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Segment Information | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011
Segment Information [Abstract] |  |
Segment Information | Note 13. Segment Information As discussed in Note 1, the Company classifies its operations into two reportable segments: National Networks, and International and Other. These reportable segments are strategic business units that are managed separately. The Company generally allocates all corporate overhead costs to the Company's two reportable segments based upon their proportionate estimated usage of services, including such costs as executive salaries and benefits, costs of maintaining corporate headquarters, facilities and common support functions (such as human resources, legal, finance, tax, accounting, audit, treasury, risk management, strategic planning and information technology) as well as sales support functions and creative and production services. The Company evaluates segment performance based on several factors, of which the primary financial measure is business segment adjusted operating cash flow (defined as operating income (loss) before depreciation and amortization, share-based compensation expense or benefit and restructuring expense or credit), a non-GAAP measure. The Company has presented the components that reconcile adjusted operating cash flow to operating income, an accepted GAAP measure. Information as to the continuing operations of the Company's reportable segments is set forth below.
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
| National Networks | International andOther | Inter-segment eliminations | Consolidated
Revenues, net | $ | 304,223 |  | $ | 26,346 |  | $ | (4,330 | ) | $ | 326,239 |
Adjusted operating cash flow (deficit) |  | 133,372 |  |  | (8,207 | ) |  | 505 |  |  | 125,670 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | (21,305 | ) |  | (3,746 | ) |  | - |  |  | (25,051 | )
Share-based compensation expense |  | (2,849 | ) |  | (734 | ) |  | - |  |  | (3,583 | )
Restructuring credit |  | - |  |  | 3 |  |  | - |  |  | 3 |
Operating income (loss) |  | 109,218 |  |  | (12,684 | ) |  | 505 |  |  | 97,039 |
Capital Expenditures |  | 443 |  |  | 2,395 |  |  | - |  |  | 2,838 |
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2011
| National Networks | International andOther | Inter-segment eliminations | Consolidated
Revenues, net | $ | 251,845 |  | $ | 25,381 |  | $ | (4,323 | ) | $ | 272,903 |
Adjusted operating cash flow (deficit) |  | 106,356 |  |  | (7,104 | ) |  | 296 |  |  | 99,548 |
Depreciation and amortization |  | (21,311 | ) |  | (3,615 | ) |  | - |  |  | (24,926 | )
Share-based compensation expense |  | (3,150 | ) |  | (827 | ) |  | - |  |  | (3,977 | )
Restructuring credit |  | - |  |  | 34 |  |  | - |  |  | 34 |
Operating income (loss) |  | 81,895 |  |  | (11,512 | ) |  | 296 |  |  | 70,679 |
Capital Expenditures |  | 724 |  |  | 875 |  |  | - |  |  | 1,599 |
Inter-segment eliminations are primarily revenues recognized by the International and Other segment for transmission revenues recognized by AMC Networks Broadcasting & Technology and the licensing of its program rights by the national programming networks.
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2012 | 2011
Inter-segment revenues |  |  |  |  |  |
National Networks | $ | (303 | ) | $ | (70 | )
International and Other |  | (4,027 | ) |  | (4,253 | )
| $ | (4,330 | ) | $ | (4,323 | )
A reconciliation of reportable segment amounts to the Company's consolidated balances is as follows:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2012 | 2011
Operating income from continuing operations before income taxes |  |  |  |  |  |
Total operating income for reportable segments | $ | 97,039 |  | $ | 70,679 |
Items excluded from operating income: |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense |  | (29,797 | ) |  | (18,350 | )
Interest income |  | 105 |  |  | 457 |
Write-off of deferred financing costs |  | (312 | ) |  | - |
Miscellaneous, net |  | 12 |  |  | 72 |
Income from continuing operations before income taxes | $ | 67,047 |  | $ | 52,858 |
Substantially all revenues and assets of the Company are attributed to or located in the U.S. | Note 13. Segment Information As discussed in Note 1, the Company classifies its operations into two reportable segments: National Networks, and International and Other. These reportable segments are strategic business units that are managed separately. The Company generally allocates all corporate overhead costs, including such costs as executive salaries and benefits, costs of maintaining corporate headquarters, facilities and common support functions (such as human resources, legal, finance, tax, accounting, audit, treasury, risk management, strategic planning and information technology) as well as sales support functions and creative and production services, to the Company's two reportable segments. The Company evaluates segment performance based on several factors, of which the primary financial measure is business segment adjusted operating cash flow (defined as operating income (loss) before depreciation and amortization, share-based compensation expense or benefit and restructuring expense or credit), a non-GAAP measure. The Company has presented the components that reconcile adjusted operating cash flow to operating income, an accepted GAAP measure. Information as to the operations of the Company's reportable segments is set forth below.
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Revenues, net from continuing operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
National Networks | $ | 1,082,358 |  | $ | 994,573 |  | $ | 896,493 |
International and Other |  | 125,573 |  |  | 104,499 |  |  | 95,921 |
Inter-segment eliminations |  | (20,190 | ) |  | (20,772 | ) |  | (18,770 | )
| $ | 1,187,741 |  | $ | 1,078,300 |  | $ | 973,644 |
Inter-segment eliminations are primarily revenues recognized by the International and Other segment the licensing of its program rights by the national programming networks and transmission revenues recognized AMC Networks Broadcasting & Technology.
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Inter-segment revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
National Networks | $ | (454 | ) | $ | (325 | ) | $ | (213 | )
International and Other |  | (19,736 | ) |  | (20,447 | ) |  | (18,557 | )
| $ | (20,190 | ) | $ | (20,772 | ) | $ | (18,770 | )
Reconciliation (by Segment and in Total) of Adjusted Operating Cash Flow to Operating Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Adjusted operating cash flow(deficit) from |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
continuing operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
National Networks | $ | 447,555 |  | $ | 419,051 |  | $ | 380,824 |
International and Other |  | (4,976 | ) |  | (14,686 | ) |  | (13,553 | )
Inter-segment eliminations |  | (866 | ) |  | (3,086 | ) |  | (3,173 | )
| $ | 441,713 |  | $ | 401,279 |  | $ | 364,098 |
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Depreciation and amortization included in |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
continuing operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
National Networks | $ | (85,701 | ) | $ | (92,735 | ) | $ | (89,603 | )
International and Other |  | (14,147 | ) |  | (13,720 | ) |  | (16,901 | )
| $ | (99,848 | ) | $ | (106,455 | ) | $ | (106,504 | )
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Share-based compensation expense included |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
in continuing operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
National Networks | $ | (12,582 | ) | $ | (13,791 | ) | $ | (12,405 | )
International and Other |  | (3,007 | ) |  | (3,415 | ) |  | (2,318 | )
| $ | (15,589 | ) | $ | (17,206 | ) | $ | (14,723 | )
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Restructuring credit (expense) included in |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
continuing operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
National Networks | $ | - |  | $ | - |  | $ | - |
International and Other |  | 240 |  |  | 2,218 |  |  | (5,162 | )
| $ | 240 |  | $ | 2,218 |  | $ | (5,162 | )
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Operating income (loss) from continuing |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
National Networks | $ | 349,272 |  | $ | 312,525 |  | $ | 278,816 |
International and Other |  | (21,890 | ) |  | (29,603 | ) |  | (37,934 | )
Inter-segment eliminations |  | (866 | ) |  | (3,086 | ) |  | (3,173 | )
| $ | 326,516 |  | $ | 279,836 |  | $ | 237,709 |
A reconciliation of reportable segment amounts to the Company's consolidated balances is as follows:
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Operating income (loss) from continuing |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
operations before income taxes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total operating income for reportable |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
segments | $ | 326,516 |  | $ | 279,836 |  | $ | 237,709 |
Items excluded from operating income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense |  | (95,870 | ) |  | (75,800 | ) |  | (79,778 | )
Interest income |  | 1,074 |  |  | 2,388 |  |  | 836 |
Write-off of deferred financing costs |  | (6,247 | ) |  | - |  |  | - |
Loss on extinguishment of debt |  | (14,726 | ) |  | - |  |  | - |
Miscellaneous, net |  | (137 | ) |  | (162 | ) |  | 187 |
Income from continuing operations before |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
income taxes | $ | 210,610 |  | $ | 206,262 |  | $ | 158,954 |
The following table summarizes the Company's capital expenditures by reportable segment:
|  | Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
Capital Expenditures |  |  |  |  |  |
National Networks | $ | 2,817 | $ | 1,600 | $ | 2,684
International and Other |  | 12,554 |  | 15,643 |  | 10,735
| $ | 15,371 | $ | 17,243 | $ | 13,419
Substantially all revenues and assets of the Company are attributed to or located in the U.S.

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