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REVENUES | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
REVENUES | REVENUES The Company generates revenue from several sources:
• | The primary source of revenue in the iHM segment is the sale of advertising on the Company’s radio stations, its iHeartRadio mobile application and website, station websites, and live events. This segment also generates revenues from programming talent, network syndication, traffic and weather data, and other miscellaneous transactions.
• | The Americas outdoor and International outdoor segments generate revenue primarily from the sale of advertising space on printed and digital out-of-home advertising displays.
• | The Company also generates revenue through contractual commissions realized from the sale of national spot and online advertising on behalf of clients of its full-service media representation business, Katz Media, which is reported in the Company’s Other segment.
Certain of the revenue transactions in the Americas outdoor and International outdoor segments are considered leases, for accounting purposes, as the agreements convey to customers the right to use the Company’s advertising structures for a stated period of time. In order for a transaction with a customer to qualify as a lease, the arrangement must be dependent on the use of a specified advertising structure, and the customer must have almost exclusive use of that structure during the term of the arrangement. Therefore, arrangements that do not involve the use of a specified advertising structure, where the Company can substitute the advertising structure that is used to display the customer’s advertisement, or where the advertising structure displays advertisements for multiple customers throughout the day are not leases. The Company accounts for revenue from leases, which are all classified as operating leases, in accordance with the lease accounting guidance (Topic 840). All of the Company’s revenue transactions that do not qualify as a lease are accounted for as revenue from contracts with customers (Topic 606). Disaggregation of Revenue The following table shows, by segment, revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by geographical region, revenue from leases and total revenue for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016:
(In thousands) | iHM |  | Americas Outdoor(1) |  | International Outdoor(1) |  | Other |  | Eliminations |  | Consolidated
Year Ended December 31, 2018
Revenue from contracts with customers: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 3,408,563 |  |  | $ | 462,614 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 174,435 |  |  | $ | (1,851 | ) |  | $ | 4,043,761 |
Other Americas | 4,416 |  |  | 2,693 |  |  | 53,186 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 60,295 |
Europe | 9,953 |  |  | — |  |  | 856,479 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 866,432 |
Asia-Pacific and other | 11,229 |  |  | — |  |  | 11,943 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 23,172 |
Total | 3,434,161 |  |  | 465,307 |  |  | 921,608 |  |  | 174,435 |  |  | (1,851 | ) |  | 4,993,660 |
Revenue from leases | 2,794 |  |  | 724,041 |  |  | 610,749 |  |  | — |  |  | (5,464 | ) |  | 1,332,120 |
Revenue, total | $ | 3,436,955 |  |  | $ | 1,189,348 |  |  | $ | 1,532,357 |  |  | $ | 174,435 |  |  | $ | (7,315 | ) |  | $ | 6,325,780 |
Year Ended December 31, 2017
Revenue from contracts with customers:
United States | $ | 3,413,716 |  |  | $ | 429,475 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 143,684 |  |  | $ | (1,961 | ) |  | $ | 3,984,914 |
Other Americas | 3,368 |  |  | 10,927 |  |  | 57,738 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 72,033 |
Europe | 9,705 |  |  | — |  |  | 772,056 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 781,761 |
Asia-Pacific and other | 11,872 |  |  | 578 |  |  | 9,966 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 22,416 |
Total | 3,438,661 |  |  | 440,980 |  |  | 839,760 |  |  | 143,684 |  |  | (1,961 | ) |  | 4,861,124 |
Revenue from leases | 4,302 |  |  | 720,079 |  |  | 587,883 |  |  | — |  |  | (4,957 | ) |  | 1,307,307 |
Revenue, total | $ | 3,442,963 |  |  | $ | 1,161,059 |  |  | $ | 1,427,643 |  |  | $ | 143,684 |  |  | $ | (6,918 | ) |  | $ | 6,168,431 |
Year Ended December 31, 2016
Revenue from contracts with customers:
United States | $ | 3,374,866 |  |  | $ | 418,378 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 171,593 |  |  | $ | (1,093 | ) |  | $ | 3,963,744 |
Other Americas | 3,279 |  |  | 19,191 |  |  | 47,313 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 69,783 |
Europe | 9,417 |  |  | — |  |  | 715,431 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 724,848 |
Asia-Pacific and other | 11,374 |  |  | 842 |  |  | 117,251 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 129,467 |
Total | 3,398,936 |  |  | 438,411 |  |  | 879,995 |  |  | 171,593 |  |  | (1,093 | ) |  | 4,887,842 |
Revenue from leases | 4,104 |  |  | 748,769 |  |  | 612,647 |  |  | — |  |  | (2,362 | ) |  | 1,363,158 |
Revenue, total | $ | 3,403,040 |  |  | $ | 1,187,180 |  |  | $ | 1,492,642 |  |  | $ | 171,593 |  |  | $ | (3,455 | ) |  | $ | 6,251,000 |
(1) Due to a re-evaluation of the Company’s segment reporting in 2018, its operations in Latin America are included in the International outdoor segment results for all periods presented. See Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. All of the Company’s advertising structures are used to generate revenue. Such revenue may be classified as revenue from contracts with customers or revenue from leases depending on the terms of the contract, as previously described. Revenue from Contracts with Customers The following tables show the changes in the Company’s contract balances from contracts with customers for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 and provide a reconciliation of the ending balances to the Consolidated Balance Sheets:
| Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands) | 2018 |  | 2017
Accounts receivable from contracts with customers: |  |  |
Beginning balance, net of allowance | $ | 1,195,145 |  |  | $ | 1,067,382 |
Additions, net of collections, and other | 66,232 |  |  | 162,668 |
Bad debt, net of recoveries(1) | (24,598 | ) |  | (34,905 | )
Ending balance, net of allowance | 1,236,779 |  |  | 1,195,145 |
Accounts receivable from leases, net of allowance | 338,391 |  |  | 313,225 |
Total accounts receivable, net of allowance | $ | 1,575,170 |  |  | $ | 1,508,370 |
(1) Bad debt, net of recoveries, related to accounts receivable from contracts with customers was $20.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2016.
| Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands) | 2018 |  | 2017
Deferred revenue from contracts with customers: |  |  |
Beginning balance | $ | 184,000 |  |  | $ | 193,913 |
Revenue recognized, included in beginning balance(1) | (142,346 | ) |  | (147,698 | )
Additions, net of revenue recognized during period, and other | 146,950 |  |  | 137,785 |
Ending balance | 188,604 |  |  | 184,000 |
Deferred revenue from leases | 49,703 |  |  | 38,027 |
Total deferred revenue | 238,307 |  |  | 222,027 |
Less: Non-current portion, included in other long-term liabilities | 30,112 |  |  | 40,476 |
Total deferred revenue, current portion | $ | 208,195 |  |  | $ | 181,551 |
(1) Revenue recognized during the year ended December 31, 2016 that was included in the balance of deferred revenue from contracts with customers at the beginning of that year was $149.6 million. The Company’s contracts with customers generally have a term of one year or less; however, as of December 31, 2018, the Company expects to recognize $298.7 million of revenue in future periods for remaining performance obligations from current contracts with customers that have an original expected duration of greater than one year, with substantially all of this amount to be recognized over the next five years. Commissions related to the Company’s media representation business have been excluded from this amount as they are contingent upon future sales. As part of the transition to the new revenue standard, the Company is not required to disclose information about remaining performance obligations for periods prior to the date of initial application. Revenue from Leases As of December 31, 2018, the Company’s future minimum rentals under non-cancelable operating leases were as follows:
(In thousands)
2019 | $ | 317,860 |
2020 | 36,552 |
2021 | 18,075 |
2022 | 10,740 |
2023 | 3,877 |
Thereafter | 15,477 |
Total minimum future rentals | $ | 402,581 |

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