Revenue from Contracts with Customers

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Note 3. Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Revenue by Service Offering

The following table presents revenue by service offering for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020:

	Three months ended March 31, 2021						Three months ended March 31, 2020
	Residential		Business		Total			Residential		Business		Total
	Subscription		Subscription		Revenue			Subscription		Subscription		Revenue
	(in millions)
HSD	$	129.8	$	22.9	$	152.7	$	115.3	$	21.3	$	136.6
Video		89.6		3.7		93.3		99.5		3.9		103.4
Telephony		11.6		10.2		21.8		14.0		10.6		24.6
Total subscription services revenue	$	231.0	$	36.8	$	267.8	$	228.8	$	35.8	$	264.6
Other business services revenue(1)		—		—		6.2		—		—		6.5
Other revenue		—		—		12.3		—		—		13.4
Total revenue	$	231.0	$	36.8	$	286.3	$	228.8	$	35.8	$	284.5

(1) Includes wholesale and colocation revenue of $5.4 million for both the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.

Costs of Obtaining Contracts with Customers

The following table summarizes the activity of costs of obtaining contracts with customers:

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2021		2020
	(in millions)
Balance at beginning of period	$	49.6	$	40.7
Deferral		4.9		5.7
Amortization		(3.6)		(2.7)
Balance at end of period	$	50.9	$	43.7

The following table presents the current and non-current portion of costs of obtaining contracts with customers as of the end of the corresponding periods:

	March 31,  2021		December 31,  2020
	(in millions)
Current costs of obtaining contracts with customers	$	16.7	$	15.3
Non-current costs of obtaining contracts with customers		34.2		34.3
Total costs of obtaining contracts with customers	$	50.9	$	49.6

The current portion and the non-current portion of costs of obtaining contracts with customers are included in prepaid expenses and other and other non-current assets, respectively, in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. Amortization of costs of obtaining contracts with customers is included in selling, general and administrative expense in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Contract Liabilities

The following table summarizes the activity of current and non-current contract liabilities:

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2021		2020
	(in millions)
Balance at beginning of period	$	4.2	$	4.2
Deferral		4.6		3.7
Revenue recognized		(4.2)		(4.0)
Balance at end of period	$	4.6	$	3.9

The following table presents the current and non-current portion of contract liabilities as of the end of the corresponding periods:

	March 31,  2021		December 31,  2020
	(in millions)
Current contract liabilities	$	4.0	$	3.6
Non-current contract liabilities		0.6		0.6
Total contract liabilities	$	4.6	$	4.2

The current portion and the non-current portion of contract liabilities are included in the current portion of unearned service revenue and other non-current liabilities, respectively, in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Unsatisfied Performance Obligations

Revenue from month-to-month residential subscription service contracts have historically represented a significant portion of the Company’s revenue and the Company expects that this will continue to be the case in future periods.  All residential subscription service performance obligations will be satisfied within one year.

A summary of expected business subscription and other business services revenue to be recognized in future periods related to performance obligations which have not been satisfied or are partially unsatisfied as of March 31, 2021 is set forth in the table below:

	2021		2022		2023		Thereafter		Total
	(in millions)
Subscription services	$	54.2	$	41.5	$	16.3	$	6.1	$	118.1
Other business services		2.8		2.1		0.7		0.1		5.7
Total expected revenue	$	57.0	$	43.6	$	17.0	$	6.2	$	123.8

Provision for Doubtful Accounts

The provision for doubtful accounts and the allowance for doubtful accounts are based on the aging of the individual receivables, historical trends and current and anticipated future economic conditions. The Company manages credit risk by disconnecting services to customers who are delinquent, generally after sixty days of delinquency. The individual receivables are written-off after all reasonable efforts to collect the funds have been made. Actual write-offs may differ from the amounts reserved.

The following table presents the change in the allowance for doubtful accounts for trade accounts receivable for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2020:

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2021		2020
	(in millions)
Balance at beginning of period	$	8.6	$	7.5
Provision charged to expense		2.9		5.3
Accounts written off, net of recoveries		(2.4)		(3.8)
Balance at end of period	$	9.1	$	9.0

The Company established an allowance for doubtful accounts for non-trade accounts receivable of $2.0 million as of March 31, 2020 that is presented within accounts receivable—other in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company did not have such an allowance as of March 31, 2021.