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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Summary of Revenue and Charges (Credits) Related to Services Provided to or Received from AMC Networks and Madison Square Garden
The following table summarizes the revenue and charges related to services provided to or received from AMC Networks Inc., The Madison Square Garden Company and MSG Networks Inc. not discussed elsewhere in the accompanying combined notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements:
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2016
 
2015
 
 
 
 
Revenues, net
$
1,139

 
$
1,191

Operating expenses:
 

 
 

Technical expenses (a)
$
44,892

 
$
44,937

Selling, general and administrative expenses, net
1,942

 
1,928

Operating expenses, net
46,834

 
46,865

Net charges
$
45,695

 
$
45,674

 

(a)
Technical expenses include primarily costs incurred by the Company for the carriage of the MSG networks, as well as for AMC, WE tv, IFC, Sundance Channel and BBC America on the Company's cable systems.  The Company also purchases certain programming signal transmission and production services from AMC Networks.