Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Licenses and Franchise Rights

Licenses and Franchise Rights

Licenses
(Dollars in thousands)			U.S. Cellular		Wireline		Cable		Other (1)		Total
Balance December 31, 2012			$	1,462,019	$	2,800	$	-	$	15,220	$	1,480,039
	Acquisitions			16,540		-		-		-		16,540
	Transferred to Assets held for sale			(16,027)		-		-		-		(16,027)
	Divestitures			(59,419)		-		-		-		(59,419)
	Other			2,646		-		-		-		2,646
Balance December 31, 2013				1,405,759		2,800		-		15,220		1,423,779
	Acquisitions			41,707		-		2,703		-		44,410
	Transferred to Assets held for sale			(56,809)		-		-		-		(56,809)
	Exchanges, net			55,780		-		-		-		55,780
	Divestitures			-		-		-		(15,220)		(15,220)
	Other			1,634		-		-		-		1,634
Balance December 31, 2014			$	1,448,071	$	2,800	$	2,703	$	-	$	1,453,574
(1)		Represents the transfer of licenses from Airadigm to U.S. Cellular in 2014. See Note 6 — Acquisitions, Divestitures and Exchanges for additional information.

Franchise rights
(Dollars in thousands)		Cable
Balance December 31, 2012		$	-
	Acquisitions		123,668
Balance December 31, 2013			123,668
	Acquisitions		120,979
	Divestitures		(347)
Balance December 31, 2014		$	244,300

Goodwill

Goodwill

Goodwill
(Dollars in thousands)			U.S. Cellular		Wireline (1)		Cable		HMS		Other (2)		Total
Balance December 31, 2012 (3)			$	269,307	$	420,458	$	-	$	103,627	$	3,802	$	797,194
	Acquisitions			-		-		61,712		15,203		-		76,915
	Divestitures			(135)		-		-		-		-		(135)
	NY1 & NY2 Deconsolidation			(37,131)		-		-		-		-		(37,131)
Balance December 31, 2013				232,041		420,458		61,712		118,830		3,802		836,843
	Acquisitions			-		-		33,610		-		-		33,610
	Loss on impairment			-		-		-		(84,000)		(3,802)		(87,802)
	Divestitures			(291)		(2,564)		-		-		-		(2,855)
	Transferred to Assets held for sale			(4,344)		(4,100)		-		-		-		(8,444)
Balance December 31, 2014			$	227,406	$	413,794	$	95,322	$	34,830	$	-	$	771,352
(1)		In July 2014, TDS Telecom sold certain Wireline markets.
(2)		TDS performed its annual impairment review of Goodwill in the fourth quarter of 2014. Based on the results of this review, TDS concluded that the entire amount of Goodwill related to Suttle-Straus was impaired, which resulted in a $3.8 million loss on impairment.
(3)		Includes accumulated impairment losses in prior periods as follows: $333.9 million for U.S. Cellular, $29.4 million for Wireline and $0.5 million for Other.

HMS

Fair Value Inputs

Fair Value Key Assumptions

Key assumptions	HMS
Revenue growth rate	6.1	%
Terminal revenue growth rate	2.5	%
Discount rate	11.5	%
Capital expenditures as a percentage of revenue	8.6	%