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Segment Information
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information
Segment Information
Effective in the fourth quarter of 2011, the Company has three operating segments: Domestic streaming, International streaming and Domestic DVD. Segment information is presented along the same lines that the Company’s chief operating decision maker reviews the operating results in assessing performance and allocating resources. The Company’s chief operating decision maker reviews revenue and contribution profit (loss) for each of the reportable segments. Contribution profit (loss) is defined as revenues less cost of revenues and marketing expenses. There are no internal revenue transactions between the Company’s reporting segments. The Company's chief operating decision maker does not review an allocation of assets by reportable segment. The Domestic and International streaming segments derive revenue from monthly subscription services consisting solely of streaming content. The Domestic DVD segment derives revenue from monthly subscription services consisting solely of DVDs-by-mail.
Between the fourth quarter of 2010 and the third quarter of 2011, the Company had two operating segments: Domestic and International. During this time, the Company’s domestic streaming service and DVDs-by-mail operations were combined. Subscribers in the U.S. were able to receive both streaming services and DVDs under a single hybrid plan. Accordingly, revenues were generated and marketing expenses were incurred in connection with the subscription offerings as a whole. Therefore, it is impracticable to allocate revenues or marketing expenses or present discrete segment information for the Domestic streaming and Domestic DVD segments for periods prior to the fourth quarter of 2011.
In the third quarter of 2011, the Company made certain changes to its domestic pricing and plan structure which require subscribers who wish to receive both streaming services and DVDs-by-mail to have two separate subscription plans. Following this change, beginning in the fourth quarter of 2011, the Company was able to generate discrete financial information for its Domestic streaming and Domestic DVD operations and began reporting this information to the chief operating decision maker for review.
 The following table represents segment information for the first quarter of 2012:
 
 
As of/Three Months ended March 31, 2012
 
Domestic
Streaming
 
International
Streaming
 
Domestic
DVD
 
Consolidated
 
(in thousands)
Total subscriptions at end of period
23,410

 
3,065

 
10,089

 

Revenues
$
506,665

 
$
43,425

 
$
319,701

 
$
869,791

Cost of revenues and marketing expense
440,157

 
146,108

 
173,568

 
759,833

Contribution profit (loss)
$
66,508

 
$
(102,683
)
 
$
146,133

 
$
109,958

Other operating expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
111,893

Operating loss
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1,935
)
Other income (expense)
 
 
 
 
 
 
(5,090
)
Benefit for income taxes
 
 
 
 
 
 
(2,441
)
Net loss
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
(4,584
)
The following tables represent the Company’s segment information for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011 based on the Company’s segment reporting prior to the fourth quarter of 2011:
 
 
As of/Three Months ended March 31, 2011
 
Domestic
 
International
 
Consolidated
 
(in thousands)
Total unique subscribers at end of period (1)
22,797

 
803

 
23,600

Revenues
$
706,274

 
$
12,279

 
$
718,553

Cost of revenues and marketing expense
519,389

 
23,021

 
542,410

Contribution profit (loss)
$
186,885

 
$
(10,742
)
 
$
176,143

Other operating expenses
 
 
 
 
73,903

Operating income
 
 
 
 
102,240

Other income (expense)
 
 
 
 
(4,000
)
Provision for income taxes
 
 
 
 
38,007

Net income
 
 
 
 
$
60,233


(1) For purposes of determining the number of unique subscribers, domestic subscribers who have elected both a DVD and a streaming subscription plan are considered a single unique subscriber.