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NATURE OF OPERATIONS
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
NATURE OF OPERATIONS
NATURE OF OPERATIONS

Cinedigm Corp. was incorporated in Delaware on March 31, 2000 (“Cinedigm”, and collectively with its subsidiaries, the “Company,” "we," "us," or similar pronouns). We are (i) a leading distributor and aggregator of independent movie, television and other short form content, managing a distribution rights library of close to 50,000 titles and episodes released across digital, physical, theatrical, home and mobile entertainment platforms and (ii) a leading servicer of digital cinema assets on more than 12,000 movie screens in both North America, Australia and New Zealand.

We report our financial results in the following reportable segments: (1) the first digital cinema deployment (“Phase I Deployment”), (2) the second digital cinema deployment (“Phase II Deployment”), (3) digital cinema services (“Services”) and (4) media content and entertainment group (“Content & Entertainment” or "CEG"). The Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment segments are the financing vehicles and administrators for our digital cinema equipment (the “Systems”) installed in movie theatres throughout the United States, and in Australia and New Zealand, which are non-recourse to the other segments of our business. Our Services segment provides fee based support to more than 12,000 movie screens in our Phase I Deployment and Phase II Deployment segments as well as directly to exhibitors and other third party customers in the form of monitoring, billing, collections and verification services. Our Content & Entertainment segment is a market leader in: (1) ancillary market aggregation and distribution of entertainment content, and (2) branded and curated over-the-top ("OTT") digital network business providing entertainment channels and applications.

Investments in which we do not have a controlling interest or are not the primary beneficiary but have the ability to exert significant influence, are accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Noncontrolling interests for which we have been determined to have a controlling financial interest are consolidated and recorded net of tax as net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest. See Note 4 - Other Interests to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of our noncontrolling interests.

We are structured so that our digital cinema business (collectively, the Phase I Deployment, Phase II Deployment and Services segments) operates independently from our Content & Entertainment segment. As of June 30, 2015, we had approximately $147.3 million of outstanding debt principal that relates to, and is serviced by, our digital cinema business and is non-recourse to our other business segments (see also Note 5 - Notes Payable). We also had approximately $84.1 million of outstanding debt principal that is a part of our corporate operations and therefore has not been attributed to a reportable segment.

In April 2015, we issued $64.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.5% convertible senior notes (the "Convertible Notes"), due April 15, 2035. We used $18.6 million of the net proceeds from the offering to repay and terminate one of the term loans under our 2013 Credit Agreement, of which $18.2 million was used to pay the remaining principal balance. We also repurchased 2.7 million shares of our Class A common stock from certain purchasers of Convertible Notes in privately negotiated transactions for $2.6 million. In addition, $11.4 million of the net proceeds was used to fund the cost of repurchasing 11.8 million shares of our Class A common stock pursuant to a forward purchase contract that may be settled at any time prior to the fifth anniversary of the issuance of the Convertible Notes. In connection with the Convertible Notes offering, we recorded debt issuance costs of $3.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2015.