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Derivative Financial Instruments
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivative Financial Instruments
Derivative Financial Instruments
Interest Rate Risk
To manage interest rate risk, the Company enters into interest rate swap contracts to adjust the amount of total debt that is subject to variable interest rates.
As of June 30, 2015, the Company had interest rate swap contracts outstanding with notional amounts aggregating $455,750, which consists of interest rate swap contracts with notional amounts of $204,600 that are designated as cash flow hedges and interest rate swap contracts with notional amounts of $251,150 that are not designated as hedging instruments. The Company’s outstanding interest rate swap contracts have varying maturities ranging from September 2015 to July 2017. At June 30, 2015, the Company’s interest rate swap contracts designated as cash flow hedges were highly effective.
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk
We are exposed to foreign currency risk to the extent that we enter into transactions denominated in currencies other than our or our subsidiaries' respective functional currencies (non-functional currency risk), such as affiliation agreements, programming contracts, certain accounts payable and trade receivables (including intercompany amounts) that are denominated in a currency other than the applicable functional currency.
The fair values of the Company’s derivative financial instruments included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets are as follows:
 
Balance Sheet 
Location
 
June 30,
2015
 
December 31, 2014
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swap contracts
Accrued liabilities
 
$
666

 
$
2,388

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
 
 
 
 
 
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency derivatives
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
1,777

 
1,808

Foreign currency derivatives
Other assets
 
1,948

 
2,141

Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swap contracts
Other liabilities
 
3,786

 
4,225

Foreign currency derivatives
Accrued liabilities
 
1,852

 
914

Foreign currency derivatives
Other liabilities
 
2,140

 
1,432


The amounts of the gains and losses related to the Company’s derivative financial instruments designated as hedging instruments are as follows:
 
Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized 
in OCI on Derivatives 
(Effective Portion)
 
Location of Gain or (Loss)
Reclassified from
Accumulated OCI into Earnings  (Effective Portion)
 
Amount of Gain or (Loss) Reclassified 
from Accumulated OCI into  Earnings
(Effective Portion)(a)
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
2015
 
2014
 
 
 
2015
 
2014
Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swap contracts
$
(197
)
 
$
(340
)
 
Interest expense
 
$
871

 
$
(1,512
)

(a)
There were no gains or losses recognized in earnings related to any ineffective portion of hedging relationships or related to any amount excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014.
 
Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized 
in OCI on Derivatives 
(Effective Portion)
 
Location of Gain or (Loss)
Reclassified from
Accumulated OCI into Earnings  (Effective Portion)
 
Amount of Gain or (Loss) Reclassified 
from Accumulated OCI into  Earnings
(Effective Portion)(a)
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2015
 
2014
 
 
 
2015
 
2014
Derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swap contracts
$
(469
)
 
$
(636
)
 
Interest expense
 
$
1,839

 
$
2,593

(a)
There were no gains or losses recognized in earnings related to any ineffective portion of hedging relationships or related to any amount excluded from the assessment of hedge effectiveness for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014.
The amount of the gains and losses related to the Company's derivative financial instruments not designated as hedging instruments are as follows:
 
Location of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Earnings on Derivatives
 
Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Earnings on Derivatives
 
Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Earnings on Derivatives
 
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Derivatives not designated as hedging relationships:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swap contracts
Interest expense
 
$
(74
)
 
$
(769
)
 
$
(495
)
 
$
(1,024
)
Foreign currency option contracts
Miscellaneous, net
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(1,754
)
Foreign currency derivatives
Miscellaneous, net
 
(1,993
)
 
182

 
(1,500
)
 
(268
)
Total
 
 
$
(2,067
)
 
$
(587
)
 
$
(1,995
)
 
$
(3,046
)