DEFERRED CHARGES AND OTHER ASSETS (Block)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Deferred Costs Capitalized Prepaid And Other Assets Disclosure Abstract

Deferred Costs Capitalized Prepaid And Other Assets Disclosure Text Block

5. DEFERRED CHARGES AND OTHER ASSETS

Deferred charges and other assets, including definite-lived intangible assets and amounts from the VIE, consist of the following:

	Deferred Charges And Other Assets
	December 31,
	2016						2015
													Period Of
	Asset		Reserve		Net		Asset		Reserve		Net		Amortization
	(amounts in thousands)
Deferred contracts and other
agreements	$	1,788	$	1,491	$	297	$	1,788	$	1,442	$	346	Term of contract
Leasehold premium		448		169		279		735		426		309	Less than 1 year
Other definitive-lived assets		861		844		17		861		836		25	3 years
Total definite-lived intangibles		3,097		2,504		593		3,384		2,704		680
Debt issuance costs		1,810		741		1,069		16,691		16,457		234	Term of debt
Prepaid assets - long-term		6,361		-		6,361		2,233		-		2,233
Software costs and other		7,288		5,051		2,237		6,367		4,043		2,324
	$	18,556	$	8,296	$	10,260	$	28,675	$	23,204	$	5,471

The following table presents the various categories of amortization expense, including deferred financing expense which is reflected as interest expense:

	Amortization Expense
	Deferred Charges And Other Assets
	For The Years Ended December 31,
	2016		2015		2014
	(amounts in thousands)
Definite-lived assets	$	81	$	150	$	147
Deferred financing expense		2,585		2,863		3,860
Software costs		1,023		850		899
Total	$	3,689	$	3,863	$	4,906

The following table presents the Company’s estimate of amortization expense, for each of the five succeeding years for: (1) deferred charges and other assets; and (2) definite-lived assets:

	Future Amortization Expense
					Definite-Lived
	Total		Other		Assets
Years ending December 31,	(amounts in thousands)
2017	$	834	$	757	$	77
2018		671		597		74
2019		322		251		71
2020		292		221		71
2021		253		184		69
Thereafter		232		1		231
Total	$	2,604	$	2,011	$	593