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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to Operating Income (Loss) | The Company has presented the components that reconcile Adjusted EBITDA to operating income, an accepted GAAP measure:
| Three Months Ended September 30, 2018 |  | Three Months Ended September 30, 2017
| Cablevision |  | Cequel |  | Total |  | Cablevision |  | Cequel |  | Total
Operating income (loss) | $ | 340,455 |  |  | $ | 165,103 |  |  | $ | 505,558 |  |  | $ | (3,103 | ) |  | $ | 123,678 |  |  | $ | 120,575 |
Share-based compensation | 9,038 |  |  | 3,289 |  |  | 12,327 |  |  | 11,555 |  |  | 3,450 |  |  | 15,005 |
Restructuring and other expense | 14,122 |  |  | 2,465 |  |  | 16,587 |  |  | 35,364 |  |  | 18,084 |  |  | 53,448 |
Depreciation and amortization (including impairments) | 378,549 |  |  | 157,504 |  |  | 536,053 |  |  | 656,122 |  |  | 167,164 |  |  | 823,286 |
Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 742,164 |  |  | $ | 328,361 |  |  | $ | 1,070,525 |  |  | $ | 699,938 |  |  | $ | 312,376 |  |  | $ | 1,012,314 |
Reconciliation of Reportable Segment Amounts to Cablevision's and CSC Holdings' Consolidated Balances | A reconciliation of reportable segment amounts to the Company's condensed consolidated balances are as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Operating income for reportable segments | $ | 505,558 |  |  | $ | 120,575 |  |  | $ | 1,153,655 |  |  | $ | 623,953 |
Items excluded from operating income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense | (389,594 | ) |  | (379,066 | ) |  | (1,157,395 | ) |  | (1,232,730 | )
Interest income | 1,427 |  |  | 961 |  |  | 9,843 |  |  | 1,373 |
Gain (loss) on investments and sale of affiliate interests, net | 111,684 |  |  | (18,900 | ) |  | (182,031 | ) |  | 169,888 |
Gain (loss) on derivative contracts, net | (79,628 | ) |  | (16,763 | ) |  | 130,883 |  |  | (154,270 | )
Gain (loss) on interest rate swap contracts | (19,554 | ) |  | 1,051 |  |  | (64,405 | ) |  | 12,539 |
Loss on extinguishment of debt and write-off of deferred financing costs | — |  |  | (38,858 | ) |  | (41,616 | ) |  | (600,240 | )
Other expense, net | (186 | ) |  | (2,984 | ) |  | (12,473 | ) |  | (9,019 | )
Income (loss) before income taxes | $ | 129,707 |  |  | $ | (333,984 | ) |  | $ | (163,539 | ) |  | $ | (1,188,506 | )
Schedule of Revenue by Products and Services and Segments | The following tables present the composition of revenue by reportable segment:
| Three Months Ended September 30, 2018 |  | Three Months Ended September 30, 2017
| Cablevision |  | Cequel |  | Eliminations (a) |  | Total |  | Cablevision |  | Cequel |  | Eliminations (a) |  | Total
Residential: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay TV | $ | 783,252 |  |  | $ | 271,415 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,054,667 |  |  | $ | 798,583 |  |  | $ | 271,363 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,069,946 |
Broadband | 457,709 |  |  | 272,198 |  |  | — |  |  | 729,907 |  |  | 416,972 |  |  | 241,306 |  |  | — |  |  | 658,278 |
Telephony | 130,494 |  |  | 30,857 |  |  | — |  |  | 161,351 |  |  | 140,830 |  |  | 31,649 |  |  | — |  |  | 172,479 |
Business services and wholesale | 242,305 |  |  | 101,888 |  |  | — |  |  | 344,193 |  |  | 230,200 |  |  | 94,442 |  |  | — |  |  | 324,642 |
Advertising | 105,719 |  |  | 18,107 |  |  | (760 | ) |  | 123,066 |  |  | 72,316 |  |  | 17,456 |  |  | (480 | ) |  | 89,292 |
Other | 2,209 |  |  | 2,408 |  |  | — |  |  | 4,617 |  |  | 2,458 |  |  | 5,426 |  |  | — |  |  | 7,884 |
Total Revenue | $ | 1,721,688 |  |  | $ | 696,873 |  |  | $ | (760 | ) |  | $ | 2,417,801 |  |  | $ | 1,661,359 |  |  | $ | 661,642 |  |  | $ | (480 | ) |  | $ | 2,322,521 |
| Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018 |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017
| Cablevision |  | Cequel |  | Eliminations (a) |  | Total |  | Cablevision |  | Cequel |  | Eliminations (a) |  | Total
Residential: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pay TV | $ | 2,313,229 |  |  | $ | 809,550 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,122,779 |  |  | $ | 2,397,233 |  |  | $ | 827,754 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,224,987 |
Broadband | 1,347,486 |  |  | 796,244 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,143,730 |  |  | 1,218,504 |  |  | 708,312 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,926,816 |
Telephony | 399,714 |  |  | 91,174 |  |  | — |  |  | 490,888 |  |  | 432,710 |  |  | 98,991 |  |  | — |  |  | 531,701 |
Business services and wholesale | 713,240 |  |  | 301,431 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,014,671 |  |  | 689,708 |  |  | 277,995 |  |  | — |  |  | 967,703 |
Advertising | 276,343 |  |  | 53,541 |  |  | (9,338 | ) |  | 320,546 |  |  | 216,250 |  |  | 54,384 |  |  | (480 | ) |  | 270,154 |
Other | 8,697 |  |  | 10,357 |  |  | — |  |  | 19,054 |  |  | 8,467 |  |  | 17,314 |  |  | — |  |  | 25,781 |
Total Revenue | $ | 5,058,709 |  |  | $ | 2,062,297 |  |  | $ | (9,338 | ) |  | $ | 7,111,668 |  |  | $ | 4,962,872 |  |  | $ | 1,984,750 |  |  | $ | (480 | ) |  | $ | 6,947,142 |
(a) Reflects revenue recognized by Cablevision from the sale of services to Cequel.
Capital Expenditures by Reportable Segment | Capital expenditures (cash basis) by reportable segment are presented below:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Cablevision | $ | 217,326 |  |  | $ | 180,287 |  |  | $ | 554,483 |  |  | $ | 505,852 |
Cequel | 117,201 |  |  | 75,042 |  |  | 278,341 |  |  | 213,067 |
| $ | 334,527 |  |  | $ | 255,329 |  |  | $ | 832,824 |  |  | $ | 718,919 |

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