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Note 4 - Property, Plant and Equipment

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

4. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):

		March 3 1 , 201 6				December 31, 201 5
Cable distribution systems		$	1,042,946			$	1,017,250
Customer premise equipment			265,355				259,678
Other equipment and fixtures			335,713				317,696
Buildings and leasehold improvements			85,538				84,503
Capitalized software			77,457				75,027
Construction in progress			61,296				89,742
Land			9,482				9,482
			1,877,787				1,853,378
Less accumulated depreciation			(1,245,095	)			(1,212,811	)
		$	632,692			$	640,567

Depreciation expense was $34.7 million and $36.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

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The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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