Property, Plant And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property, Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

6. Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consists of (in thousands):

		September 30,			September 30,
	December 31,
	2011			2010
Land and land improvements	$	27,036		$	27,036
Buildings		69,182			68,899
Leasehold improvements		16,696			14,007
Equipment		182,987			159,432
Furniture and fixtures		31,412			26,368
Satellite capacity under construction (see Note 17)		—			40,495
Other construction in progress		25,828			20,187

		353,141			356,425
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(149,419	)		(120,520	)

	$	203,722		$	235,905

Depreciation and amortization expense for property, plant and equipment was $29.5 million, $25.8 million and $25.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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