Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments And Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments

	Payments due by period
	Total		Year 1		Years 2 - 3		Years 4 - 5		More than 5 years
Purchase obligations (1)	$	1,029,665	$	256,239	$	176,869	$	89,563	$	506,994
Guarantees (2)	87,933		87,933		—		—		—
Contract obligations (3)	61,987		32,155		25,145		4,308		379
Total	$	1,179,585	$	376,327	$	202,014	$	93,871	$	507,373

(1) Purchase obligation amounts not reflected on the balance sheet consist primarily of program rights obligations and transmission commitments that have not yet met the criteria to be recorded in the balance sheet.

(2) Consists primarily of a guarantee of payments to a production service company for certain production related costs.

(3) Represents primarily accrued participation obligations and marketing commitments.

Legal Matters

On April 15, 2011, Thomas C. Dolan, a director of the Company and Executive Vice President, Strategy and Development, in the Office of the Chairman and a director of Cablevision, filed a lawsuit against Cablevision and RMH in New York Supreme Court. The lawsuit raises compensation-related claims (seeking approximately $11,000) related to events in 2005. The matter is being handled under the direction of an independent committee of the board of directors of Cablevision. In connection with the Distribution Agreement, Cablevision indemnified the Company and RMH against any liabilities and expenses related to this lawsuit. Based on the indemnification and Cablevision’s and the Company’s assessment of this possible loss contingency, no provision has been made for this matter in the consolidated financial statements.

In addition to the matters discussed above, the Company is party to various lawsuits and claims in the ordinary course of business. Although the outcome of these other matters cannot be predicted with certainty and the impact of the final resolution of these other matters on the Company’s results of operations in a particular subsequent reporting period is not known, management does not believe that the resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on the financial position of the Company or the ability of the Company to meet its financial obligations as they become due.