Income Taxes - Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Dec. 31, 2018 |
Dec. 31, 2017 |
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| Deferred tax assets: | ||
| Net operating loss carryforwards and tax credits | $ 952,316 | $ 686,277 |
| Deferred revenue | 88,502 | 500,461 |
| Accrued bonus | 26,825 | 24,150 |
| Expensed costs capitalized for tax | 15,978 | 13,914 |
| Investments | 11,965 | 29,881 |
| Stock based compensation | 55,436 | 50,065 |
| Other | 5,940 | 20,819 |
| Total deferred tax assets | 1,156,962 | 1,325,567 |
| Deferred tax liabilities: | ||
| Depreciation of property and equipment | (230,053) | (156,003) |
| FCC license | (515,627) | (506,578) |
| Other intangible assets | (101,650) | (105,471) |
| Other | 2,049 | (7,273) |
| Total deferred tax liabilities | (845,281) | (775,325) |
| Net deferred tax assets before valuation allowance | 311,681 | 550,242 |
| Valuation allowance | (66,229) | (52,883) |
| Total net deferred tax asset | $ 245,452 | $ 497,359 |
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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://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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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://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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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://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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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://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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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://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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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://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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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://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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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://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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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://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from intangible assets other than goodwill. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences classified as other. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from property, plant, and equipment. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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