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INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 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:
| September 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 |  |  | $ | (1,979,595 | ) |  | $ | 3,991,289 |  |  | $ | 5,970,884 |  |  | $ | (1,409,021 | ) |  | $ | 4,561,863 |  |  | 8 to 18 years
Trade names | 1,067,083 |  |  | (678,248 | ) |  | 388,835 |  |  | 1,067,083 |  |  | (588,574 | ) |  | 478,509 |  |  | 2 to 5 years
Other amortizable intangibles | 37,644 |  |  | (16,772 | ) |  | 20,872 |  |  | 37,060 |  |  | (10,978 | ) |  | 26,082 |  |  | 1 to 15 years
| $ | 7,075,611 |  |  | $ | (2,674,615 | ) |  | $ | 4,400,996 |  |  | $ | 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:
| September 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 | 5,873,716 |  |  | 2,138,700 |  |  | 8,012,416 |  |  | 5,866,120 |  |  | 2,153,741 |  |  | 8,019,861 |
Total | $ | 13,987,291 |  |  | $ | 7,045,206 |  |  | $ | 21,032,497 |  |  | $ | 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 |
Goodwill recorded in Cablevision segment in connection with an acquisition during the third quarter of 2018 | 7,608 |
Adjustment to Cablevision segment 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 September 30, 2018 | $ | 8,012,416 |

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