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DEFERRED CHARGES AND OTHER ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Deferred Costs Capitalized Prepaid And Other Assets Disclosure Abstract |
Schedule of Deferred Charges and Other Assets |
| Deferred Charges And Other Assets |  |
| December 31, |  |
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Period Of
| Asset |  | Reserve |  | Net |  | Asset |  | Reserve |  | Net |  | Amortization
| (amounts in thousands) |  |
Deferred contracts and other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
agreements | $ | 1,788 |  | $ | 1,442 |  | $ | 346 |  | $ | 1,788 |  | $ | 1,374 |  | $ | 414 |  | Term of contract
Leasehold premium |  | 735 |  |  | 426 |  |  | 309 |  |  | 846 |  |  | 515 |  |  | 331 |  | Less than 1 year
Other definitive-lived assets |  | 861 |  |  | 836 |  |  | 25 |  |  | 833 |  |  | 833 |  |  | - |  | 3 years
Total definite-lived intangibles |  | 3,384 |  |  | 2,704 |  |  | 680 |  |  | 3,467 |  |  | 2,722 |  |  | 745 |  |
Debt issuance costs |  | 23,154 |  |  | 16,457 |  |  | 6,697 |  |  | 23,154 |  |  | 13,594 |  |  | 9,560 |  | Term of debt
Prepaid assets - long-term |  | 2,233 |  |  | - |  |  | 2,233 |  |  | 467 |  |  | - |  |  | 467 |  |
Software costs and other |  | 6,367 |  |  | 4,043 |  |  | 2,324 |  |  | 5,665 |  |  | 3,198 |  |  | 2,467 |  |
| $ | 35,138 |  | $ | 23,204 |  | $ | 11,934 |  | $ | 32,753 |  | $ | 19,514 |  | $ | 13,239 |  |
Schdule of Deferred Charges Amortization Expense |
|  | Amortization Expense
|  | Deferred Charges And Other Assets
|  | For The Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Definite-lived assets |  | $ | 150 |  | $ | 147 |  | $ | 203
Deferred financing expense |  |  | 2,863 |  |  | 3,860 |  |  | 3,870
Software costs |  |  | 850 |  |  | 899 |  |  | 800
Total |  | $ | 3,863 |  | $ | 4,906 |  | $ | 4,873
Schdule of Future Estimated Amortization Expense |
|  | Future Amortization Expense
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Definite-Lived
|  | Total |  | Other |  | Assets
Years ending December 31, |  | (amounts in thousands)
2016 |  | $ | 3,711 |  | $ | 3,626 |  |  | 85
2017 |  |  | 2,391 |  |  | 2,313 |  |  | 78
2018 |  |  | 1,585 |  |  | 1,511 |  |  | 74
2019 |  |  | 1,043 |  |  | 971 |  |  | 72
2020 |  |  | 70 |  |  | - |  |  | 70
Thereafter |  |  | 301 |  |  | - |  |  | 301
Total |  | $ | 9,101 |  | $ | 8,421 |  | $ | 680

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