Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Licenses

Licenses

Licenses
			U.S. Cellular		Wireline		Cable		Other1		Total
(Dollars in thousands)
Balance at 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 at December 31, 2014				1,448,071		2,800		2,703		–		1,453,574
	Acquisitions2			345,807		–		–		–		345,807
	Exchanges, net			43,485		–		–		–		43,485
	Other			1,482		–		–		–		1,482
Balance at December 31, 2015			$	1,838,845	$	2,800	$	2,703	$	–	$	1,844,348
1		Represents the transfer of licenses from Airadigm to U.S. Cellular in 2014.  See Note 6 — Acquisitions, Divestitures and Exchanges for additional information.
2		Amount in 2015 includes purchases totaling $338.3 million made by Advantage Spectrum from the FCC for licenses in which it was the provisional winning bidder in Auction 97.  See Note 6 — Acquisitions, Divestitures and Exchanges, and Note 14 — Variable Interest Entities for further information.  These licenses have not yet been granted by the FCC.

Franchise Rights
		Cable
(Dollars in thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2013		$	123,668
	Acquisitions		120,979
	Other		(347)
Balance at December 31, 2014			244,300
	Other		(120)
Balance at December 31, 2015		$	244,180

Goodwill
		U.S. Cellular		Wireline		Cable		HMS		Other		Total
(Dollars in thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2013¹		$	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 at December 31, 2014			227,406		413,794		95,322		34,830		–		771,352
	Divestitures		–		(5,005)		–		–		–		(5,005)
	Other		(555)		–		–		–		–		(555)
Balance at December 31, 2015		$	226,851	$	408,789	$	95,322	$	34,830	$	–	$	765,792

Goodwill

Goodwill

Goodwill
			U.S. Cellular		Wireline		Cable		HMS		Other		Total
(Dollars in thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2013¹			$	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 at December 31, 2014				227,406		413,794		95,322		34,830		–		771,352
	Divestitures			–		(5,005)		–		–		–		(5,005)
	Other			(555)		–		–		–		–		(555)
Balance at December 31, 2015			$	226,851	$	408,789	$	95,322	$	34,830	$	–	$	765,792
1		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.