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Accounts Receivable, Net and Revenue Concentrations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Receivables [Abstract] |
Schedule of Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | Accounts receivable, net were as follows:
| December 31,
(In thousands) | 2017 |  | 2016
Trade receivables, gross | $ | 142,299 |  |  | $ | 120,965 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | (1,064 | ) |  | (904 | )
Allowance for sales returns | (562 | ) |  | (539 | )
Net trade receivables | 140,673 |  |  | 119,522 |
Other | 10,905 |  |  | 5,070 |
Accounts receivable, net | $ | 151,578 |  |  | $ | 124,592 |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts were as follows:
(In thousands) | Year Ended December 31,
2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 904 |  |  | $ | 822 |  |  | $ | 616 |
Additions to costs and expenses | 166 |  |  | 183 |  |  | 299 |
(Write-offs)/Foreign exchange effects | (6 | ) |  | (101 | ) |  | (93 | )
Balance at end of period | $ | 1,064 |  |  | $ | 904 |  |  | $ | 822 |
Schedule of Significant Customers to Net Sales | Net sales to the following customers totaled more than 10% of our net sales:
| Year Ended December 31, |
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
| $ (thousands) |  | % of Net Sales |  | $ (thousands) |  | % of Net Sales |  | $ (thousands) |  | % of Net Sales |
Comcast Corporation | $ | 159,829 |  |  | 23.0 | % |  | $ | 149,476 |  |  | 22.9 | % |  | $ | 129,475 |  |  | 21.5 | % |
AT&T | 77,888 |  |  | 11.2 |  |  | 74,704 |  |  | 11.5 |  |  | 80,820 |  |  | 13.4 |  |
Schedule of Significant Customers to Accounts Receivable | Trade receivables associated with these significant customers that totaled more than 10% of our accounts receivable, net were as follows:
| December 31, |
| 2017 |  | 2016 |
| $ (thousands) |  | % of Accounts Receivable, Net |  | $ (thousands) |  | % of Accounts Receivable, Net |
Comcast Corporation | $ | 25,142 |  |  | 16.6 | % |  | $ | 23,716 |  |  | 19.0 | % |
AT&T | — |  | (1) | — |  | (1) | 14,108 |  |  | 11.3 |  |
(1) Trade receivables associated with this customer did not total more than 10% of our accounts receivable, net at December 31, 2017.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the various types of trade accounts and notes receivable and for each the gross carrying value, allowance, and net carrying value as of the balance sheet date. Presentation is categorized by current, noncurrent and unclassified receivables. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.3,4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the extent of the entity's reliance on its major customers, if revenues from transactions with a single external customer amount to 10 percent or more of entity revenues, including the disclosure of that fact, the total amount of revenues from each such customer, and the identity of the reportable segment or segments reporting the revenues. The entity need not disclose the identity of a major customer or the amount of revenues that each segment reports from that customer. For these purposes, a group of companies known to the entity to be under common control is considered a single customer, and the federal government, a state government, a local government such as a county or municipality, or a foreign government is each considered a single customer. + References No definition available. + Details
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