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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets | Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets Goodwill by segment consisted of the following:
(in thousands) | March 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Wireless | $ | 146,383 |  |  | $ | 146,383 |
Cable | 2,677 |  |  | 104 |
Wireline | 10 |  |  | 10 |
Total Goodwill | $ | 149,070 |  |  | $ | 146,497 |
Intangible assets consisted of the following:
| March 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
(in thousands) | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization and Other |  | Net |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization and Other |  | Net
Non-amortizing intangibles: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cable franchise rights | $ | 64,334 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 64,334 |  |  | $ | 64,334 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 64,334 |
Railroad crossing rights | 141 |  |  | — |  |  | 141 |  |  | 141 |  |  | — |  |  | 141 |
Total non-amortizing intangibles | 64,475 |  |  | — |  |  | 64,475 |  |  | 64,475 |  |  | — |  |  | 64,475 |
Finite-lived intangibles:
Affiliate contract expansion - Wireless | 455,305 |  |  | (183,076 | ) |  | 272,229 |  |  | 455,305 |  |  | (167,830 | ) |  | 287,475 |
Favorable leases - Wireless | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 15,743 |  |  | (1,919 | ) |  | 13,824 |
Acquired subscribers - Cable | 28,065 |  |  | (25,285 | ) |  | 2,780 |  |  | 25,265 |  |  | (25,250 | ) |  | 15 |
Other intangibles | 463 |  |  | (233 | ) |  | 230 |  |  | 463 |  |  | (223 | ) |  | 240 |
Total finite-lived intangibles | 483,833 |  |  | (208,594 | ) |  | 275,239 |  |  | 496,776 |  |  | (195,222 | ) |  | 301,554 |
Total intangible assets | $ | 548,308 |  |  | $ | (208,594 | ) |  | $ | 339,714 |  |  | $ | 561,251 |  |  | $ | (195,222 | ) |  | $ | 366,029 |
Affiliate contract expansion is amortized over the expected benefit period and is further reduced by the amount of waived management fees received from Sprint which was $9.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019. Since May 6, 2016, the date of the non-monetary exchange, waived management fees received from Sprint totaled $108.0 million.

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