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Restructuring and Excess Facilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Schedule of Restructuring and Asset Impairment Charges | The following table summarizes the restructuring and related charges (in thousands):
| Year ended December 31,
| 2016 (1) |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Product cost of revenue | $ | 3,400 |  |  | $ | 113 |  |  | $ | 315 |
Operating expenses-Restructuring and related charges | 14,602 |  |  | 1,372 |  |  | 2,761 |
Total | $ | 18,002 |  |  | $ | 1,485 |  |  | $ | 3,076 |
Harmonic 2016 Restructuring Plan [Member] |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost | The following table summarizes the activity in the Company’s restructuring accrual related to the Harmonic 2016 Restructuring Plan as of December 31, 2016 (in thousands):
| Excess facilities (1) |  | VDP (2) |  | Non-VDP Severance and benefits (3) |  | Other charges |  | Total
Charges for 2016 Restructuring Plan | $ | 1,655 |  |  | $ | 13,175 |  |  | $ | 4,702 |  |  | $ | 247 |  |  | $ | 19,779 |
Adjustments to restructuring provisions | 582 |  |  | — |  |  | (88 | ) |  | (247 | ) |  | 247 |
Reclassification of deferred rent | 1,087 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,087 |
Cash payments | (948 | ) |  | (3,484 | ) |  | (3,075 | ) |  | — |  |  | (7,507 | )
Foreign exchange loss | (1 | ) |  | (41 | ) |  | (20 | ) |  | — |  |  | (62 | )
Balance at December 31, 2016 | 2,375 |  |  | 9,650 |  |  | 1,519 |  |  | — |  |  | 13,544 |
Less: current portion (4) | (1,085 | ) |  | (6,597 | ) |  | (1,519 | ) |  | — |  |  | (9,201 | )
Long-term portion (4) | $ | 1,290 |  |  | $ | 3,053 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4,343 |
(1) In December 2016, the Company also exited from an excess facility at its office in Paris, France and recorded $0.2 million of facility exit costs. This liability will be fully paid in the first quarter of 2017. (2) See discussion on TVN VDP above for future estimated payments under the TVN VDP through 2020. (3) The Company anticipates that the remaining severance and benefits (non-TVN VDP related) accrual at December 31, 2016 will be fully paid by the first quarter of 2017. (4) The current portion and long-term portion of the restructuring liability are reported under “Accrued and other current liabilities” and “Other non-current liabilities”, respectively, on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Harmonic 2015 Restructuring [Member] |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost | The following table summarizes the activities in the Harmonic 2015 restructuring accrual during the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):
| Termination of an information technology ("IT") project |  | Severance and benefits |  | Termination of a research and development project |  | Other charges |  | Total
Charges for 2015 Restructuring Plan | $ | 1,138 |  |  | $ | 599 |  |  | $ | 307 |  |  | $ | 125 |  |  | $ | 2,169 |
Cash payments | — |  |  | (294 | ) |  | (307 | ) |  | — |  |  | (601 | )
Non-cash write-offs | (1,138 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (108 | ) |  | (1,246 | )
Balance at December 31, 2014 | — |  |  | 305 |  |  | — |  |  | 17 |  |  | 322 |
Charges for 2015 Restructuring Plan | — |  |  | 1,413 |  |  | — |  |  | 204 |  |  | 1,617 |
Adjustments to restructuring provisions | — |  |  | (126 | ) |  | — |  |  | (6 | ) |  | (132 | )
Cash payments | — |  |  | (1,328 | ) |  | — |  |  | (13 | ) |  | (1,341 | )
Non-cash write-offs | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (202 | ) |  | (202 | )
Balance at December 31, 2015 | — |  |  | 264 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 264 |
Adjustments to restructuring provisions | — |  |  | (70 | ) |  | — |  |  |  |  | (70 | )
Cash payments | — |  |  | (194 | ) |  | — |  |  |  |  | (194 | )
Balance at December 31, 2016 | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Harmonic 2013 Restructuring [Member] |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost | The following table summarizes the activities in the Harmonic 2013 restructuring accrual during the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):
| Severance |  | Impairment of Leasehold Improvement |  | Obsolete Inventories |  | Termination of a Research and Development Project |  | Excess Facilities |  | Total
Charges for 2013 Restructuring Plan | $ | 1,663 |  |  | $ | 101 |  |  | $ | 404 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,168 |
Adjustments to restructuring provisions | 29 |  |  | 48 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 77 |
Cash payments | (1,513 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1,513 | )
Non-cash write-offs | — |  |  | (149 | ) |  | (404 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (553 | )
Balance at December 31, 2013 | 179 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 179 |
Charges for 2013 Restructuring Plan | 829 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 63 |  |  | 32 |  |  | 924 |
Adjustments to restructuring provisions | (17 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (17 | )
Cash payments | (991 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (63 | ) |  | (32 | ) |  | (1,086 | )
Balance at December 31, 2014 | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
TVN [Member] | TVN Voluntary Departure Plan [Member] |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Restructuring estimated future payments by years | The table below shows the estimated future payments for TVN VDP as of December 31, 2016 (in thousands):
Years ending December 31, |
2017 | $ | 6,757 |
2018 | 3,021 |
2019 | 1,492 |
2020 | 696 |
Total | $ | 11,966 |

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