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Note 3 - Property, Plant and Equipment

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Notes to Financial Statements

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

3 . PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

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

		March 31 , 201 7				December 31, 2016
Cable distribution systems		$	1,069,545			$	1,048,790
Customer premise equipment			179,893				181,852
Other equipment and fixtures			371,429				359,957
Buildings and leasehold improvements			89,021				88,592
Capitalized software			87,591				83,815
Construction in progress			60,592				64,822
Land			9,612				9,612
Total property, plant and equipment			1,867,683				1,837,440
Less accumulated depreciation			(1,250,944	)			(1,217,819	)
Property, plant and equipment, net		$	616,739			$	619,621

Depreciation and amortization expense was $

38.4

million and

$34.7

million for the

three

months ended

March

31,

2017

and

2016,

respectively.

The Company's previous headquarters building

and adjoining property were held for sale at

December

31,

2016.

In

January

2017,

the Company sold a portion of this property for

$10.1

million in gross proceeds and recognized a related gain of

$6.6

million. The remaining property’s carrying value of

$4.6

million was included in Other assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as assets held for sale at

March

31,

2017.

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155823

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