Income Taxes - Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Dec. 31, 2017 |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
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| Deferred tax assets: | ||
| Net operating loss carryforwards and tax credits | $ 686,277 | $ 1,376,012 |
| Deferred revenue | 500,461 | 760,774 |
| Accrued bonus | 24,150 | 35,225 |
| Expensed costs capitalized for tax | 13,914 | 19,610 |
| Investments | 29,881 | 44,129 |
| Stock based compensation | 50,065 | 74,544 |
| Other | 20,819 | 31,133 |
| Total deferred tax assets | 1,325,567 | 2,341,427 |
| Deferred tax liabilities: | ||
| Depreciation of property and equipment | (156,003) | (259,491) |
| FCC license | (506,578) | (783,822) |
| Other intangible assets | (105,471) | (172,520) |
| Other | (7,273) | 0 |
| Total deferred tax liabilities | (775,325) | (1,215,833) |
| Net deferred tax assets before valuation allowance | 550,242 | 1,125,594 |
| Valuation allowance | (52,883) | (47,682) |
| Total net deferred tax asset | $ 497,359 | $ 1,077,912 |
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowance of deferred tax assets attributable to expensed costs capitalized for tax. No definition available.
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- Definition Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards and Tax Credit Carryforwards No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liabilities attributable to taxable temporary differences from other intangible assets other than our FCC licenses. No definition available.
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- Definition Net deferred tax assets before valuation allowance. No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from deferred income. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from equity method investments. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount, after allocation of valuation allowances and deferred tax liability, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible differences and carryforwards, without jurisdictional netting. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount, before allocation of valuation allowance, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences, classified as other. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from employee bonuses. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from share-based compensation. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from intangible assets other than goodwill. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences classified as other. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from property, plant, and equipment. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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