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Property and Equipment | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] |
Property and Equipment | Property and Equipment Property and equipment (including equipment under capital leases) consists of the following:
(In thousands) | December 31, |  | Estimated Useful Lives
2017 |  | 2016 |
Program, service and test equipment | $ | 212,357 |  |  | $ | 223,847 |  |  | 2 to 5 years
Satellite equipment | 46,315 |  |  | 51,423 |  |  | 13 years
Furniture and fixtures | 21,067 |  |  | 21,471 |  |  | 5 to 8 years
Transmission equipment | 56,035 |  |  | 51,954 |  |  | 5 years
Leasehold improvements | 107,659 |  |  | 90,089 |  |  | Term of lease
Property and equipment | 443,433 |  |  | 438,784 |  |  |
Accumulated depreciation and amortization | (259,919 | ) |  | (272,148 | ) |  |
Property and equipment, net | $ | 183,514 |  |  | $ | 166,636 |  |  |
Depreciation and amortization expense on property and equipment (including capital leases) amounted to $47.6 million, $46.2 million and $41.0 million, for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. At December 31, 2017 and 2016, the gross amount of equipment and related accumulated amortization recorded under capital leases were as follows:
(In thousands) | December 31,
2017 |  | 2016
Satellite equipment | $ | 46,315 |  |  | $ | 51,423 |
Less accumulated amortization | (22,783 | ) |  | (19,031 | )
| $ | 23,532 |  |  | $ | 32,392 |

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- Definition 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. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155823 + Details
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