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Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage To Be Paid In Common Stock

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Line items represent reporting concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Investments (Details) - RLJE [Member] - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Jan. 30, 2017	Oct. 14, 2016
Investment [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount			$ 65,000
Investment Warrants, Exercise Price	$ 3.00
Ownership Interest In Investment Upon Full Exercise Of Warrants	50.10%
Expire On The Fifth Anniversary Of Closing Date [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Warrants Received per RLJE Investment Agreement			5,000,000
Expire On The Sixth Anniversary Of Closing Date [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Warrants Received per RLJE Investment Agreement			10,000,000
Expire On The Seventh Anniversary Of Closing Date [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Warrants Received per RLJE Investment Agreement			5,000,000
Minimum [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Warrants Received per RLJE Investment Agreement			20,000,000
Tranche A Loan [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term	1 year
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	7.00%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage To Be Paid In Cash	4.00%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage To Be Paid In Common Stock	3.00%
Debt Instrument, Face Amount			$ 5,000
Tranche B Loan [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term	7 years
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	6.00%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage To Be Paid In Cash	4.00%
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage To Be Paid In Common Stock	2.00%
Debt Instrument, Face Amount			60,000
Debt Instrument, Face Amount, Due on Fifth Anniversary			15,000
Debt Instrument, Face Amount, Due on Sixth Anniversary			$ 30,000
Amended Tranche A Loan [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term	7 years
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Tranche A Loan [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount		$ 13,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Amended Tranche A Loan [Member]
Investment [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount		$ 8,000