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Note 6 - Property, Plant and Equipment | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements |
Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block] |
6. | PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):
|  | March 31, 2018 |  |  | December 31, 2017 |
Cable distribution systems |  | $ | 1,347,100 |  |  | $ | 1,329,451 |
Customer premise equipment |  |  | 200,859 |  |  |  | 200,175 |
Other equipment and fixtures |  |  | 382,017 |  |  |  | 378,968 |
Buildings and leasehold improvements |  |  | 95,985 |  |  |  | 95,314 |
Capitalized software |  |  | 94,852 |  |  |  | 89,773 |
Construction in progress |  |  | 60,293 |  |  |  | 67,564 |
Land |  |  | 11,565 |  |  |  | 11,585 |
Property, plant and equipment, gross |  |  | 2,192,671 |  |  |  | 2,172,830 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (1,372,662 | ) |  |  | (1,340,938 | )
Property, plant and equipment, net |  | $ | 820,009 |  |  | $ | 831,892 |
Depreciation expense was $46.0 million and $39.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, 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 is included in other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets as assets held for sale at both March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

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- Definition 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. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155823 + Details
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