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Note 10 - Commitments and Contingencies | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block] |
10. | Commitments and Contingencies
From time to time we may have various contractual and other commitments requiring future payments. These commitments may include amounts required to be paid for: the acquisition of television stations; the purchase of property and equipment; service and other agreements; operating lease commitments for equipment, land and office space; commitments for various syndicated television programs; and commitments under affiliation agreements with networks. Future minimum payments for these commitments, in addition to the liabilities accrued for on our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2018, were as follows (in thousands):
|  | Property |  |  | Service and |  |  |  |  |  |  | Syndicated |  |  | Network |  |  |  |  |
|  | and |  |  | Other |  |  | Operating |  |  | Television |  |  | Affiliation |  |  |  |  |
Year |  | Equipment |  |  | Agreements |  |  | Leases |  |  | Programming |  |  | Agreements |  |  | Total |
2019 |  | $ | 1,375 |  |  | $ | 1,324 |  |  | $ | 3,343 |  |  | $ | 6,241 |  |  | $ | 129,485 |  |  | $ | 141,768 |
2020 |  |  | - |  |  |  | 573 |  |  |  | 3,039 |  |  |  | 13,034 |  |  |  | 140,627 |  |  |  | 157,273 |
2021 |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 2,851 |  |  |  | 1,157 |  |  |  | 130,424 |  |  |  | 134,432 |
2022 |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 2,618 |  |  |  | 163 |  |  |  | 3,026 |  |  |  | 5,807 |
2023 |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 2,540 |  |  |  | 111 |  |  |  | 67 |  |  |  | 2,718 |
Thereafter |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 11,588 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 11,588 |
Total |  | $ | 1,375 |  |  | $ | 1,897 |  |  | $ | 25,979 |  |  | $ | 20,706 |  |  | $ | 403,629 |  |  | $ | 453,586 |
Leases. We have no material capital leases. Where leases include rent holidays, rent escalations, rent concessions and leasehold improvement incentives, the value of these incentives are amortized over the lease term including anticipated renewal periods. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the associated lease term including anticipated renewal periods. Rent expense resulting from operating leases for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 were $4.2 million, $4.0 million and $3.5 million, respectively. On January 1, 2019 we adopted ASC 842 – Leases , that requires us to record lease assets and liabilities related to these contractual obligations on our balance sheets. Legal Proceedings and Claims . We are and expect to continue to be subject to legal actions, proceedings and claims that arise in the normal course of our business. In the opinion of management, the amount of ultimate liability, if any, with respect to these known actions, proceedings and claims will not materially affect our financial position, results of operations or cash flows, although legal proceedings are subject to inherent uncertainties, and unfavorable rulings or events could occur that could negatively affect us, possibly materially.

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