Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table presents the Company’s revenue disaggregated by revenue source for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016:

	Year Ended December 31
(in thousands)	2018			2017			2016
Education Revenue
Kaplan international	$	719,982		$	697,999		$	696,362
Higher education	342,085			431,425			501,784
Test preparation	256,102			273,298			286,556
Professional (U.S.)	134,187			115,839			115,263
Kaplan corporate and other	1,142			294			214
Intersegment elimination	(2,483		)	(2,079		)	(1,718		)
	1,451,015			1,516,776			1,598,461
Television broadcasting	505,549			409,916			409,718
Manufacturing	487,619			414,193			241,604
Healthcare	149,275			154,202			146,962
SocialCode	58,728			62,077			58,851
Other	43,880			34,733			26,433
Intersegment elimination	(100		)	(51		)	(139		)
Total Revenue	$	2,695,966		$	2,591,846		$	2,481,890

Contract with Customer, Liability

The following table presents the change in the Company’s deferred revenue balance during the year ended December 31, 2018:

	As of
	December 31, 2018		January 1, 2018		%
(in thousands)					Change
Deferred revenue	$	311,214	$	342,640	(9)

Capitalized Contract Cost

The following table presents changes in the Company’s costs to obtain a contract asset during the year ended December 31, 2018:

(in thousands)	Balance at Beginning of Year		Costs Associated with New Contracts		Less: Costs Amortized during the Year			Other			Balance at End of Year
2018	$	16,043	$	55,664	$	(49,284	)	$	(1,112	)	$	21,311