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REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Change In Contract With Customer Asset [Abstract] |
Change in Contract Assets and Liabilities Table |
|  | Year Ended
|  | December 31,
|  | 2018
Description |  |  | Unearned Revenue
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Beginning balance on January 1, 2018 |  | $ | 30,519
Revenue recognized during the period that was included in the beginning balance of contract liabilities |  |  | (14,986)
Additional amounts recognized during period |  |  | 8,297
Ending balance |  | $ | 23,830
Contract With Customer Asset And Liability [Abstract] |
Contract Assets and Liabilities Table |
|  | December 31,
Description |  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  | (amounts in thousands)
Receivables, included in "Accounts receivable |  |  |  |  |  |
net of allowance for doubtful accounts" |  | $ | 330,983 |  | $ | 331,799
Contract assets |  |  | - |  |  | -
Unearned revenue - current |  |  | 22,692 |  |  | 17,519
Unearned revenue - noncurrent |  |  | 1,138 |  |  | 13,000
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Abstract] |
Disaggregation of Revenue Table |
|  | Years Ended
|  | December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Revenue by Source |  | (amounts in thousands)
Broadcast revenues |  | $ | 1,327,803 |  | $ | 530,553 |  | $ | 428,266
Event and other revenues |  |  | 115,399 |  |  | 51,434 |  |  | 31,805
Trade and barter revenues |  |  | 19,365 |  |  | 10,897 |  |  | 4,700
Net revenues |  | $ | 1,462,567 |  | $ | 592,884 |  | $ | 464,771

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