Investments	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Investments [Abstract]
Cost and Equity Method Investments Disclosure	Investments RLJE On October 14, 2016, Digital Entertainment Holdings LLC (“DEH”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and RLJ Entertainment, Inc. (“RLJE”) entered into a Credit and Guaranty agreement (the “RLJE Credit Agreement”) pursuant to which DEH provided senior secured term loans totaling $65 million to RLJE, consisting of a $5 million Tranche A term loan (the “Tranche A Loan”) and a $60 million Tranche B term loan (the “Tranche B Loan”), and DEH received warrants to purchase at least 20 million shares of RLJE’s common stock, at a price of $3.00 per share (the “RLJE Warrants”). On January 30, 2017, the Company and RLJE amended the terms of the Tranche A Loan to increase the principal amount by $8 million to $13 million and to extend the maturity date of that tranche from October 14, 2017 to June 30, 2019. On June 16, 2017, DEH and RLJE entered into a second amendment to the RLJE Credit Agreement (the “Second Amendment”) pursuant to which DEH provided an additional tranche of the term loan debt to RLJE in the principal amount of $10 million (the “Tranche A-2 Loan”) with a maturity date of June 30, 2021. In addition, the Second Amendment also (i) extended the maturity date of the Tranche A Loan to June 30, 2020, (ii) provided that, commencing with the interest payment to be made on June 30, 2017, all interest under the RLJE Credit Agreement will be paid in shares of RLJE’s common stock, and (iii) increased the maximum senior leverage ratio, as defined in the terms of the RLJE Credit Agreement. For purposes of calculating the interest to be paid in shares of RLJE common stock, the value of such shares is based on a fixed $3.00 per share. On June 20, 2017, in connection with the Second Amendment, DEH exercised a portion of its RLJE Class A warrants at $3.00 per share to acquire 1,667,000 shares of RLJE common stock in exchange for the cancellation of $5 million of the Tranche B Loan. Following the cancellation, the outstanding balance of the Tranche B Loan is approximately $55 million. The increased ownership interest from the warrant exercise, as well as the existing representation on RLJE’s board of directors and the terms of the RLJE Credit Agreement were deemed, for accounting purposes, to provide DEH with the ability to exert significant influence over RLJE. As a result, the RLJE common stock investment held by the Company qualified for the use of the equity method of accounting. The Company has elected the fair value option for its investment in RLJE common stock based on the availability of a quoted market price. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company recognized a gain of $0.5 million and $1.9 million, respectively, in the fair value of its investment in RLJE common stock, which is included in Miscellaneous, net in the condensed consolidated income statement. The RLJE term loans are included in Other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The Company accounts for the portion of interest on the RLJE term loans payable in RLJE common stock as an embedded derivative. In addition, the RLJE Warrants are accounted for as derivatives. Both the RLJE Warrants and the embedded derivative for the interest payable in RLJE common stock are remeasured at the end of each period with changes in fair value included in Miscellaneous, net in the condensed consolidated statement of income.

Investments

RLJE

On October 14, 2016, Digital Entertainment Holdings LLC (“DEH”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and RLJ Entertainment, Inc. (“RLJE”) entered into a Credit and Guaranty agreement (the “RLJE Credit Agreement”) pursuant to which DEH provided senior secured term loans totaling $65 million to RLJE, consisting of a $5 million Tranche A term loan (the “Tranche A Loan”) and a $60 million Tranche B term loan (the “Tranche B Loan”), and DEH received warrants to purchase at least 20 million shares of RLJE’s common stock, at a price of $3.00 per share (the “RLJE Warrants”). On January 30, 2017, the Company and RLJE amended the terms of the Tranche A Loan to increase the principal amount by $8 million to $13 million and to extend the maturity date of that tranche from October 14, 2017 to June 30, 2019.

On June 16, 2017, DEH and RLJE entered into a second amendment to the RLJE Credit Agreement (the “Second Amendment”) pursuant to which DEH provided an additional tranche of the term loan debt to RLJE in the principal amount of $10 million (the “Tranche A-2 Loan”) with a maturity date of June 30, 2021. In addition, the Second Amendment also (i) extended the maturity date of the Tranche A Loan to June 30, 2020, (ii) provided that, commencing with the interest payment to be made on June 30, 2017, all interest under the RLJE Credit Agreement will be paid in shares of RLJE’s common stock, and (iii) increased the maximum senior leverage ratio, as defined in the terms of the RLJE Credit Agreement. For purposes of calculating the interest to be paid in shares of RLJE common stock, the value of such shares is based on a fixed $3.00 per share.

On June 20, 2017, in connection with the Second Amendment, DEH exercised a portion of its RLJE Class A warrants at $3.00 per share to acquire 1,667,000 shares of RLJE common stock in exchange for the cancellation of $5 million of the Tranche B Loan. Following the cancellation, the outstanding balance of the Tranche B Loan is approximately $55 million.

The increased ownership interest from the warrant exercise, as well as the existing representation on RLJE’s board of directors and the terms of the RLJE Credit Agreement were deemed, for accounting purposes, to provide DEH with the ability to exert significant influence over RLJE. As a result, the RLJE common stock investment held by the Company qualified for the use of the equity method of accounting. The Company has elected the fair value option for its investment in RLJE common stock based on the availability of a quoted market price. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company recognized a gain of $0.5 million and $1.9 million, respectively, in the fair value of its investment in RLJE common stock, which is included in Miscellaneous, net in the condensed consolidated income statement.

The RLJE term loans are included in Other assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The Company accounts for the portion of interest on the RLJE term loans payable in RLJE common stock as an embedded derivative. In addition, the RLJE Warrants are accounted for as derivatives. Both the RLJE Warrants and the embedded derivative for the interest payable in RLJE common stock are remeasured at the end of each period with changes in fair value included in Miscellaneous, net in the condensed consolidated statement of income.