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Financial Statement Schedule II | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Financial Statement Schedule II | GAIAM, INC. Financial Statement Schedule II Consolidated valuation and qualifying accounts
(in thousands) |  | Balance at Beginning of Year |  |  | Additions Charged to Costs and Expenses or Revenue (a) (b) |  |  | Additions Charged to Participations Payable (b) |  |  | Deductions (c) |  |  | Balance at End of Year (a) |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2012 |  | $ | 876 |  |  | $ | 623 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 809 |  |  | $ | 690 |
2011 |  | $ | 991 |  |  | $ | 545 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 660 |  |  | $ | 876 |
2010 |  | $ | 1,593 |  |  | $ | 175 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 777 |  |  | $ | 991 |
Allowance for Product Returns: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2012 |  | $ | 4,098 |  |  | $ | 40,528 |  |  | $ | 17,560 |  |  | $ | 46,770 |  |  | $ | 15,416 |
2011 |  | $ | 4,320 |  |  | $ | 26,595 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 26,817 |  |  | $ | 4,098 |
2010 |  | $ | 6,209 |  |  | $ | 23,757 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 25,646 |  |  | $ | 4,320 |
(a) | Includes reserves associated with acquired assets/companies.
(b) | For media distribution agent arrangements, the portions of the additions to the allowance for doubtful accounts and to the allowance for product returns that are recoupable by us from the studio or content producer are netted against the amount we owe to such studios and content producers in participations payable. The remainder is a reduction to our net revenue (agent fee).
(c) | The 2011 deduction amount for the allowance for doubtful accounts includes $0.5 million related to the deconsolidation of Real Goods Solar. See Note 3. Equity Method Investment and Receivable From Investee.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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