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Property and Equipment (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] |
Property, Plant 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 |  |  |
Schedule of Capital Leased Assets | 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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