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DERIVATIVE CONTRACTS AND COLLATERALIZED INDEBTEDNESS (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Derivative Contracts and Collateralized Indebtedness [Abstract]  
Schedule of Interest Rate Swap Contracts
The table below summarizes certain terms of these interest rate swap contracts as of December 31, 2011:

Maturity
Date
 
Notional
Amount
 
Weighted Average
Fixed Rate
Paid by
the Company
 
Weighted Average Effective Floating Rate Received by
the Company at December 31, 2011*
             
June 2012
 
$2,600,000
 
4.86%
 
0.54%
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*
Represents the weighted average effective floating rate received by the Company under its interest rate swap contracts at December 31, 2011 and does not represent the rates to be received by the Company on future payments.

Location of Assets and Liabilities Associated with Derivative Instruments Within the Consolidated Balance Sheets
The following represents the location of the assets and liabilities associated with the Company's derivative instruments within the consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010:

Derivatives Not
    
Asset Derivatives
  
Liability Derivatives
 
Designated as Hedging Instruments
 
Balance Sheet Location
 
Fair Value at December 31, 2011
  
Fair Value at December 31, 2010
  
Fair Value at December 31, 2011
  
Fair Value at December 31, 2010
 
                 
Interest rate swap contracts
 
Current derivative contracts
 $-  $-  $55,383  $- 
                     
Interest rate swap contracts
 
Long-term derivative contracts
  -   -   -   167,278 
                     
Prepaid forward contracts
 
Current derivative contracts
  -   -   19,840   47,251 
                     
Prepaid forward contracts
 
Long-term derivative contracts
  18,617   -   3,141   12,049 
                 
Total derivative contracts
 $18,617  $-  $78,364  $226,578 

Impact and Location of Derivative Instruments Within the Consolidated Statements of Operations
The following represents the impact and location of the Company's derivative instruments within the consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009:

Derivatives Not
    
Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized
 
Designated as Hedging
 
Location of Gain
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
Instruments
 
 (Loss) Recognized
 
2011
  
2010
  
2009
 
              
Interest rate swap contracts
 
Loss on interest rate swap contracts, net
 $(7,973) $(85,013) $(75,631)
                 
Prepaid forward contracts
 
Gain (loss) on equity derivative contracts, net
  1,454   (72,044)  631 
              
Total derivative contracts
 $(6,519) $(157,057) $(75,000)

Settlement of Collateralized Indebtedness
The following table summarizes the settlement of the Company's collateralized indebtedness relating to Comcast Corporation shares that were settled by delivering cash equal to the collateralized loan value, net of the value of the related equity derivative contracts for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.  The cash was obtained from the proceeds of new monetization contracts covering an equivalent number of Comcast shares.  The terms of the new contracts allow the Company to retain upside participation in Comcast shares up to each respective contract's upside appreciation limit with downside exposure limited to the respective hedge price.

   
Years Ended December 31,
 
   
2011
  
2010
 
        
Number of shares
  13,407,684   8,069,934 
          
Collateralized indebtedness settled
 $(204,431) $(171,400)
Derivative contracts settled
  (53,482)  23,226 
    (257,913)  (148,174)
Proceeds from new monetization contracts
  307,763   148,174 
Net cash receipt
 $49,850  $-