Vislink investment is included in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as a component of “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)”. As of April 3, 2015, the balance of the prepayment to Vislink for future software license purchase was $1.1 million and it was included in “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. The Company determined that there were no impairment indicators existing at April 3, 2015 that would indicate that the Vislink investment was impaired and the Company believes the decline in the fair value of the Vislink investment is temporary. As of April 3, 2015, the Company's maximum exposure to loss from the Vislink investment was limited to its initial investment cost of $3.3 million. As of December 31, 2014, the carrying value of Vislink was $2.6 million and the accumulated unrealized loss, net of taxes, was $0.7 million. Unconsolidated Variable Interest Entities (“VIE”) VJU On September 26, 2014, the Company acquired a 19.8% interest in VJU iTV Development GmbH (“VJU”), a software company based in Austria, for $2.5 million. Since VJU's equity is deemed not sufficient to permit it to finance its activities without additional support from its shareholders, VJU is considered a variable interest entity (“VIE”). The Company determined that it is not the primary beneficiary of VJU because its financial interest in VJU's equity and its research and development agreement with VJU do not empower the Company to direct VJU's activities that will most significantly impact VJU's economic performance. VJU is accounted for as a cost method investment as the Company does not have significant influence over the operational and financial policies of VJU. The Company attended a VJU board meeting on March 5, 2015 as an observer. At that meeting, the Company was made aware of significant decreases in VJU's business prospects, VJU’S existing working capital and prospects for additional funding, compared to the prior information the Company had received from VJU. Based on the Company’s assessment, the Company determined that its investment in VJU was impaired on an other-than-temporary basis. Factors considered included the severity of the impairment and recent events specific to VJU. Based on the Company's assessment of VJU's expected cash flows, the entire investment is expected to be non-recoverable. As a result, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $2.5 million in the first quarter of 2015. The Company's impairment loss in VJU is limited to its initial cost of investment of $2.5 million as well as the $0.1 million research and development cost expensed in September 2014. EDC On October 22, 2014, the Company acquired an 18.4% interest in Encoding.com, Inc. (“EDC”), a video transcoding service company headquartered in San Francisco, California, for $3.5 million by purchasing EDC's Series B preferred stock. Since EDC's equity is deemed not sufficient to permit it to finance its activities without additional support from its shareholders, EDC is considered a VIE. The Company determined that it is not the primary beneficiary of EDC because its financial interest in EDC's equity does not empower the Company to direct EDC's activities that will most significantly impact EDC's economic performance. In addition, the Company determined that its investment in EDC's Series B preferred stock does not have the risk and reward characteristics that are substantially similar to EDC’s common stock. Therefore, Harmonic does not hold an investment in EDC’s common stock or in-substance common stock. According to the applicable accounting guidance, the EDC investment is accounted for as a cost-method investment. The following table presents the carrying values and maximum exposure of the unconsolidated VIEs as of April 3, 2015 (in thousands):
| Carrying Value |  | Maximum exposure to loss(1)
VJU | — |  |  | — |
EDC(2) | 3,593 |  |  | 3,593 |
Total | $ | 3,593 |  |  | $ | 3,593 |
(1) The Company did not provide financial support to any of its unconsolidated VIEs and as of April 3, 2015, there were no explicit arrangements or implicit variable interests that could require the Company to provide financial support to any of its unconsolidated VIEs. (2) The Company's maximum exposure to loss with respect to EDC as of April 3, 2015 was limited to a total investment cost of $3.6 million, including $0.1 million of transaction costs. Each reporting period, the Company reviews all of its unconsolidated VIE investments to determine whether there are any reconsideration events that may result in the Company being a primary beneficiary of the unconsolidated VIE which would then require the Company to consolidate the VIE. The Company also reviews all of its cost-method investments in each reporting period to determine whether a significant event of change in circumstances has occurred that may have an adverse effect on the fair value of each investment.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for investments accounted for under the cost-method. The carrying amount of such investments may be adjusted, for example, distributions in excess of cost (return of capital) or for other-than-temporary impairments. The cost method and lower-of-cost or market, an adaptation of the cost method, is generally followed for most investments in noncontrolled corporations, in some corporate joint ventures, and to a lesser extent in unconsolidated subsidiaries in which the entity does not have the ability to exercise significant influence. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 325 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6872867&loc=d3e40691-111596 + Details
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