Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of finite-lived intangible assets

The Company’s goodwill and intangible assets are associated with the purchase of Virtek Communication (now the KVH Industries Norway AS) in September 2010 and Headland Media Limited (now known as the KVH Media Group) in May 2013.

Intangible assets are subject to amortization. The following table summarizes other intangible assets as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively:

	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Value
December 31, 2013
Subscriber relationships	$	8,763	$	540	$	8,223
Distribution rights	5,183		212		4,971
Internally developed software	571		118		453
Proprietary content	195		61		134
Intellectual property	2,280		1,074		1,206
	$	16,992	$	2,005	$	14,987
December 31, 2012
Intellectual property	$	2,510	$	826	$	1,684
	$	2,510	$	826	$	1,684

Schedule of finite-lived intangible assets, future amortization expense

Estimated future amortization expense for intangible assets recorded by the Company at December 31, 2013 is as follows:

Years ending December 31,	Amortization Expense
2014	$	1,842
2015	1,779
2016	1,620
2017	1,452
2018	1,225
Thereafter	7,069
Total amortization expense	$	14,987

Schedule of goodwill

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the year ended December 31, 2013 is as follows:

	2013
Balance at January 1	$	4,712
Acquisition of KVH Media Group	13,129
Foreign currency translation adjustment	440
Balance at December 31	$	18,281