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Capitalized Content Development Costs (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Capitalized Content Development Costs |
Schedule of capitalized content development costs |
|  | December 31, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014 |
|  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |
|  | (in thousands) |
Capitalized content development costs |  | $ | 24,796 |  | $ | (10,931 | ) | $ | 13,865 |  | $ | 16,835 |  | $ | (7,379 | ) | $ | 9,456 |
Capitalized content development costs in process |  |  | 4,256 |  |  | — |  |  | 4,256 |  |  | 3,699 |  |  | — |  |  | 3,699 |
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Total |  | $ | 29,052 |  | $ | (10,931 | ) | $ | 18,121 |  | $ | 20,534 |  | $ | (7,379 | ) | $ | 13,155 |
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Schedule of estimated future amortization expense for the capitalized content development costs | As of December 31, 2015, the estimated future amortization expense for capitalized content development costs is as follows (in thousands):
2016 |  | $ | 4,245 |
2017 |  |  | 3,650 |
2018 |  |  | 3,136 |
2019 |  |  | 2,166 |
2020 |  |  | 668 |
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Total |  | $ | 13,865 |
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