Segment Reporting

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Segment Reporting

Segment Reporting

11.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,
	2019		2018
	(In thousands)
Total assets:
Pay-TV	$	30,002,686	$	28,981,608
Wireless		24,737,581		24,433,458
Eliminations		(23,053,890)		(22,828,054)
Total assets	$	31,686,377	$	30,587,012

	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2019		2018
	(In thousands)
Revenue:
Pay-TV	$	3,188,169	$	3,458,487
Wireless		3		—
Eliminations		(1,028)		—
Total revenue	$	3,187,144	$	3,458,487
Operating income (loss):
Pay-TV	$	457,369	$	539,302
Wireless		(1,069)		(9,796)
Eliminations		—		—
Total operating income (loss)	$	456,300	$	529,506

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:	2019		2018
	(In thousands)
United States	$	3,176,253	$	3,449,016
Canada and Mexico		10,891		9,471
Total revenue	$	3,187,144	$	3,458,487

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

	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31,
Category:	2019		2018
	(In thousands)
Pay-TV video and related revenue	$	3,097,936	$	3,347,597
Broadband revenue		49,834		75,107
Equipment sales and other revenue		39,374		35,783
Total	$	3,187,144	$	3,458,487

All revenues during the three months ended March 31, 2019 were derived from our Pay-TV segment.