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Note 6 - Property, Plant and Equipment

3 Months Ended

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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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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