Commitments And Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Minimum Payments Required Under Purchase Obligations

The following table represents the minimum payments required by Verisign under certain purchase obligations, leases, the .tv Agreement with the Government of Tuvalu, and the interest payments and principal on the Subordinated Convertible Debentures and the Senior Notes:

	Purchase Obligations		.tv Agreement		Senior Notes		Subordinated Convertible Debentures		Total
	(In thousands)
2017	$	30,946	$	5,000	$	60,938	$	48,344	$	145,228
2018	5,265		5,000		60,938		40,625		111,828
2019	619		5,000		60,938		40,625		107,182
2020	—		5,000		60,938		40,625		106,563
2021	—		5,000		60,938		40,625		106,563
Thereafter	—		—		1,411,250		1,884,766		3,296,016
Total	$	36,830	$	25,000	$	1,715,940	$	2,095,610	$	3,873,380