Segment Reporting

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Segment Reporting

Segment Reporting

10.Segment Reporting

Operating segments are components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is available and regularly evaluated by the chief operating decision maker(s) of an enterprise.  Operating income is the primary measure used by our chief operating decision maker to evaluate segment operating performance.  We currently operate two primary business segments:  (1) Pay-TV and (2) Wireless.  See Note 1 for further information.

All other and eliminations primarily include intersegment eliminations related to intercompany debt and the related interest income and interest expense, which are eliminated in consolidation.

The total assets, revenue and operating income by segment were as follows:

	As of
	March 31,		December 31,
	2018		2017
	(In thousands)
Total assets:
Pay-TV	$	28,673,503	$	28,353,581
Wireless		23,638,763		23,377,088
Eliminations		(22,157,333)		(21,956,903)
Total assets	$	30,154,933	$	29,773,766

	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2018		2017
	(In thousands)
Revenue:
Pay-TV	$	3,458,487	$	3,680,361
Wireless		—		—
Eliminations		—		—
Total revenue	$	3,458,487	$	3,680,361
Operating income (loss):
Pay-TV	$	539,302	$	621,665
Wireless		(9,796)		(14,345)
Eliminations		—		—
Total operating income (loss)	$	529,506	$	607,320

Geographic Information.  Revenue is attributed to geographic regions based upon the location where the goods and services are provided.  All subscriber-related revenue was derived from the United States.  Substantially all of our long-lived assets reside in the United States.

The following table summarizes revenue by geographic region:

	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31,
Revenue:	2018		2017
	(In thousands)
United States	$	3,449,016	$	3,670,764
Canada and Mexico		9,471		9,597
Total revenue	$	3,458,487	$	3,680,361

The revenue from external customers disaggregated by major revenue source was as follows:

	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31,
Category:	2018		2017
	(In thousands)
Pay-TV video and related revenue	$	3,347,597	$	3,536,462
Broadband revenue		75,107		107,624
Equipment sales and other revenue		35,783		36,275
Total	$	3,458,487	$	3,680,361

All revenues during the three months ended March 31, 2018 were derived from our Pay-TV segment.