LONG-TERM DEBT (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Long Term Debt [Table Text Block]

Long-term debt consisted of the following:

	March 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
	(Unaudited)
	(In thousands)
2015 Credit Facility	$	343,875	$	344,750
9.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due February 2020		315,000		315,000
7.375% Senior Secured Notes due April 2022		350,000		350,000
Comcast Note due April 2019		11,872		11,872
Total debt		1,020,747		1,021,622
Less: current portion of long-term debt		3,500		3,500
Less: original issue discount and issuance costs		14,041		15,386
Long-term debt, net	$	1,003,206	$	1,002,736

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

Future scheduled minimum principal payments of debt as of March 31, 2017, were as follows:

					9.25% Senior
					Subordinated		7.375% Senior
	Comcast Note		2015		Notes due		Secured Notes due
	due April 2019		Credit Facility		February 2020		April 2022		Total
	(In thousands)
April – December 2017	$	—	$	2,625	$	—	$	—	$	2,625
2018		—		341,250		—		—		341,250
2019		11,872		—		—		—		11,872
2020		—		—		315,000		—		315,000
2021		—		—		—		—		—
2022 and thereafter		—		—		—		350,000		350,000
Total Debt	$	11,872	$	343,875	$	315,000	$	350,000	$	1,020,747