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INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class | The following table summarizes information relating to the Company's acquired amortizable intangible assets:
| June 30, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017 |  |
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |  | Estimated Useful Lives
Customer relationships | $ | 5,970,884 |  |  | $ | (1,797,079 | ) |  | $ | 4,173,805 |  |  | $ | 5,970,884 |  |  | $ | (1,409,021 | ) |  | $ | 4,561,863 |  |  | 8 to 18 years
Trade names | 1,067,083 |  |  | (654,498 | ) |  | 412,585 |  |  | 1,067,083 |  |  | (588,574 | ) |  | 478,509 |  |  | 2 to 5 years
Other amortizable intangibles | 37,060 |  |  | (14,865 | ) |  | 22,195 |  |  | 37,060 |  |  | (10,978 | ) |  | 26,082 |  |  | 1 to 15 years
| $ | 7,075,027 |  |  | $ | (2,466,442 | ) |  | $ | 4,608,585 |  |  | $ | 7,075,027 |  |  | $ | (2,008,573 | ) |  | $ | 5,066,454 |  |  |
Schedule of Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets | The following table summarizes information relating to the Company's acquired indefinite-lived intangible assets:
| June 30, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
| Cablevision |  | Cequel |  | Total |  | Cablevision |  | Cequel |  | Total
Cable television franchises | $ | 8,113,575 |  |  | $ | 4,906,506 |  |  | $ | 13,020,081 |  |  | $ | 8,113,575 |  |  | $ | 4,906,506 |  |  | $ | 13,020,081 |
Goodwill | 5,866,108 |  |  | 2,138,700 |  |  | 8,004,808 |  |  | 5,866,120 |  |  | 2,153,741 |  |  | 8,019,861 |
Total | $ | 13,979,683 |  |  | $ | 7,045,206 |  |  | $ | 21,024,889 |  |  | $ | 13,979,695 |  |  | $ | 7,060,247 |  |  | $ | 21,039,942 |
Schedule of Goodwill | The carrying amount of goodwill is presented below:
Gross goodwill as of December 31, 2017, as reported | $ | 7,996,760 |
ATS goodwill included in Cablevision segment (See Note 3 for further details) | 23,101 |
Gross goodwill as of December 31, 2017, as adjusted | 8,019,861 |
Adjustment to purchase accounting relating to business acquired in fourth quarter of 2017 | (12 | )
Reclassification of Cequel segment goodwill to property, plant and equipment | (15,041 | )
Net goodwill as of June 30, 2018 | $ | 8,004,808 |

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