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Operating Costs and Expenses (Notes)
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Operating Costs and Expenses [Abstract]  
Operating Costs and Expenses
Operating Costs and Expenses

Operating costs and expenses, exclusive of items shown separately in the consolidated statements of operations, consist of the following for the periods presented:

 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
Programming
$
2,649

 
$
1,541

 
$
5,253

 
$
2,244

Regulatory, connectivity and produced content
532

 
317

 
1,030

 
429

Costs to service customers
1,907

 
1,189

 
3,855

 
1,647

Marketing
601

 
382

 
1,183

 
547

Transition costs
30

 
25

 
81

 
46

Other
856

 
550

 
1,752

 
762

 
$
6,575

 
$
4,004

 
$
13,154

 
$
5,675



Programming costs consist primarily of costs paid to programmers for basic, premium, digital, video on demand, and pay-per-view programming. Regulatory, connectivity and produced content costs represent payments to franchise and regulatory authorities, costs directly related to providing video, Internet and voice services as well as payments for sports, local and news content produced by the Company. Included in regulatory, connectivity and produced content costs is content acquisition costs for the Los Angeles Lakers’ basketball games and Los Angeles Dodgers’ baseball games which are recorded as games are exhibited over the applicable season. Costs to service customers include costs related to field operations, network operations and customer care for the Company’s residential and small and medium business customers, including internal and third-party labor for installations, service and repairs, maintenance, bad debt expense, billing and collection, occupancy and vehicle costs. Marketing costs represent the costs of marketing to current and potential commercial and residential customers including labor costs. Transition costs represent incremental costs incurred to integrate the TWC and Bright House operations and to increase the scale of the Company’s business as a result of the Transactions. See Note 2. Other includes corporate overhead, advertising sales expenses, indirect costs associated with the Company’s enterprise business customers and regional sports and news networks, property tax and insurance expense and stock compensation expense, among others.