Revenue (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table presents the Company’s revenue disaggregated by revenue source for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and September 30, 2017:

	Three Months Ended   September 30						Nine Months Ended   September 30
(in thousands)	2018			2017			2018			2017
Education Revenue
Kaplan international	$	167,668		$	171,259		$	535,553		$	507,568
Higher education	89,269			105,210			275,080			328,161
Test preparation	67,749			72,680			195,504			212,978
Professional (U.S.)	34,302			28,249			98,715			88,812
Kaplan corporate and other	143			49			870			120
Intersegment elimination	(530		)	(642		)	(1,617		)	(1,438		)
	358,601			376,805			1,104,105			1,136,201
Television broadcasting	130,014			101,295			352,902			298,893
Manufacturing	126,028			115,594			369,896			298,164
Healthcare	35,486			40,473			111,315			115,592
SocialCode	13,781			14,497			41,850			41,926
Other	10,856			8,561			26,856			25,253
Intersegment elimination	—			—			(45		)	—
Total Revenue	$	674,766		$	657,225		$	2,006,879		$	1,916,029

Contract with Customer, Liability [Abstract]

Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability

The following table presents the change in the Company’s deferred revenue balance during the nine months ended September 30, 2018:

	As of
	September 30, 2018		January 1, 2018		%
(in thousands)					Change
Deferred revenue	$	337,964	$	342,640	(1)

Capitalized Contract Cost [Line Items]

Capitalized Contract Cost

The following table presents changes in the Company’s costs to obtain a contract asset during the nine months ended September 30, 2018:

(in thousands)	Balance at Beginning of Period		Costs associated with new contracts		Less: Costs amortized during the period			Other			Balance at End of Period
2018	$	16,043	$	32,827	$	(33,642	)	$	(540	)	$	14,688