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RESTRUCTURING COSTS AND OTHER EXPENSE | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
RESTRUCTURING COSTS AND OTHER EXPENSE | RESTRUCTURING COSTS AND OTHER EXPENSE Restructuring Beginning in the first quarter of 2016, the Company commenced restructuring initiatives that were intended to simplify the Company's organizational structure.
The following table summarizes the activity for these initiatives during 2018: |  |
| Severance and Other Employee Related Costs |  | Facility Realignment and Other Costs |  | Total
Accrual balance at December 31, 2017 | $ | 113,474 |  |  | $ | 9,626 |  |  | $ | 123,100 |
Restructuring charges | 4,182 |  |  | 3,334 |  |  | 7,516 |
Payments and other | (65,692 | ) |  | (5,853 | ) |  | (71,545 | )
Accrual balance at June 30, 2018 | 51,964 |  |  | 7,107 |  |  | 59,071 |
Restructuring charges | 5,841 |  |  | 8,826 |  |  | 14,667 |
Payments and other | (24,991 | ) |  | (2,613 | ) |  | (27,604 | )
Accrual balance at September 30, 2018 | $ | 32,814 |  |  | $ | 13,320 |  |  | $ | 46,134 |
The Company recorded restructuring charges of $52,081 and $141,078 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 relating to these restructuring initiatives. Cumulative costs to date relating to these initiatives amounted to $327,521 and $71,162 for our Cablevision and Cequel segments, respectively. Transaction Costs The Company incurred transaction costs of $1,920 and $7,682 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 relating to the Distribution discussed in Note 1 and $1,367 and $1,687 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 related to the acquisition of a business.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2175745 + Details
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