Note 3 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements
New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Text Block]	3. Recent accounting pronouncements: Recent Accounting Pronouncements Adopted ASU 2016 - 02: Adoption of Leases (Topic 842 ) The Company adopted ASU No. 2016 - 02, Leases (Topic 842 ) (“ASU 2016 - 02” ) as of January 1, 2019. The Company has elected to apply ASU 2016 - 02 using the modified retrospective approach with the transition relief provided by ASC 2018 - 11, which allows the Company to use January 1, 2019 as the date of initial application. As a result, all comparative periods have not been restated and continue to be reported under Topic 840. The Company elected the practical expedient to use hindsight when considering the likelihood that lessee options to extend or terminate a lease or purchase the underlying asset will be exercised, and in assessing the impairment of right-of-use assets. The Company elected the practical expedient to separate non-lease components from the associated lease components for its existing datacenter, corporate offices and fiber-optic cable leases at transition. As a result of adopting ASU 2016 - 02, the most significant effects were the recognition of a right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and lease liability related to operating leases of approximately $8.8 million and approximately $8.3 million, respectively at January 1, 2019. The difference between the ROU asset and lease liability of $0.5 million was due to the net reclassification of previously deferred rent and prepaid expenses of approximately $0.1 million and approximately $0.6 million, respectively to the ROU asset. There was no impact on opening retained earnings on adoption. The adoption of ASU 2016 - 02 did not have a significant impact on our consolidated statements of comprehensive income or our consolidated statements of cash flows. ASU 2017 - 12 : Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 8 15 ) In August 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2017 - 12, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815 ): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities ("ASU 2017 - 12” ), which better aligns an entity’s risk management activities and financial reporting for hedging relationship through changes to both the designation and measurement guidance for qualifying hedging relationships and presentation of hedge results. The new standard expands and refines hedge accounting for both nonfinancial and financial risk components and aligns the recognition and presentation of the effects of the hedging instrument and hedged item in the financial statements. This ASU is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. The Company adopted the targeted improvements to ASU 2017 - 12 in the first quarter of 2019 using a modified retrospective approach to existing hedging relationships. The new guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018 - 15, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350 - 40 ): Customer’s Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement (“ASU 2018 - 15” ). ASU 2018 - 15 helps entities evaluate the accounting for fees paid by a customer in a cloud computing arrangement (hosting arrangement) by providing guidance on accounting for implementation costs when the cloud computing arrangement does not include a licence and is accounted for as a service contract. The amendments in ASU 2018 - 15 require an entity (customer) in a hosting arrangement to assess which implementation costs to capitalize vs expense as it relates to a service contract. The amendments also require the entity (customer) to expense the capitalized implementation costs of a hosting arrangement that is a service contract over the term of the hosting arrangement. ASU 2018 - 15 will be effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the quantitative impact of ASU 2018 - 15, and transition methods.

Recent accounting pronouncements:

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Adopted

ASU

2016

02:

Adoption of

Leases

(Topic

842

)

The Company adopted ASU

No.

2016

02,

Leases

(Topic

842

) (“ASU

2016

02”

) as of

January 1, 2019.

The Company has elected to apply ASU

2016

using the modified retrospective approach with the transition relief provided by ASC

2018

11,

which allows the Company to use

January 1, 2019

as the date of initial application. As a result, all comparative periods have

not

been restated and continue to be reported under Topic

840.

The Company elected the practical expedient to use hindsight when considering the likelihood that lessee options to extend or terminate a lease or purchase the underlying asset will be exercised, and in assessing the impairment of right-of-use assets.

The Company elected the practical expedient to separate non-lease components from the associated lease components for its existing datacenter, corporate offices and fiber-optic cable leases at transition.

As a result of adopting ASU

2016

02,

the most significant effects were the recognition of a right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and lease liability related to operating leases of approximately

$8.8

million and approximately

$8.3

million, respectively at

January 1, 2019.

The difference between the ROU asset and lease liability of

$0.5

million was due to the net reclassification of previously deferred rent and prepaid expenses of approximately

$0.1

million and approximately

$0.6

million, respectively to the ROU asset. There was

impact on opening retained earnings on adoption. The adoption of ASU

2016

did

not

have a significant impact on our consolidated statements of comprehensive income or our consolidated statements of cash flows.

ASU

2017

Derivatives and Hedging (Topic

)

August 2017,

the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU

No.

2017

12,

Derivatives and Hedging (Topic

815

): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities

("ASU

2017

12”

), which better aligns an entity’s risk management activities and financial reporting for hedging relationship through changes to both the designation and measurement guidance for qualifying hedging relationships and presentation of hedge results. The new standard expands and refines hedge accounting for both nonfinancial and financial risk components and aligns the recognition and presentation of the effects of the hedging instrument and hedged item in the financial statements. This ASU is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after

December 15, 2018.

The Company adopted the targeted improvements to ASU

2017

in the

first

quarter of

2019

using a modified retrospective approach to existing hedging relationships. The new guidance did

not

have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Not

Yet Adopted

August 2018,

the FASB issued ASU

No.

2018

15,

Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software

(Subtopic

350

): Customer’s Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement (“ASU

2018

15”

). ASU

2018

helps entities evaluate the accounting for fees paid by a customer in a cloud computing arrangement (hosting arrangement) by providing guidance on accounting for implementation costs when the cloud computing arrangement does

not

include a licence and is accounted for as a service contract. The amendments in ASU

2018

require an entity (customer) in a hosting arrangement to assess which implementation costs to capitalize vs expense as it relates to a service contract. The amendments also require the entity (customer) to expense the capitalized implementation costs of a hosting arrangement that is a service contract over the term of the hosting arrangement. ASU

2018

will be effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after

December 15, 2019,

and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the quantitative impact of ASU

2018

15,

and transition methods.