LONG-TERM DEBT (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Long Term Debt [Table Text Block]

Long-term debt consists of the following:

	September 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
	(Unaudited)
	(In thousands)
2015 Credit Facility	$	345,625	$	348,250
9.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due February 2020		315,000		335,000
7.375% Senior Secured Notes due April 2022		350,000		350,000
Comcast Note due April 2019		11,872		11,872
Total debt		1,022,497		1,045,122
Less: current portion of long-term debt		(3,500)		(3,500)
Less: original issue discount and issuance costs		(16,714)		(20,785)
Long-term debt, net	$	1,002,283	$	1,020,837

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block]

Future scheduled minimum principal payments of debt as of September 30, 2016, are as follows:

	Comcast Note due April 2019		2015 Credit Facility		9.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due February 2020		7.375% Senior Secured Notes due April 2022		Total
	(In thousands)
October – December 2016	$	—	$	875	$	—	$	—	$	875
2017		—		3,500		—		—		3,500
2018		—		341,250		—		—		341,250
2019		11,872		—		—		—		11,872
2020		—		—		315,000		—		315,000
2021 and thereafter		—		—		—		350,000		350,000
Total Debt	$	11,872	$	345,625	$	315,000	$	350,000	$	1,022,497