CONTENT ASSETS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Content Assets [Abstract]

Schedule Of Finite Lived Content Assets [Table Text Block]

The gross cost and accumulated amortization of content assets is as follows: 

	As of December 31,				Period of
	2017		2016		Amortization
	(In thousands)
Produced content assets:
Completed	$	283,956	$	249,561
In-production		14,703		13,685
Licensed content assets acquired:
Acquired		25,946		51,223
Content assets, at cost		324,605		314,469	1-5 Years
Less: Accumulated amortization		(212,548)		(211,793)
Content assets, net		112,057		102,676
Current portion		(37,549)		(35,854)
Noncurrent portion	$	74,508	$	66,822

Schedule Of Finite Lived Content Assets Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

Future estimated content amortization expense related to agreements entered into as of December 31, 2017, for years 2018 through 2022 is as follows: 

	(In thousands)
2018	$	37,549
2019	$	26,741
2020	$	16,774
2021	$	11,189
2022	$	4,893

Content Payments Fiscal Year Maturity Schedule [Table Text Block]

Future minimum content payments required under agreements entered into as of December 31, 2017, are as follows:

	(In thousands)
2018	$	17,895
2019	$	7,970
2020	$	6,345
2021	$	4,693
2022	$	2,710