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Note 7 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements |
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block] |
7. | GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
The carrying amount of goodwill at both March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 was $172.1 million and reflected $87.2 million of goodwill associated with the NewWave acquisition. The Company has not historically recorded any impairment of goodwill. Intangible assets (excluding goodwill) consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | March 31, 2018 |
|  | Useful |  |  | Gross |  |  |  |  |  |  | Net |
|  | Life |  |  | Carrying |  |  | Accumulated |  |  | Carrying |
|  | Range (years) |  |  | Amount |  |  | Amortization |  |  | Amount |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cable franchise renewals and access rights |  |  | 1 | - | 25 |  |  | $ | 3,828 |  |  | $ | 3,643 |  |  | $ | 185 |
Customer relationships |  |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | $ | 160,000 |  |  | $ | 10,476 |  |  | $ | 149,524 |
Trademarks and trade names |  |  |  | 2.7 |  |  |  | $ | 1,300 |  |  | $ | 447 |  |  | $ | 853 |
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Franchise agreements |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 812,371 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | December 31, 2017 |
|  | Useful |  |  | Gross |  |  |  |  |  |  | Net |
|  | Life |  |  | Carrying |  |  | Accumulated |  |  | Carrying |
|  | Range (years) |  |  | Amount |  |  | Amortization |  |  | Amount |
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cable franchise renewals and access rights |  |  | 1 | - | 25 |  |  | $ | 4,138 |  |  | $ | 3,886 |  |  | $ | 252 |
Customer relationships |  |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | $ | 160,000 |  |  | $ | 7,619 |  |  | $ | 152,381 |
Trademarks and trade names |  |  |  | 2.7 |  |  |  | $ | 1,300 |  |  | $ | 325 |  |  | $ | 975 |
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Franchise agreements |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 812,137 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amortization expense was $2.8 million and less than $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. As of March 31, 2018, the future amortization of intangible assets was as follows (in thousands):
Year Ending December 31, |  | Amount |
2018 (remaining nine months) |  | $ | 8,984 |
2019 |  |  | 11,994 |
2020 |  |  | 11,477 |
2021 |  |  | 11,448 |
2022 |  |  | 11,437 |
Thereafter |  |  | 95,222 |
Total |  | $ | 150,562 |
Actual amortization expense in future periods may differ from these estimates as a result of new intangible asset acquisitions or divestitures, changes in useful lives, impairments or other relevant factors.

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