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DERIVATIVE CONTRACTS AND COLLATERALIZED INDEBTEDNESS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Settlement of Collateralized Indebtedness [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the settlement of the Company's collateralized indebtedness relating to Comcast shares that were settled by delivering cash equal to the collateralized loan value, net of the value of the related equity derivative contracts during the nine months ended September 30, 2018:
Number of shares | 16,139,868 |
Collateralized indebtedness settled | $ | (516,537 | )
Derivatives contracts settled | 24 |
| (516,513 | )
Proceeds from new monetization contracts | 516,513 |
Net cash proceeds | $ | — |
Location of Assets and Liabilities Associated With Derivative Instruments Within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets | The following represents the location of the assets and liabilities associated with the Company's derivative instruments within the condensed consolidated balance sheets:
|  |  |  | Asset Derivatives |  | Liability Derivatives
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments |  | Balance Sheet Location |  | Fair Value at September 30, 2018 |  | Fair Value at December 31, 2017 |  | Fair Value at September 30, 2018 |  | Fair Value at December 31, 2017
Interest rate swap contracts |  | Derivative contracts, current |  | $ | 3,269 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Prepaid forward contracts |  | Derivative contracts, current |  | — |  |  | 52,545 |  |  | — |  |  | (52,545 | )
Prepaid forward contracts |  | Derivative contracts, long-term |  | 31,510 |  |  | — |  |  | (10,131 | ) |  | (109,504 | )
Interest rate swap contracts |  | Liabilities under derivative contracts, long-term |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (143,719 | ) |  | (77,902 | )
|  |  |  | $ | 34,779 |  |  | $ | 52,545 |  |  | $ | (153,850 | ) |  | $ | (239,951 | )

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